A Woman of No Importance

  • 154, [1] pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to
  • London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street, 1894
By Wilde, Oscar
London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street, 1894. First edition, one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154, [1] pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. Original buckram gilt. Spine and extremities darkened, endleaves with some paste darkening, else fine, in a custom purple half-morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition, one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154, [1] pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. An attractive large paper copy. Wilde's witty and urbane satire of the English upper class. This was written and produced in 1893 near the height of Wilde's career, between Salome (1891) and his masterpiece The Importance of Being Ernest (1895). Mason 365. Provenance: Arthur Chester Rhodes

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