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Lot 160
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$2,000 -
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$4,410
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Lot Description
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde. New York: Wm. H. Wise & Company, 1927.
2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, title-pages printed in red and black, numerous illustrations. (Slight soiling and marginal toning.) Mid-20th-century half blue morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest gilt-decorated, top edges gilt, others uncut (a touch of wear to extremities, spines slightly darkened). Provenance: Susan W. Hildreth (original subscriber); Meyer Robert Guggenheim (1885-1959) U.S. Army Major and U.S. Ambassador to Portugal (bookplates).
The Collected “Connoisseur’s edition.” This set "specially prepared for Susan W. Hildreth." With introductions by John Cowper Powys, Arthur Symonds, W.B. Yeats, and other authors.
Property from the Dorros Family Collection


