[WILDE, OSCAR]. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and other Stories. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891.
Hardcover. First edition. Leather-bound. Octavo (180 x 120 mm), pp. (4), 168. English text. Handsomely bound by Bayntun of Bath in blue half morocco. Spine with five raised bands. The compartments and bands gilt ruled, tooled and lettered. Gilt ruled bands to boards. Top edge gilt. Rough cut fore edge and bottom edge. Hand marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Initial and terminal blanks present. Decorative initials. Small bookseller ticked to front pastedown. Contents: Lord Arthur Savile's Crimes, The Sphinx without a Secret, The Canterville Ghost, The Model Millionaire. Condition: FINE. A rare immaculate copy, without inking or bookplates, scarce thus. Listing note: First edition, first impression, one of only 2,000 copies printed. Binding produced by one of England's premiere binderies. This volume contains four short stories, the title story, "The Sphinx without a Secret", "The Canterville Ghost", and "The Model Millionaire".
