THE FRIENDSHIPS AND FOLLIES OF OSCAR WILDE; by Lewis Broad / A modern psychological approach to one of literature's most controversial personalities
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1955. B&W photos. First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, pale blue cloth with black lettering on spine, ilustrated with frontispiece B&W photo of Wilde and 11 pages of glossy period photos; archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with caricature of Oscar, xi, [xii-xiv] + 302 pages. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #8114
This insightful biography of the briliiant, troubled, and ostracized genius is said by the author (or his publisher?) to be "a modern psychological approach to one of literature's most controversial personalities." Broad also wrote a well received biography of Winston Churchill, and The Bernard Shaw Dictionary.
Solid and clean copy with light uniform age-toning and a very good dust jacket (unclipped) with a few clean nicks and light edgewear. No previous owner or remainder marks.
Price: $25.00