Sale: 301 / Rare Books, May 22./23. 2006 Lot 2056




2056
Oscar Wilde
Poems, 1903.
Estimate:
€ 200 / $ 218
Sold:
€ 238 / $ 259
(incl. surcharge)
Wilde, O., The poems. Ravenna. Poems. The sphinx. The Ballad of reading Gaol.Portland (Maine), Th. B. Mosher 1903. Handgeb. braunroter Maroquineinband mit goldgepr. Deckel- und RTitel, goldgepr. Deckelornament aus 7-facher Randfilete und Eckfleurons sowie Steh- und Innenkantenverg. und GGoldschnitt (sign. "Hatchards. 187 Piccadilly"). 8vo. VII, 296 S., 2 Bll.
1 von 600 Exemplaren. - Schöner breitrandiger Pressendruck auf van Gelder-Bütten. - "Thomas Bird Mosher ... is the first American to have established and sustained a program, over thirty-two years, of splendid literary output in consistently felicitous typographic form. From 1891 to 1923 his books included much of the best English poetry of the time ... " (Blumenthal S. 41ff.). - Vorsätze leimschattig; Kanten berieben, RDeckel gelöst. Ein ausgesprochen schöner, wenngleich restaurierungsbedürftiger Einband.



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2056
Oscar Wilde
Poems, 1903.
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€ 200 / $ 218
Sold:
€ 238 / $ 259
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