WILDE, Oscar. Lady Windermere's Fan. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). Lady Windermere's Fan. A Play about a Good Woman. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893.
8vo. 16pp. publisher's advertisements. (Some toning, a few gatherings roughly opened.) Original brown-red cloth, covers with gilt designs after Charles Shannon, spine gilt-lettered, edges uncut (spine darkened, wear to spine ends, corners bumped). Provenance: Raymond Asquith (1878-1916), English barrister and eldest son of British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith (signature, 1 July 1895).
FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies printed. Mason 357.
Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio
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