Oscar Wilde: A Problem in Biography. Wood Engravings by John DePol.

Symons, Julian & John DePol (Artist & Illustrator; 1913-2004).

Published by Yellow Barn Press, Council Bluffs, Iowa. One of 200 numbered copies; signed by John DePol., 1988

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[Partial Colophon]: "[-]The text composition is set in 12 point Monotype Bulmer and the display lines are set in Baskerville. The text was keyboarded by Mackenzie-Harris with refinements by hand at the Press. The paste paper for the cover was handmade by Molly Green and Greg Campbell at the Campbell-Logan Bindery where the book was bound. Neil Shaver was the pressman using a Vandercook Universal III." 6 3/8 inches x 9 6/8 in., wood-engraved frontispiece portrait of Oscar Wilde; [6]pp., 27 pp. +numbered & signed colophon page, with an inseted errata slip, which also features a small wood-engraving. With four wood-engravings by John DePol, including the frontispiece portrait, and: portrait of Lord Alfred Douglas; exterior of Raeding Gaol; interior: Wilde's Cell, Reading Gaol. Red cloth spine and sides, with a mounted, printed, gray paper title label on the spine (with a duplicate in the back of the book), red paste-paper over boards. "This is the text of The Lurcy Lecture delivered at Amherst College on the Seventh of April 1988". Seller Inventory # ABE-849945946

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Title: Oscar Wilde: A Problem in Biography. Wood ...
Publisher: Yellow Barn Press, Council Bluffs, Iowa. One of 200 numbered copies; signed by John DePol.
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

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