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WILDE, Oscar (1854–1900). Lady Windermere’s Fan: A Play About a Good Woman. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1893. 8vo. 16 pp. catalogue at end. (Few minor spots to title–page and dedication, else fine). Modern dark navy morocco twice gilt ruled, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt–lettering and fillets in compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt turn in, gilt stamp–signed by Bayntun Riviere; slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies. A four–act comedy by the poet, first performed on 20 February 1892, at the St. James’s Theatre in London. Mason 357.