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First edition

Oscar Wilde

Richard Ellmann
Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition, first printing.
$30One copy · this copy
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Book
Fine
Jacket
Near Fine
Jacket note
The dust jacket grades Near Fine.
Our ref
RCB-efc6e9254810
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-efc6e9254810 · 9 photographs of this copy
✓
Copyright page reads 'First American Edition'
examined on the copy in hand
✓
No later-printing statement or number line present
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Title page dated 1988; copyrights 1987/1984
examined on the copy in hand
✓
ISBN 0-394-55484-1
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Jacket front flap price $24.95 with 'FPT' code
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Rear flap carries '1/88' date code
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Borzoi/Knopf imprint, Random House distribution
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
light sunning/toning to jacket spine
noted on the copy in hand
2
minor edge wear at head of jacket spine
noted on the copy in hand
3
faint handling marks to jacket surface
noted on the copy in hand
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988; copyright page states 'First American Edition' with no later-printing statement, priced jacket ($24.95) with 'FPT' code and '1/88' flap date. (First UK edition was Hamish Hamilton; this is the true first American edition.)

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.