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Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest, 1/1000

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Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest, 1/1000

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Description

Heading:
Author: Wilde, Oscar
Title: The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, by the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan
Place Published: London
Publisher:Leonard Smithers and Co.
Date Published: 1899
Description:

[xvi], 152 pp. (8vo) original lavender cloth stamped in gilt. No. 363 of 1000 copies. First Edition.

First Edition of Wilde's most popular and well-received play. Pages uncut. Mason 381.

Condition

Mild soiling to cloth, light rubbing to edges, small area of creasing to cloth on top board, mild toning to spine; offsetting to endpapers and limitation page; very good.

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Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest, 1/1000

Name: Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest, 1/1000
SKU: 131520927
Price: 1200 USD
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