New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Date: 1988, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st American edition, 3rd printing ; xvii, 680 pages [32] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm ; ISBN: 0394554841; 9780394554846 LCCN: 87-45354 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 828/.809; B ; OCLC: 16089096 ; brown cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Pulitzer Prize for Biography, 1989.; Contents: Beginnings -- Toil of growing up -- Wilde at Oxford -- Rome and Greece -- An incomplete aesthete -- Advances -- Setting sail -- Declaring his genius -- Indoctrinating America -- Countering the renaissance -- Two kinds of stage -- Mr. and Mrs. Wilde -- Exaltations -- Disciple to master -- The age of Dorian -- Hellenizing Paris -- A good woman, and others -- A late victorian love affair -- Sailing into the wind -- Disgrace -- 'I am the prosecutorin this case' -- Doom deferred -- Pentonville, Wandsworth, and Reading -- Escape from Reading -- Exile -- Prisoner at large -- The leftover years. ; "In this long-awaited biography, Wilde the legendary Victorian--brilliant writer and conversationalist, reckless flouter of social and sexual conventions--is brought to life. More astute and forbearing, yet more fallible than legend has allowed, Wilde is given here the dimensions of a modern hero. The author depicts Wilde's comet-like ascent on the Victorian scene and his equally dramatic sudden eclipse. He presents Wilde's Irish background, the actresses to whom he paid ...

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Pp. xviii, 684. Illustrated. Notes. Appendices. Index. 1988. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394554841 9780394554846 [US]

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Alfred A. Knopf 1988 American ed. Hard cover Stated First American Edition, first printing with no additional printings noted, in fine/ like new condition. The pages are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Boards are solid, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has a tiny bit of shelf wear, but no tears. The book is in excellent condition with an unclipped DJ, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.

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New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1988 American ed. Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover 1988 edition. Text, dust jacket and boards in very good condition. Binding firm. Text free from labels and markings. {680 pages}

Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1988. Hardcover. As new/as new. Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. third printing. 680pp., index, notes, black and white illustrations. Thick 8vo. As new unread hardcover, as new d/j. 1988. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394554841 9780394554846 [US]

New York Alfred A. Knopf 1988 First American Edition hardcover Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Lge. 8vo 9 1/2"x 6 1/4" cocoa cloth w/ silver lettering & black designs on cover; silver lettering on spine w/ similar designs (6) printed in black; fore-edge untrimmed; 680 pgs includes 63 photos & illus on coated paper, notes, sel bibliography, appendix & index; pewter dust jacket w/ black lettering & rules; front shows b&w Wilde photo (uncredited, but seems to be from the 1882 NY sitting by Napoleon Sarony), back has author photo by Jerry Bauer; $24.95 on front flap. jacket design by Sara Eisenman.

New York: Knopf, Date: 1988. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. xvii, 680 pp., illus. The book has some barely perceptible wear but is basically fine in a price-clipped dustjacket. First edition, third printing. 1988. Knopf ISBN 0394554841 9780394554846 [CA]

Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Date: 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394554841 . Brown hard covers with brown cloth spine covering, illustrations to the spine. This is a tightly bound, unmarked copy with a small stain to the front cover. The DJ is intact with cover scuffing and chipping to the spine end top. "A magnificent biography, on the grand scale, of one of the most fascinating and tragic literary figures of modern times, by possibly our finest biographer. 32 pages of halftones in four 8-page sections. " ; 1.8 x 9.4 x 6.2 Inches; 680 pages; Box 30/ shelved . 1988. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394554841 9780394554846 [CA]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing. 680pp. Illustrated from photographs. Very good with slightly bowed front board, some rubbing to the foredges, lacking the dustwrapper. Pulitzer prize winning biography of Wilde. 1988. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394554841 US

New York, N.Y. Alfred A. Knopf 1988 American ed. Hardcover Very Good in Good jacket Very Good Hardcover with dustjacket, DJ has slight tear in front.

New York Alfred A. Knopf 1988 American ed. Hardcover Very Good in Near Fine jacket Book club edition. 680pp. Illustrated from photographs. Foxing on page edges, spine ends lightly sunned, spine cocked, very good in a near fine dustwrapper with light internal foxing. Pulitzer prize winning biography of Wilde.

New York Alfred A. Knopf 1988 Reprint Cloth-Hard Cover Fine in Fine jacket 680 pages. Remainder stamp on lower edge of text block. Jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve. Due to weight, additional charges will apply for International shipping.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1988. 680 pages. Remainder stamp on lower edge of text block. Jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve. Due to weight, additional charges will apply for International shipping.. Reprint. Cloth - Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 1988. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394554841 9780394554846 [US]

New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1988. Very Good Hardcover with dustjacket, DJ has slight tear in front . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1988. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394554841 9780394554846 [US]

ISBN10: 0394554841, ISBN13: 9780394554846, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover Third printing. 680pp. Illustrated from photographs. Near fine in like dustwrapper. Pulitzer prize winning biography of Wilde.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1988]
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ISBN10: 0394554841, ISBN13: 9780394554846, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover Third printing. 680pp. Illustrated from photographs. Near fine in like dustwrapper. Pulitzer prize winning biography of Wilde.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1988]
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New York, NY, U.S.A. Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated 1988 American ed. Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Very Good/Very Good+ Hardcover.