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Oscar Wilde: Recollections: PB 1932.4

Object information

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Titles

Oscar Wilde: Recollections

Maker(s)

Author: Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Publisher: Nonesuch Press
Printer: Jones, Geo. W.
Printer: Dolphin Press
Typographer: Meynell, Francis

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Categories

Description

By Jean Paul Raymond & Charles Ricketts

Jean Paul Raymond is a pseudonym for Charles Ricketts.

59,[5]p ; 26cm.

Notes

History note: Purchased by Ernest Marsh (1863-1945) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Pottery and Crafts Fund, 1942; presented to The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, 8 Jan 1942

Legal notes

Given by the Contemporary Art Society, 1942

Measurements and weight

Height: 26.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Contemporary Art Society

Dating

Production date: AD 1932

Note

Edition of 800 copies, of which Museum copy is "out of series for review". Bound in white buckram boards stamped in gold with designs by Charles Ricketts with gilt lettering. With black Ingress dust jacket, with gold lettering on spine. All page edges untrimmed, top edge gilt.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1932.4
Primary reference Number: 98847
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 23 April 2024 Last processed: Saturday 22 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Oscar Wilde: Recollections" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/98847 Accessed: 2025-03-28 15:21:23

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