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The Library of a Deceased Irish Collector
Lot 233

WILDE (OSCAR)
The Picture of Dorian Gray, NUMBER 189 OF 250 LARGE PAPER COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Ward, Lock & Co., 1891

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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WILDE (OSCAR)

The Picture of Dorian Gray, NUMBER 189 OF 250 LARGE PAPER COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, half-title and title designed by Charles Ricketts, untrimmed in publisher's grey parchment-backed bevelled boards, upper cover with gilt design by Ricketts incorporating title and funnel of "butterflies", gilt lettered spine, t.e.g., edges slightly rubbed, spine darkened and bumped with small piece loose at head and slight loss [Mason 329; 'Oscar Wilde. A Collection', Bernard Shapero Catalogue, 1989, 16], 4to, Ward, Lock & Co., 1891

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THE SIGNED LARGE PAPER ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION. This copy has a variant form of the title-page with a full stop after the word 'Gray'; the full stop is not present in Mason's reproduction of the title-page but is seemingly often found.

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