WILDE, Oscar.

The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde.

London: Keller-Farmer Co , 1907.

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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all": Complete Works of Oscar Wilde; One of 50 Examples; Finely Bound In Full Morocco

The Astral edition of Wilde's works, one of 50 sets, this is number one. Octavo, 15 volumes. Bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, floriated corner devices in gilt, red and green, raised bands, moire silk endpapers, top edge gilt. With photogravures in two states from paintings, photographs, and drawings (4 of which are by Aubrey Beardsley). In near fine condition. An exceptional set.

Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.