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Westminster, : Beaumont Press, 1921. Limited Edition. Hardcover - as published. 397 of 400. Good++ decorative boards. Grey cloth spine, gilt letters, decorative endpapers. 59pp. some water staining to page edges. Boards slightly warped.

Beaumont Press, London., 1921. First edition. Octavo. 65 pages. Cover and decorations designed by Randolph Schwabe. Linen-backed patterned boards.Out of a total edition of 475 copies this is one of 400 printed on handmade paper.Small nameplate in corner of front pastedown. Covers a bit rubbed at the edges. Very good.

Westminster: Beaumont Press, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to fine. 440/475, Large Octavo. 59 (1)pp. Original gray half cloth over decorative boards with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated endpapers and title page. 'Letters written by Oscar Wilde during the summer of 1897 after his release from prison to Robert Ross, who had approached Beaumont about publication. After Ross's sudden death in 1918 Vyvyan Holland, Wilde's son, had renewed the offer. Ethelbert White, the illustrator, was unable to go to France to do the drawings on the spot, therefor photographs were used, borrowed from Wilde's bibliographer Stuart Mason, who also gave details for the coloring. The title page illustration depicts the Chalet Bourgeat where Wilde had written most of the letters. It is printed in four colors: blue-green, pink and brown, but in trying to obtain the misty effect which Beaumont wanted, the colors were softened to make the image indistinct and inferior to the original design. much more successful are… Read More