Home Irving Book Company De Profundis [Modern Library No. 117.1]

De Profundis [Modern Library No. 117.1]

Click for full-size.

De Profundis [Modern Library No. 117.1]

Name: De Profundis [Modern Library No. 117.1]
Price: 158.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: WILDE, OSCAR

by WILDE, OSCAR

Used
Hardcover

Condition

Very near fine in good to very good dust jacket. To front pastedown, handsome old bookplate of Captain Cook's coat of arms, with

Seller

Irving Book Company

This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

The BIBLIO Guarantee

Item Price

$158.00

Or just $142.20 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership

$7.00 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 4 to 8 days
More Shipping Options

Ask Seller a Question

Payment Methods Accepted

Visa
Mastercard
American Express
Discover
PayPal

About This Item

New York: Modern Library, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Very near fine in good to very good dust jacket. To front pastedown, handsome old bookplate of Captain Cook's coat of arms, with 'circa orbem' ('around the world') above and 'nil intentatum reliquit' ('he left nothing unattempted') below. Previous ownership signature to front free endpaper. Jacket moderately edgeworn, with small chip from rear panel.. 16mo. 4.25 x 6.75 in. [xxvi], 154 pp. ML Binding Style 5, powder blue balloon cloth, top edge blue, with Kent torchbearer device in blind on upper cover & grapevine in gilt at foot of spine, with Kent endpapers; in early typographic dust jacket. A fresh copy, with bright gilt titling and decoration. Scarce in jacket. This depression-era binding style was in production for less than a year.

Synopsis

Oscar Wilde wrote this while in prison to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas. This love letter is a profound look into the personal life of Oscar. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

Details

Bookseller: Irving Book Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 346
Title: De Profundis [Modern Library No. 117.1]
Author: WILDE, OSCAR
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very near fine in good to very good dust jacket. To front pastedown, handsome old bookplate of Captain Cook's coat of arms, with
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Modern Library
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1930

Terms of Sale

Irving Book Company

All items subject to prior sale.

About the Seller

Irving Book Company

This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Biblio member since 2021

Asheville, North Carolina

Ask Seller a Question

About Irving Book Company

Classical, Catholic, Southern, Photographic, Poetic, Scholarly, and early Modern Library Editions, &c.

Glossary

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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....
Device: Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...