The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Wilde, Oscar.
From Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 22, 2000
From Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 22, 2000
About this Item
4to (185 x 218 mm). (4 blank), VII, (1 blank), 334, (4 blank) pp. Ca. 1930s brown master binding signed by Edith Holm of Munich, with blind rules to covers and leading edges; title blind-stamped to spine. Top edge trimmed, deckle edges on fore-edge and bottom. First edition of Wilde's only novel, signed limited issue: number 40 of 250 large-paper copies of the de luxe issue on Van Gelder handmade laid paper, signed "Oscar Wilde". The title-page and half title were designed by Charles Ricketts, who provided illustrations and cover designs for many of Wilde's works. This luxury issue is the corrected second issue, published about two months after the first authorized trade edition produced in April 1891. - Front hinge lightly rubbed; some dust-staining to spine. Internally an almost immaculate copy with very minor browning and/or staining mostly confined to the edges and corners of the blank leaves at the beginning and end of the volume. - German private collection. - Mason 329. Ellman 314. Seller Inventory # 66060
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Publisher: London, New York & Melbourne, Ward Lock & Co., 1891.
Binding: Hardcover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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