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Wilde, Oscar.
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Publisher: Ye Olde Paris Booke-Shoppe & Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Paris & London;
Date of Publication: 1913
Stock Code: 12982
1910 edition, Second Printing. Duodecimo, pp., xi, 352, [1]. Forest green publisher’s cloth, title gilt to upper board and spine. Tope edge gilt, others uncut. In the rare original 1910 buff-brown jacket. Slight loss to corners of jacket, advancing to moderate loss of upper spine tip of jacket. Trivial shelf wear to binding, particularly to spine-tips, but otherwise near fine.. Contents generally clean and bright. Overall, a very good copy. The second printing of the second edition in book form of Wilde’s infamous novel. With the introduction by Wilde’s literary executor Robert Ross. £180.00