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WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). An Ideal Husband. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899.
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). An Ideal Husband. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899.
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WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). An Ideal Husband. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899.

4to. Half-title. (A few gatherings roughly opened.) Original mauve linen boards gilt designed by Charles Ricketts (spine and extremities darkened, lacking small portion of head of spine with repair, some staining to board edges).

FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies of the play Wilde proclaimed contained "a great deal of the real Oscar." It opened at London's Haymarket Theater in 1895 where it ran for 124 performances. Mason 385.
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WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). An Ideal Husband. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899.

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