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WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). A House of Pomegranates. The Design & Decoration of this Book by C. Ricketts & Ch. Shannon. London: James R. Osgood, 1891. Small 4to. Illustrated with Art Nouveau endleaves and title-page and head- and tail-pieces by Ricketts and 4 plates by Shannon inserted throughout. [2, blank], [viii], [1]-[159], [1, blank] pp. Publisher’s green cloth backstrip over cloth boards, front board decoratively stamped in red and gilt, spine stamped in gilt (binding toned, worn, soiled, foxed, free endpapers loose and chipped (yet present), hinges and a few gutters cracking, plates faded, small paper label on fp). Fair. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 1,000 COPIES. “A House of Pomegranates was not a success on its first publication. About 1903 or 1904 the stock was sold off...” (Mason 347).