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Wilde (Oscar) The House of Pomegranates, first edition, pictorial title and illustrations by Charles Ricketts, plates by Charles Shannon, spotting to first few leaves, 1891; The Importance of Being Earnest, first edition, half-title, spotting, pencil notes to final ff., 1899; The Picture of Dorian Gray, half-title, title in red and black, neat pencil note to p.1, spotting to early blanks, Paris, 1901; The Ballad of Reading Gaol, half-title, scattered spotting, 1899; Salome, [possibly a pirate], illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, faint spotting to blanks, San Francisco, 1896, bookplate, original cloth bound at end, uniform contemporary half-morocco, gilt, slight rubbing to joints and extremities, [Mason 347; 381; 331; 378]; and another by the same, 8vo & 12mo (6).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/2464be40-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/fd856785-1491-ee11-817a-6045bdcfd69d.webp "118
Wilde (Oscar) The House of Pomegranates, first edition, pictorial title and illustrations by Charles Ricketts, plates by Charles Shannon, spotting to first few leaves, 1891; The Importance of Being Earnest, first edition, half-title, spotting, pencil notes to final ff., 1899; The Picture of Dorian Gray, half-title, title in red and black, neat pencil note to p.1, spotting to early blanks, Paris, 1901; The Ballad of Reading Gaol, half-title, scattered spotting, 1899; Salome, [possibly a pirate], illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, faint spotting to blanks, San Francisco, 1896, bookplate, original cloth bound at end, uniform contemporary half-morocco, gilt, slight rubbing to joints and extremities, [Mason 347; 381; 331; 378]; and another by the same, 8vo & 12mo (6).")
Lot 118
Wilde (Oscar) The House of Pomegranates, first edition, 1891; and others by the same (6).
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Wilde (Oscar) The House of Pomegranates, first edition, pictorial title and illustrations by Charles Ricketts, plates by Charles Shannon, spotting to first few leaves, 1891; The Importance of Being Earnest, first edition, half-title, spotting, pencil notes to final ff., 1899; The Picture of Dorian Gray, half-title, title in red and black, neat pencil note to p.1, spotting to early blanks, Paris, 1901; The Ballad of Reading Gaol, half-title, scattered spotting, 1899; Salome, [possibly a pirate], illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, faint spotting to blanks, San Francisco, 1896, bookplate, original cloth bound at end, uniform contemporary half-morocco, gilt, slight rubbing to joints and extremities, [Mason 347; 381; 331; 378]; and another by the same, 8vo & 12mo (6).
Description
Wilde (Oscar) The House of Pomegranates, first edition, pictorial title and illustrations by Charles Ricketts, plates by Charles Shannon, spotting to first few leaves, 1891; The Importance of Being Earnest, first edition, half-title, spotting, pencil notes to final ff., 1899; The Picture of Dorian Gray, half-title, title in red and black, neat pencil note to p.1, spotting to early blanks, Paris, 1901; The Ballad of Reading Gaol, half-title, scattered spotting, 1899; Salome, [possibly a pirate], illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, faint spotting to blanks, San Francisco, 1896, bookplate, original cloth bound at end, uniform contemporary half-morocco, gilt, slight rubbing to joints and extremities, [Mason 347; 381; 331; 378]; and another by the same, 8vo & 12mo (6).
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