A Woman of No Importance
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good to Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Lyndonville, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Lane/Bodley Head, 1894. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Good to Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This first edition of Wilde's play, limited to 500 copies, was published a year before his masterpiece, "The Importance of Being Earnest". Publisher's bookplate front pastedown, hinges starting, fading to spine cloth. Pink cloth with gilt trim and gilt decorations, edges untrimmed.
Synopsis
Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?
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Details
- Bookseller
- Green Mountain Books and Prints
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004078
- Title
- A Woman of No Importance
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane/Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Green Mountain Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Lyndonville, Vermont
About Green Mountain Books and Prints
Located in the center of Lyndonville Vermont we have served our community for over 45 years. Our in store stock is around 35,000 titles and we list about 1,000 books online. Customer satisfaction is our first priority.
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Bookplate
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
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