Wilde, Oscar | A handsome copy of a sumptuous work

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Wilde, Oscar

A House of Pomegranates. London: James R. Osgood, 1891

4to (220 x 175 mm). Unopened. Pictorial title-page, four plates by C.H. Shannon, head-pieces, tail-pieces, and illustrations by Charles Ricketts throughout. Original green linen backed cream boards stamped in pale red and gilt with designs by Ricketts, including a peacock, fountain, and a basket of pomegranates, spine gilt-lettered with a few small pomegranate designs, decorated endpapers; slight browning to edges, some minor spotting to lower board. Housed in custom case and folding chemise. 

First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Additionally, Mason notes that "A House of Pomegranates was not a success on its first publication. About 1903 or 1904 the stock was sold off..."

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Mason 347