First edition. Octavo. Publisher’s original salmon-coloured paper covered boards, lettered in brown. Housed in a custom chemise and quarter morocco slipcase.
A very good copy, some superficial splitting to the joints, some spotting internally. Bookplate to front pastedown.
One of 1,500 copies of the first edition of Wilde’s first collection of short stories. A further 500 copies were issued in the US.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime And Other Stories
Author
Oscar Wilde
Publisher
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co.
Date
1891