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WILDE, Oscar.
Intentions.
The Decay of Lying Pen and Pencil and Poison The Critic as Artist The Truth of Masks.
Publisher: London, James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co., 1891
Stock code: 19764
Price: £7,500 Currency Conversion
First edition. Of 1,500 copies printed, this copy one of 900 for UK (600 printed for US). Inscribed by Wilde on the copyright page "Roy, from his friend the author. June 91."
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, gilt titles and box design to spine, raised bands, gilt rules to boards, gilt inner dentelles, white silk liners, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a green cloth covered protective slip case. . Lightly browned throughout, otherwise a fine copy.
