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Auction archive: Lot number 146

WILDE. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, 1899, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO FREDERICK YORK POWELL (1 VOL.)

Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$26,321 - US$39,482
Price realised:
£27,500
ca. US$36,192
Auction archive: Lot number 146

WILDE. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, 1899, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO FREDERICK YORK POWELL (1 VOL.)

Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$26,321 - US$39,482
Price realised:
£27,500
ca. US$36,192
Beschreibung:

Wilde, Oscar THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A TRIVIAL COMEDY FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE BY THE AUTHOR OF LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. LEONARD SMITHERS, 1899 small 4to, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO FREDERICK YORK POWELL ("York Powell: | with the | compliments of | the author. | Feby 99 | Oscar Wilde") on the verso of the half-title, number 315 of 1,000 copies, original light brown-red boards, designs by Charles Shannon in gilt on spine and boards, binding very slightly rubbed, some offsetting to endpapers

Auction archive: Lot number 146
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jul 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Wilde, Oscar THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A TRIVIAL COMEDY FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE BY THE AUTHOR OF LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. LEONARD SMITHERS, 1899 small 4to, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO FREDERICK YORK POWELL ("York Powell: | with the | compliments of | the author. | Feby 99 | Oscar Wilde") on the verso of the half-title, number 315 of 1,000 copies, original light brown-red boards, designs by Charles Shannon in gilt on spine and boards, binding very slightly rubbed, some offsetting to endpapers

Auction archive: Lot number 146
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jul 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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