WILDE | A collection of three works, 1891-1899

WILDE, OSCAR

THREE WORKS, 1891-1899, COMPRISING:

The Importance of Being Earnest… London: Leonard Smithers, 1899, small 4to, FIRST EDITION, one of 1000 copies, original light brown cloth lettered in gilt with designs by Charles Shannon, [Mason 381], some browning and spotting, ownership signature, binding worn and soiled, minor tear to spine;

A House of Pomegranates. London: James R. Osgood, 1891, 4to, FIRST EDITION, pictorial title-page and other illustrations in the text by Charles Ricketts, 4 full-page illustrations by Charles Shannon printed in brown, original pictorial cloth gilt and pictorial endpapers designed by Charles Ricketts, [Mason 347], ownership signature to preliminary blank, title-page, binding worn and soiled with some loss, hinges split;

The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers, 1899, 8vo, seventh edition [one of 2000 copies], original white and cinnamon cloth, lettering in gilt, [Mason 378], some spotting and browning

The copy of The Importance of Being Earnest, usually numbered by hand, is here left blank.

PROVENANCE:

Christie's, South Kensington, 13 November 2008, lot 238A

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