Five Oscar Wilde pocket edition hardbacks
including The Happy Prince, House of Pomegranates, Ballad of Read Gaol etc
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Printing Details
1909–1945. A collection of five Oscar Wilde titles in small hardback form. Mixed editions and publishers, please see below.
1. The Happy Prince. Published by Tauchnitz, Leipzig, undated but c1910. Rebound in plain blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Five tales: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket. Very good condition.
2. The House of Pomegrantes. Published by Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1909 Rebound in plain blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Four stories: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and his Soul, and The Star-Child. Very good condition.
3. A Woman of No Importance, A Play. Published by Methuen, London, 1916. Reprint. Hardback, covers dulled and pages tanned but still a good readable copy.
4. The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. Published by Methuen, London, 1927. Sunning to the upper board but otherwise a perfectly good copy.
5. Oscar Wilde: Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Published by Methuen, London, 1945. Hardback in dustwrapper. The bookis good but foxed to the prelims, the dustwrapper is also foxed but has not been price-clipped.
Condition
All five books remains in strong readable condition, with varying degrees of wear and tear.
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