Lot 240
Wilde (Oscar) The Importance of Being Earnest, first trade edition, 1899.
Hammer Price: £2,400
Description
Wilde (Oscar) The Importance of Being Earnest, first trade edition, unnumbered copy from an edition limited to 1,000, light browning to endpapers, some light scattered spotting to title and half-title but very clean generally, original lilac cloth, gilt, designed by Charles Shannon, uncut and unopened, light toning to spine, tips of spine a little bumped, light foxing and surface soiling to covers, but an excellent example overall, [Mason 381], small 4to, Leonard Smithers & Co., 1899.
Description
Wilde (Oscar) The Importance of Being Earnest, first trade edition, unnumbered copy from an edition limited to 1,000, light browning to endpapers, some light scattered spotting to title and half-title but very clean generally, original lilac cloth, gilt, designed by Charles Shannon, uncut and unopened, light toning to spine, tips of spine a little bumped, light foxing and surface soiling to covers, but an excellent example overall, [Mason 381], small 4to, Leonard Smithers & Co., 1899.
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