Ricketts (Charles).- Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, first edition in book form, first issue with misprint "nd" for "and" line 23 p.208, half-title (lightly spotted), 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end (unopened), original parchment-backed boards with cover design in gilt by Charles Ricketts, uncut, rubbed, spine browned and torn, also worn and chipped at head, upper joint worn, lower partly split, [Mason 328], [1891]; Lord Arthur Savile's Crime & other stories, first edition, original salmon boards printed in brown, rather rubbed and soiled, [Mason 345], 1891; Intentions, second edition, original green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Mason 342], 1894; A Woman of No Importance, one of 1000 copies on handmade paper, endpapers foxed, original decorated cream buckram, gilt, uncut, a little soiled, 1908, all with bindings designed by Charles Ricketts, 8vo & small 4to (4)

⁂ The first is the first trade edition of Wilde's classic novel, published three months prior to the signed limited edition and seemingly much scarcer.

The Property of J.Paul Delaney, author of a biography and other books on Charles Ricketts