WILDE, Oscar.
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The Decay of Lying, Pen Pencil and Poison, The Critic as Artist, The Truth of Masks.
Stock Code 119074
London, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891.
A collection of essays that delve into themes of art, morality, and aesthetics. The opening piece, The Decay of Lying, is written as a dialogue between two characters, Cyril and Vivian, who engage in a witty and philosophical examination of the nature of lying in art and literature.
First edition; 8vo (210 x 150 mm); light foxing to pastedowns, a few very minor spots encroaching on to a few extreme edges from untimmed fore-edge, overall internally very good-plus; publisher's green cloth blocked in gilt to a design by Charles Ricketts, uncut, some minor soiling and bumping, spine darkened and headbands slightly rubbed, slight shelf-lean otherwise very good, sound and unrestoredy; 258pp.
Mason 341
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