A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES TOGETHER WITH THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Unicorn Press. Bound in light blue cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine, this dated 1949 New Edition is VG in VG dustjacket(unclipped). 302pp with all the fairy stories written by Oscar Wilde. The two principal works being The House of Pomegranates and The Happy Prince, here published by The Unicorn Press. Charles Ricketts design for the title page of the original edition is reproduced on the front cover of this dustwrapper. A few foxing spots to top of back board and minor chip to top of jacket's spine, otherwise VG/VG . Very Good. Hardcover.. New Edition. 1949.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00212498
- Title
- A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES TOGETHER WITH THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Unicorn Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Oscar Wilde: A House of Pomegranates. (1949) Unicorn Press
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
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