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WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). The Picture of Dorian Gray. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908 (but 1910).
Small 4to. Frontispiece and 6 wood-engraved plates by Eugene Dété after Paul Thiriat, with captioned tissue guards. Original half parchment gilt, drab boards, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine and extremes a bit sunned, some rubbing along spine). Provenance: Adam Raymond Hausmann (bookplate).
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, with printed slip tipped in explaining delay of release until 1910 due to author’s illness. Opium and addiction are prevalent throughout. Mason 335. A Horowitz high spot.