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Intentions : The Decay of Lying. Pen, Pencil, and Poison. The Critic as Artist. The Truth of Masks

Wilde, Oscar

  • Publisher: Thomas B. Mosher 1904
  • Published: 1904 , Portland
  • Condition: Very Good
Portland: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. 8vo. One of 600 copies printed on van Gelder hand-made paper and the type distributed. 237 pp. Contemporary arts & crafts-style full morocco with gilt decoration & lettering to boards in the style of Douglas Cockerell or early Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Raised bands to spine with gilt panels & lettering. All edges gilt. Leather turn-ins with gilt lines. Slight fading to spine. Offsetting from leather to free endpapers. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Slight spotting. In very good to near fine condition. . Very Good. Full Morocco. 1904.

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