Description: LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME AND OTHER PROSE PIECES. **** This Edition on handmade paper is limited to 1000 copies for the United Kingdom and America ****OSCAR WILDEPublished by Methuen and Co. 36 Essex Street W.C., London, 1908FIRST EDITION THUS. 8.5 x 6.25 inches. [iv] + 265 + [1] pp. Bound in original cream cloth, gilt titles and illustration in gold blocks on front board. Top edge gilt, fore and lower edges deckled. Head and tail of spine slightly softened and somewhat darkened with gilt title lettering faded. Front corners bumped, moreso to bottom front board. A little foxing to the preliminaries and sporadically throughout, otherwise a very good, clean copy. QUITE A SCARCE VOLUME TO FIND NOW.A 1908 limited edition collecting together a variety of short prose pieces by Oscar Wilde. The first four short stories, including the title piece, and The Canterville Ghost, were originally published in various periodicals in 1887 and collected together in 1891 under the title, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. The Portrait of Mr. W. H. was published in a periodical in 1889 and subsequently added to the Lord Arthur Savile collection. Likewise the six prose poems entitled Poems in Prose first appeared together in The Fortnightly Review of 1894 and were separately published in 1905 as was the essay, The Rise of Historical Criticism (in the US; it had originally been written by Wilde at Oxford in 1879), before being collected for the first time in this edition. Please see all extensive attached scans and photographs for extensive details of the book.All books securely packed and posted promptly with postage discounts on multiple purchases.I always adjust the final international postage fee on the final payment if it is less than quoted.PLEASE SEE MY OTHER INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, PICTURES, INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE OBJECTS AND BOOKS LISTED..... MANY OF WHICH ARE SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS OR ILLUSTRATORS........OR ARE UNIQUE ASSOCIATION COPIES.Any questions please do not hesitate to ask - I always reply promptly.Thanks for taking the time to browse and if you enjoy what is in my collection please add me to your favourites list.
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Inscribed
Author: Oscar Wilde
