Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Wilde, Oscar. Intentions. The Decay of Living; Pen Pencil and Poison; The Critic as Artist; The Truth of Masks.

4 leaves, 258 pp. 1 leaf. Gr.-8vo. Orig. moss-green cloth with gilt lettered spine and front board. Uncut. – London, James R. Osgood and Mc Ilvaine, 1891.

First edition. One of 900 copies for the British market of a total of 1500 incl. those with the American imprint. Copy with all characteristics called for by Mason. Collected edition of Wilde’s four treatises on aesthetics and criticism, published before separately in „The Nineteenth Century“ and „The Fortnighly Review“. – Mason 341. – Spine and boards affected by dampstain. Uncut margins somewhat dustsoiled. – Best.-Nr. 25725