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Intentions the Decay of Lying Pen Pencil and Poison the Critic as Artist the Truth of Masks. L, 1891. FIRST EDITION. -- Another copy. of the FIRST EDITION. -- Salome. Aubrey Beardsley, illustrator. L, 1904. LIMITED EDITION, 57 of 250 copies on hand-made paper. -- Sebastian Melmoth. L, 1904. Later decorated cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- Impressions of America. Stuart Mason [Christopher Millard], editor. Sunderland: Keystone Press, 1906. Later printed wrappers; folding case. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, 9 of 50 copies on hand-made paper. -- The Picture of Dorian Gray. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908 [but 1910]. Original vellum-backed boards (rebacked preserving original spine). "First Illustrated Edition," with printed slip tipped in explaining publication delay due to artist's illness. -- The Ballad of Reading Gaol. John VASSOS, illustrator. NY, 1928. Original cloth-backed boards gilt; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED BY VASSOS. SIGNED BY VASSOS. -- Mervyn Peake/Oscar Wilde Extracts from the Poems of Oscar Wilde. L, 1980. With publisher's slipcase designed by Maeve Gilmore. LIMITED EDITION, 52 of 200 copies of the "Special Limited Edition," SIGNED BY GILMORE. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, various 8vo and 4to sizes, most in original cloth, condition generally good to very good.