The Importance of Being Earnest
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The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde, 1898

Closed14 September 2021

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The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde, 1898
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). The Importance of Being Earnest. London: L. Smithers, 1898.

A fine copy of the first edition, one of 1000 copies, of Wilde’s “last and greatest play” (Ellman, Oscar Wilde, p.412).

Octavo. Original decorated cloth, deckle edges (a little foxing at ends); custom box