Decorations Type Frederic Goudy (1 results)

Full Leather, Gilt. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition Thus, 1st & 2nd Issues. Ix, 706, + 3 Pp Catalogue Of Wilde's Works At End; Ix, 806 Pp. Two Volumes, Both With Top Edge Gilt. 1: Shorter Volume Is 706 Pp., Red Leather With Heavy Gilt Design By Goudy, Purple Endpapers, Half Title, Title Page With Blue Colored Design Similar To Book Cover And Dj Cover With Tiny Loss At Lower Right Hand Corner [Printing Error, Paper Unworn], At Center Of Title Is Cosmopolitan Insignia Of A Rampant Lion, Dj Printed In Purple On Light Violet Paper. 2: Longer Book Is In Much Thicker Brown Leather, Stamped In Gilt Identical To First Issue, Purple Endpapers, Half Title, Title Page With Blue Border But Device At Center Is An Egyptian God With Initials Cbc, Copyright Page Adds Copyright Information For De Profundis, Contents Pages And Text Add A Prefatory Dedication Of De Profundis To Dr. Max Meyerfield By Robert Ross, Four Letters Written From Reading Prison, And De Profundix, Pp 709-806, And Lacks Catalogue At End But With Short List Of These Five Collected Works Added At Bottom Of P. 806, And With Several Places With Broken Type, Including "O" In Half Title And Two Capital "O"'S In Contents Pages. The Rear Panels Of Both Dj's Are Printed In The Same Purple Color As The Front Panel And Spine Of The First Volume. The Dj To The First Volume Lacks The Top 1/3, And The Cover And Dj Are Completely Split At Front Spine Edge; The Covers To The Second Volume Are Near Fine, Slight Rubbing At Edges, And The Dj Has Tiny Losses At Corners, General Wear, Some Internal Tape Repairs.