Complete Works of Oscar Wilde. Comprising: 1. The Importance of Being Earnest; 2. The Picture of Dorian Gray; 3. A House of Pomegranates; The Happy Prince, and Other Tales; 4. De Profundis, First Edition with Additional Matter; 5. Lady Windermere's Fan; 6. Intentions, and The Soul of Man; 7. The Duchess of Padua, First English Edition; 8. A Woman of No Importance; 9. An Ideal Husband; 10. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, and Other Prose Pieces; 11. Salomé; A Florentine Tragedy, First Edition; Vera, First Edition; 12. Reviews, First Edition in book form; 13. Miscellanies, First Edition in book form; 14. Poems. Includes a previously unpublished poem
Published by 13 volumes by Methuen and Co., London, and Charles Carrington, Paris, for 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', 1908
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since June 15, 1998
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[Literature] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, limited to 1000 sets on hand made paper. Fourteen volumes, octavo (22 x 16 x 54cm). Handsomely bound in half mid-green oasis morocco, spines in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt titles to russet leather labels, gilt decoration, matching buckram sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Internally clean and fresh, exteriors as new. A superb set in an attractive recent leather binding. This first ever collected edition of Wilde also contains some de facto first editions. Mason [420-448a].
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- Title
- Complete Works of Oscar Wilde. Comprising: 1. The Importance of Being Earnest; 2. The Picture of Dorian Gray; 3. A House of Pomegranates; The Happy Prince, and Other Tales; 4. De Profundis, First Edition with Additional Matter; 5. Lady Windermere's Fan; 6. Intentions, and The Soul of Man; 7. The Duchess of Padua, First English Edition; 8. A Woman of No Importance; 9. An Ideal Husband; 10. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, and Other Prose Pieces; 11. Salomé; A Florentine Tragedy, First Edition; Vera, First Edition; 12. Reviews, First Edition in book form; 13. Miscellanies, First Edition in book form; 14. Poems. Includes a previously unpublished poem
- Author
- WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)
- Publisher
- 13 volumes by Methuen and Co., London, and Charles Carrington, Paris, for 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', 1908
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Collected Works & Sets, Literature
Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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Adrian Harrington Ltd occupies the rare book room on the first floor of the iconic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells which was established in 1898. We are a large high street bookshop with a stock of tens of thousands of books, prints, maps and ephemeral items. Adrian Harrington specialise in Literature, modern first editions, Ian Fleming, children's books, history, travel, and general antiquarian books. Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5.30pm. Visit our website at www.harringtonbooks.co.uk…
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