SEBASTIAN MELMOTH BY OSCAR WILDE 1911 BUMPUS FINE LEATHER BINDING

[WILDE, OSCAR]. Sebastian Melmoth. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911.

First edition thus. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (160 x 125 mm.), pp. (4), 222. English text. Handsomely bound by Bumpus in full red calf. Spine with five raised bands. The compartments and bands gilt ruled, tooled and lettered. Gilt rules to boards, edges, and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Title-page in red and black. Condition: NEAR FINE. A near immaculate copy of a signed binding, without inking or bookplates, scarce thus. Listing note: Reprinted from the 'Fortnightly Review' by permission of Messrs Chapman & Hall.