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1915 Oscar Wilde & Jessie King The House of Pomegranates 16 x Colour Plates
REF: ES1922-NL57 / LA458744
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Description
A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde with Sixteen Illustrations by Jessie King
Published by Methuen & Co, London 1915
First Jessie King Edition
Hardback bound in the original decorated cloth binding, original illustrated endpapers by jessie king, half title present, complete copy with sixteen full page mounted colour plates.
Book measures approx 10" x 8 inches
Highly collectable edition with the Jessie King illustrations and in the original binding.
measurements
Height:
10 in
Width:
8 in
declaration
Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the 1915 Oscar Wilde & Jessie King The House of Pomegranates 16 x Colour Plates (LA458744) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1915
condition
Slight fading to cloth spine with minor wear at top & bottom of spine, endpapers browned, small owners ink stamp to half title, small hole to front endpaper, the usual scattered foxing mostly to text pages, occasional page margin trimmed [see last image].
Overall a very good copy with hinges firm & no creases to the mounted illustrations.
additional info
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Date of Manufacture:
1915
location
This 1915 Oscar Wilde & Jessie King The House of Pomegranates 16 x Colour Plates is located in Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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