{"product_id":"the-picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde-1910-first-illustrated-edition","title":"THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY BY OSCAR WILDE [1910] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION","description":"\u003cp\u003e[WILDE, OSCAR]. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray. \u003c\/strong\u003eParis: Charles Carrington, 1908 [i.e. 1910].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Leather-bound; hardcover; quarto (265 x 195 x 30 mm); pp. 312. English text. Handsomely bound in publisher's original half Japanese vellum; gilt lettering to spine; grey paper-covered boards; top edge gilt; red-lettered publisher's note on the illustrations tipped-in at the half-title; title-page printed in red and black; i\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ellustrated with seven full-page wood engravings by Eugene Dété from drawings by Paul Thiriat of Paris, each with a captioned tissue guard. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003esecure, the hinges and joints intact. Light marking to covers, the upper board with a gilt lily label neatly laid down. Interior well-preserve with some light spotting confined to the front endpapers. Without previous ownership markings. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn excellent copy of the scarce first illustrated edition. A\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003elthough this edition is dated 1908, the book was actually issued in 1910, due to the artist's health delaying release\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e. The Picture of Dorian Gray proved to be Oscar Wilde's most popular book, first appearing in Lippincott's magazine in 1890. The story, as published in book-form, contains six new chapters, with many alterations and additional matter. After the famous trial Carrington, although inundated with orders for copies, withdrew the book from circulation. This dark high-society late-Victorian novel was a coded and epigrammatic melodrama inspired by the author's own tortured sexuality. [Mason 335, p.349].\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57673799106935,"sku":null,"price":1750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/SAM_6945_5692a99e-4a62-4b75-8266-6e7e46f2db9d.jpg?v=1793643276","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde-1910-first-illustrated-edition","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}