WILDE, Oscar.
A Woman of No Importance.
A Woman of No Importance.
Stock Code 119720
London, John Lane, 1894.
'after a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations'
One of only 50 large paper copies. This play contains some of Wilde's most famous epigrams.First performed in April 1893, prior to being published in book form, A Woman of No Importance addresses many social issues with Wilde's wit and dark humour. The run of the play was cut short as a result of Wilde's arrest and prosecution. The scandal dampened enthusiasm for Wilde's work until after his death in 1900, when interest in his work began to revive.
First edition, one of 50 large paper copies; 4to; printed on hand-made paper, contemporary ownership inscription to limitation, endpapers browned; publisher's straw coloured buckram with gilt decorations by Charles Ricketts, gilt lettering to spine, spine browned, a couple of trivial marks to covers, else very good plus; housed in custom purple cloth chemise and matching quarter morocco slipcase.
Mason 402.
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