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Lady Windemere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman
Lady Windemere's Fan A Play About a Good Woman
Author: Oscar Wilde
Published in 1893 by Elkin Mathews and John Lane. Very good condition in full brown morocco by Bumpus; spine elaborately decorated with floral designs in gilt; cover and dentelle rules are in gilt. Top-edge gilt. Upper hinge is rubbed; minor bumping and wear; two bookplates. The first and perhaps most brilliant of Wilde's comedies, Lady Winde...  more » was produced at the St. James Theatre on February 20, 1892. Its success, despite a hostile reception by a number of critics, was instant, and audiences have to this day delighted in its epigrams and saucy repartée. One of 500 copies issued. Rare: original covers and spine bound in rear. Includes publisher's 16-page "List of Books," dated December 1893 at rear.
ISBN-13: 9781580601030
ISBN-10: 1580601030
Publication Date: 1/1893
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Publisher: Collectible First Editions
Book Type: Hardcover
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