The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Paris

:

Charles Carrington

,

1908 [1910]

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First Illustrated Edition.

26cm x 19cm. 312 pages, 7 plates. Original half cream parchment, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, no jacket.

The first illustrated edition of Oscar Wilde’s only novel, with the publisher’s slip acknowledging the later publication date due to the illustrator’s illness. 7 plates by Eugene Dete after Paul Thiriat with captioned tissue guards. A classic of Gothic literature. MASON 335.

Binding tanned and shelf worn, minor split at tail of upper joint, still firm. Foxing to edges, a little to first and last pages, and very occasionally throughout. Good Condition.