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A Letter from Oscar Wilde (1954)

 

Title: A Letter from Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (Author of letters)

(Book) Edition of 40 copies. 7 pages. ~20.5 cm (height).

Publication: 1954 [Edinburgh]. The Tragara Press

Typeface: Baskerville

Keywords: Letters, 1890s

The first printing of a letter from Oscar Wilde to the actress Ellen Terry (1954-1928).

The cover is a 1950 design ('Precious') by Elizabeth Friedländer for the Curwen Press.

Edition variants

40 numbered copies.

Printed on cream Basingwerk Parchment, and sewn in Curwen Press patterned wrappers with printed paper label.

Standard edition, cover
Standard edition, title page
Standard edition, colophon page

Copies:

National Library of Scotland (#1).
University of Delaware Library (#3).
University of Cambridge (#17).
The British Library (#23).
University of Oxford.
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Halliwell ref.: A2

Section

The Tragara Press, 1954-1991

References

Thomas Nashe, In Time of Pestilence (1954) »


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