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Oscar Wilde : a problem in biography: PB 12-2004

Object information

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Titles

Oscar Wilde : a problem in biography

Maker(s)

Author: Symons, Julian
Publisher: Yellow Barn Press
Illustrator: DePol, John
Binder (person): Campbell-Logan Bindery

Categories

Description

By Julian Symons ; wood engravings by John De Pol

"This is the text of the Lucy (i.e. Lurcy) Lecture delivered at Amerherst College on the seventh of April 1988.".
With illustrated errata slip - removed to separate file.

27, [2] p : ill ; 25 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Council Bluffs

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1988

Note

"... The text composition is set in 12 point Monotype Bulmer and the display lines are set in Baskerville. The text was keyboarded by Mackenzie-Harris with refinements by hand at the Press. The paste paper for the cover was handmade by Molly Green and Greg Campbell at the Campbell-Logan Bindery where the book was bound. Neil Shaver was the pressman using a Vandercook Universal III. Of 200 copies, this is copy number [in ms] 40."--Colophon. Inscription from Depol to John Dreyfus dated 12th Dec.. 1988 on front pastedown. Quarter bound in red cloth with patterned paper sides; paper label on spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 12-2004
Primary reference Number: 99049
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 August 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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