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WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1891.
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WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1891.
4o. Contemporary deluxe binding of full vellum gilt, gilt lettered on upper cover and with drawer-handle tools in gilt, gilt lettered on spine, top edge gilt, others uncut, by Morley, Oxford (lightly soiled); red morocco slipcase. Provenance: effaced signature on front flyleaf dated 11 November 1899; William K. Bixby (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 167 of 250 large-paper copies on handmade Van Gelder paper, SIGNED, "Oscar Wilde" on limitation page. The novel was first published in Philadelphia's Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, July 1890; Wilde's famous preface, comprising 24 aphorisms ("the artist is the creator of beautiful things," etc.), first appeared in The Fortnightly Review, March 1891. Mason 329.
4o. Contemporary deluxe binding of full vellum gilt, gilt lettered on upper cover and with drawer-handle tools in gilt, gilt lettered on spine, top edge gilt, others uncut, by Morley, Oxford (lightly soiled); red morocco slipcase. Provenance: effaced signature on front flyleaf dated 11 November 1899; William K. Bixby (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 167 of 250 large-paper copies on handmade Van Gelder paper, SIGNED, "Oscar Wilde" on limitation page. The novel was first published in Philadelphia's Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, July 1890; Wilde's famous preface, comprising 24 aphorisms ("the artist is the creator of beautiful things," etc.), first appeared in The Fortnightly Review, March 1891. Mason 329.