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Published by New York: The Modern Library Publishers. First Modern Library Edition, 1935., 1935
Seller: Shepardson Bookstall, Brookline, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. DIFFICULT TO FIND BOOK: Dark Green Leathette; Spine 4; Bernhard Endpaper in excellent condition; green topstain. NO DJ. ABOUT De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") It is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie" (Lord Alfred Douglas). In its first half, Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventually led to Wilde's conviction and imprisonment for gross indecency.
Published by Methuen, London, 1908
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
The edition of 1000 copies (there was also an edition of 80 in vellum). Demy 8vo (8.5 x 6 ins); pp [8], 261, [3] pages, with initial and final blank leaves. Publisher's cream cloth with three circular gilt designs and gilt lettering to the front and spine, by Charles Ricketts. Spine rather darkened and sides a touch grubby. Endpapers browned, with an art-deco style bookplate laid down on the pastedown. Contents clean and crisp, no old inscriptions. Top edge of the pages gilt, others untrimmed. A VG+ copy. Salomé is in the original French; A Florentine Tragedy and Vera in English. Book.