The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde; Poems; Vera and Other Early Plays; The Happy Prince and Other Fairy Tales; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Intentions; Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories; Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance; The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband; Salome and Other Plays; The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Other Essays; De Profundis Lectures and Essays; Criticisms and Reviews
New York: Wm. H. Wise & Company, 1927. Later edition. Hardcover. 12 vol. 8vo. For pagination, please inquire. Brown cloth with a paper label printed in brown and green on each spine; orange topstain. Title pages printed in orange and black. Volume one with a tipped-in leaf stating this set of the Connoisseur's edition of the complete works of Oscar Wilde was specially prepared for Harry N. Jones. With introductions by various hands (including Yeats, Drinkwater, Cowper Powys), and a review by Walter Pater in volume four. The first set of Wilde's complete works was done in 1908, this later set is a lovely production of the wit's poems, plays, and prose. Very Good / Very Good. Item #000015986
Light foxing to the topstains, four volumes with a bit of rubbing to their cloth, a small red spot on volume twelve's bottom textblock; jackets with light chipping (heavier on volume one), the jacket of volume two with two pieces of tape on its reverse.
Price: $850.00