Wilde, Oscar.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. A Study of Duty.

[London]: Privately printed, [1904]. First separate edition, a pirated edition produced by Leonard Smithers, one of 300 copies. One inch tear along back joint, Top corner of front cover and bottom corner of back cover torn, a few other small chips. Bookplate of the American collector, Henry W. Poor. A very good copy of a fragile book. Original blue-gray printed wrappers, uncut. Quarto. 49 pp. Item #12839

The first story written after Wilde’s embrace of homosexuality.

Mason 598.

Price: $250.00