Oscar Wilde
New York: Viking Press, 1974. 1st US Edition. Quarto, publisher's red cloth, spine gilt, illustrated endpapers, original illustrated dust jacket.
Illustrated biography of Oscar Wilde. Penned by 19th-century literature scholar Martin Fido, this survey comprises detailed information on the Anglo-Irish playwright including his upbringing in Ireland, his classics education at Trinity College and Oxford and rise to fame as a playwright in 1890s London, to his imprisonment for indecency and tragic death at 46 years old. Illustrated with color and black-and-white photos, drawings (many by Wilde’s famous frenemy Aubrey Beardsley), and reproductions; with index. Advance review copy with publisher’s review slip and press release laid in. Originally published in the UK in 1973. Some toning and edgewear to unclipped dust jacket. Very good. Item #7848
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