Signed book: The Picture of Dorian Gray. Corrected second issue, limited deluxe large-paper edition, numbered 40/250; this luxurious limited edition was published about two months after the ordinary trade edition, printed on Van Gelder handmade laid paper. London, New York and Melbourne: Ward Locke and Co., 1891. Hardcover in a circa 1930s full brown leather master binding by Edith Holm of Munich, 7.25 x 8.5, 334 pages. Neatly signed on the colophon in ink, "Oscar Wilde." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with light rubbing and minor staining to spine.
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde’s only novel, tells the story of a handsome young man whose portrait ages and reflects the consequences of his immoral actions while he himself remains outwardly youthful and unblemished. Influenced by the hedonistic worldview of Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian pursues a life of indulgence and vice, leading to the corruption of his soul. The novel explores themes of vanity, moral decay, and the duality of human nature, serving as both a Gothic horror story and a sharp critique of aestheticism and superficiality in Victorian society. A scarce, outstanding limited edition of one of Wilde's most well-known works.
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