Oscar Wilde (Author of letters)
(Book) Edition of 40 copies. 7 pages. ~20.5 cm (height).
Publication: 1954 [Edinburgh]. The Tragara Press
Typeface: Baskerville
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.
40 numbered copies.
Printed on cream Basingwerk Parchment, and sewn in Curwen Press patterned wrappers with printed paper label.
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
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