Wilde Oscar

1908 · réf. 194545 — London: Methuen and Co. except Dorian Gray: Charles Carrington Paris 1908. A finely bound set of the first collection of his works First collected edition one of 1000 sets on handmade paper edited by Wilde's most constant friend and literary executor Robert Ross 1869-1918. It prints previously unpublished material including the uncompleted play A Florentine Tragedy a fragment of another La Sainte Courtisane and various lectures. 14 vols octavo 210 x 147 mm. Near-contemporary blue morocco spines with raised bands milled in gilt compartments lettered and elaborately tooled in gilt boards decoratively panelled in gilt board edges and turn-ins in gilt gilt doublures white watered silk free endpapers top edges gilt others untrimmed white silk bookmarkers. Spines sunned light rubbing retouched with colour presenting attractively variable foxing to contents couple of bookmarkers fraying. A very good set. Mason 420 423 425 427 429 431 433 435 437 439 441 443 445 447. hardcover