Wilde, Oscar

The Importance of Being Earnest

Hard Cover, London: Leonard Smithers and Co., First Edition.

First edition, one of 1000 copies. Publisher’s original lavender linen boards with gilt designs by Charles Shannon. Boards with soiling and a few scattered stains, larger stain to rear board, spine with a slight lean. A few pages creased and with bookplate of Alfred Sutro (British dramatist) to front pastedown. A presentable copy, without the usual wear or fraying, and with bright gilt decoration. Mason 381.

Item #OW015       Price: $4,200.00