Wilde oscar

1902 · E7173 — Paris: Privately Printed 1902. First edition thus. vellum. Very Good. One of 500 unnumbered copies "for private circulation only among friends and subscribers". Full vellum line and lettered in black title on spine and large "O.W." on front cover. Top edge stained red and other edges uncut. Title page printed in red and black. Translated into English by Sebastian Melmoth pseudonym of Oscar Wilde. This is now considered to be a spurious Wilde piece; the Paris bookseller who printed it Charles Carrington apparently invented the Wilde connection in order to spur sales. The four page foreword has Wilde who had died two years earlier as its subject. A tight very good or a bit better example spine a bit darkened and some very light soilning to the vellum. Carrington's bookshop label is affixed to the rear free endpaper. Privately Printed unknown