Oscar Wilde A Critical Study

Ransome, Arthur

Published by London Methuen & Co. Ltd 1913, 1913

About this Item

Third edition. 234 pages + 3 of ads and an 8-page catalogue. The book is firmly bound in the publisher's blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the cloth is lightly marked and the extremities are slightly bumped and rubbed. The text block is slightly toned and marked, with minor spots of foxing. The dust jacket, with a reproduction of one of Ellis & Walery's famous 1892 photographs of Wilde to the front cover, is the original, it is quite marked and rubbed, with chipping and short closed tears to the edges, also splits at the folds, some of which have been repaired with thin paper archival tape to the reverse, the spine is slightly sunned. The third edition overall, but the second printing of the second edition, dated a month after the first, and indicating the tremendous public enthusiasm for Ransome's book following Lord Alfred Douglas's famous failed libel suit, despite Ransome having, by choice, omitted the offending passages which aroused Bosie's ire. Though printed in large numbers the Methuen edition is a cheaply produced pocket-sized volume, resulting in a consequently high attrition rate, and pre-WW1 examples with substantially intact original dust jackets are rarely encountered.

Seller Inventory # 7180

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Oscar Wilde A Critical Study
• Publisher: London Methuen & Co. Ltd 1913
• Publication Date: 1913
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included