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Children's, Illustrated & Miniature Books
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Title: The Sphinx
Author: Wilde, Oscar Description: 36 pp. Illustrated 10 pochoir plates with lettered tissue guards; 2 additional plates serve as endpapers; 13 large decorative initials. (4to) 11¾x9, original gilt pictorial tan cloth. One of 1000 copies.The printing plates were destroyed during the German invasion of Belgium. Heading: (Alastair)Place Published: London Publisher: John Lane Date Published: 1920 Please note: This is a two day auction running Thursday 12/11 and Friday 12/12. Invoices will not be available before Monday 12/15. Condition reportMild soiling to cloth; upper corner of title page clipped; else very good.
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