[Wilde, Oscar- Stunning Fine Copy] The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Wilde, Oscar

Verlag: Leonard Smithers, London, 1899

Beschreibung

First Edition. Quarto. Original gilt-stamped mauve cloth with superb and famous decorative design on both covers and spine by Charles Shannon. An amazing copy, apart from very small nick on front cover, a fine copy, with no little to no fading to color-sensitive covers, no loss of gilt, corners barely bumped, front and back hinges fully intact, and the entire contents almost as new, with slight browning to rear fly leaf! Rarely seen thus. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered, as often seen. The play opened in February, 1895 in London, and met with instant acclaim. However, the premiere was nearly ruined when the Marquess of Queensberry, angry at Wilde's affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, his son, tried to break into the theater and disrupt the play. This is the best copy we have ever seen of this title. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6104

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [Wilde, Oscar- Stunning Fine Copy] The ...

Verlag: Leonard Smithers, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1899

Auflage: First Edition.