Wilde Oscar. The Sphinx With a note by Robert Ross. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1918.

Price: US$38.41 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: In very pale green paper-covered boards (looks almost grey) with illustrated front cover. No Dustjacket. Cover by Charles Ricketts. The spine looks as if it has been re-glued and is missing the top 2.5 inches, showing the webbing. The covers are lightly 'bumped' to the corners, with the bottom front corner rubbed through at the edge. The spine edges and edges to the covers are darkened / discoloured - worse to the spine edge. The page fore-edges and the endpapers / prelims have some light foxing (pale browny spotting) , with the odd light spot in the text here and there - negligible - o/w internally Very Good and after the title page/dedication and Note (by Robert Ross) ALL pages are Very Clean and UNCUT. NO INSCRIPTIONS or other Marks. 46 pp plus two pages of advertisments at the end. Not illustrated inside. Charles Ricketts designed the typography, illustrations and binding for this edition of Oscar Wilde's Aesthetic poem 'The Sphinx' (1894). The binding combines Byzantine and Japanese motifs. As part of the spine is lacking in this copy/edition price is reduced accordingly. A good candidate for rebinding perhaps - with the original covers bound in? . It's an early copy of a book worth saving. Overall this book is better than it sounds. SEE IMAGES. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall

Seller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, United Kingdom

WILDE, Oscar.. THE SPHINX.. John Lane, Bodley Head, London. 1918., 1918.

Price: US$79.25 + shipping

Description: Small 8vo, 46pp plus two pages of advertisments. A good hardback copy bound in pale green papered boards with illustrated front cover. Boards lightly bowed with wear to extremities and slight discolouration and creasing to spine. Tick mark in black pen to top corner of cover. Foxing to fore edges and end papers. Lower part of rear endpaper split.

Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia