WILDE, Oscar.
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
London: Ward Lock and Co , 1891.
$35,000.00
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Signed Limited Edition of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
Signed limited first edition of Wilde's only novel, considered by many to be his finest work. Octavo, original half vellum over boards. The deluxe, large-paper issue; one of 250 numbered copies, boldly signed by Oscar Wilde. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise box. Rare and desirable in this condition.
Wilde insists in his Preface, “There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That’s all.” When critics attacked the work for its immorality, Wilde responded, “Leave my book, I beg you, to the immortality that it deserves” (Mason 328).
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
$35,000.00
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