A Florentine Tragedy (First Edition)
by Wilde, Oscar (subject); Frank Harris (author); George Bernard Shaw (author)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Boston and London: John W. Luce & Company, 1908. FIRST AMER. EDITION, first printing. This is volume IV of the "Plays of Oscar Wilde" series. Full purple cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover. Light wear to the top & bottom of the spine. Price sticker removal abrasion to the front free endpaper. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall in EXCELLENT condition. A good gift. A Florentine Tragedy is a fragment of a never-completed play by Oscar Wilde. The subject concerns Simone, a wealthy 16th century Florentine merchant who finds his wife Bianca in the arms of a local prince, Guido Bardi. After feigning hospitality, Simone challenges the interloper to a duel, disarms, and strangles him. This awakens the affection of his wife, and two are reconciled. . First American Edition. Full Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017124
- Title
- A Florentine Tragedy (First Edition)
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar (subject); Frank Harris (author); George Bernard Shaw (author)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- John W. Luce & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- prof7
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...