11-15-201511-15-2015
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2865BBoston
November 15, 2015 11:00 AMCalender
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Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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$1,230$1,000
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2865BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 15, 2015 11:00AM

Description:

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) The Picture of Dorian Gray. London, New York, and Melbourne: Ward Locke & Co., [1891].
First trade edition, first issue, octavo, with the misprint on page 208, lacking the "a" in "and" eight lines from the bottom, no publisher's ads; in an exhibition binding and custom slipcase by Florence Walter (1884-1972),full crushed morocco with four-color inlaid design on both boards, with gilt-tooled lines, in a coordinating slipcase, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.
Estimate $2,000-2,500


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Florence Walter, Melbourne, London