May 17, 2007 - Sale 2114

Sale 2114 - Lot 549

Price Realized: $ 5,760
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
WILDE'S SENSATIONAL MASTERPIECE. WILDE, OSCAR. The Picture of Dorian Gray. 4to, original bevelled boards decorated in gold by Charles Ricketts, lacks backstrip and covers worn, needs rebinding; endpapers a bit chipped along edges and lightly soiled; text block still tight with leaves clean, deckle toned as usual. Internally handsome but sold as is. London, 1891

Additional Details

first limited edition. number 100 of 250 large-paper copies signed by wilde. Mason 329.