Lot 318

Wilde, Oscar
The Sphinx

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
£4,250
Description
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, at the Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894. 4to, First edition, one of 200 copies, decorated title-page and other illustrations by Charles Ricketts, printed in black, light red and green, original pictorial vellum gilt by Charles Ricketts, uncut, extremely small inscription of 'Joanna Forsyth' at head of front free endpaper, very small and faint pencil inscription from John Gold on first blank leaf, a few light spots to binding
