Lot 351
WILDE, Oscar. A House of Pomegranates. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$378
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Lot Description
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). A House of Pomegranates. London: James R. Osgood, 1891.
8vo. 4 plates by Charles Shannon and Art Nouveau head-pieces, tail-pieces and illustrations by Charles Ricketts. Original green linen-backed cream pictorial boards decorated in red and git (soiling and light wear, upper hinge starting, front flyleaf detached, flyleaves slightly chipping).
FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies. Wilde's work was not commercially successful when it was first published, and Mason notes that in "about 1903 or 1904 the stock was sold off." Mason 247.
Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio
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