one of 50 large paper copies

One of 50 large paper copies of Wilde's four-act comedy, first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London. Like many of Wilde's plays, it bitingly satirises the morals of society.

First edition, one of 50 large paper copies; small 4to (23 x 18 cm); ownership signature to limitation page, some browning to endpapers; publisher's straw coloured buckram with gilt decorations by Charles Ricketts, gilt lettering to spine, spine browned, very slight wear at head and foot of spine; a near-fine copy, housed in custom purple cloth chemise and matching quarter morocco slipcase.

Mason 358.