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WILDE (OSCAR) The Picture of Dorian Gray, FIRST BOOK EDITION, Ward, Lock and Co., 1891 and earlier version in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, July 1890 (2)
29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
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WILDE (OSCAR)
The Picture of Dorian Gray, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title and title designed by Charles Ricketts, Preface and with misprint "nd" for "and" on page 208, untrimmed and uncut in publisher's grey parchment-backed bevelled boards, gilt design by Ricketts on upper cover of title and funnel of ten butterflies, neat repairs to upper part of joints [Mason 328], Ward, Lock & Co., 1891; The Picture of Dorian Gray [in "Lippincott's Monthly Magazine"], 20 pp. advertisements (including 16 for Ward and Lock), additional advertisement for the "August Number of Lippincott's Magazine" tipped in before p.3, partially unopened, publisher's wrappers printed in red and black, spine with some loss to lower section (including 6 letters), covers frayed at fore-edge with minor losses, corners rubbed, small tear to lower cover [Mason 81], Ward, Lock and Co., July, 1890, the 2 works housed together in morocco-backed solander box, gilt lettered on spine, 8vo (2)
Footnotes
FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM OF, TOGETHER WITH THE STORY'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT AS ISSUED IN LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE
Dorian Gray was first printed in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Magazine, and contained thirteen chapters. It was published simultaneously in London (Mason 81) and in Philadelphia (Mason 82). For the first edition in book form of 1891, the novel was expanded with the addition of six new chapters.
Provenance: Robert Sebag-Montefiore, bookplate.

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