Wilde House of Pomegranates 1st ed
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Author: Wilde, Oscar
Title: A House of Pomegranates
Place Published: London
Publisher:James R. Osgood, McIlvaine
Date Published: 1891
Description:
Author: Wilde, Oscar
Title: A House of Pomegranates
Place Published: London
Publisher:James R. Osgood, McIlvaine
Date Published: 1891
Description:
[x], 158, [1] pp. 4 full-page illustrations by C.H. Shannon. (4to) original green cloth spine and tan cloth boards, printed in gilt and red. One of 1000 copies. First Edition.
The "four plates were printed in Paris by some "improved" process. After the book was finished and bound it was noticed that a dusty deposit had formed on each plate, probably owing to some chemical impurity either in the printer's ink or in the chalky paper used. To take off this deposit each plate was rubbed with soft flannel, which removed the surface and left the reproductions faint and in some cases almost obliterated." Mason 347.
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Rubbing to joints and edges, area of creasing to rear board; hinges cracked, toning to endpapers; plates very fain tas is usual; about very good.
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Wilde House of Pomegranates 1st ed
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