1908; The Importance of Being Earnest, 1908; Intentions and The Soul of Man, 1908; Reviews, 1908; For Love of the King: A Burmese Masque, 1922, limited editions, endpapers a little spotted, uniform original decorated cream buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, one or two with very slight soiling, the last a little browned, [Mason 425, 431, 435 & 445 (first four)] 8vo, Methuen & Co. (5) *** The first four are part of the first collected edition of Wilde's works, published in 1908 in 14 volumes. The last is a notable literary hoax attributed to Oscar Wilde, but not actually written by him; the Wilde bibliographer and literary critic Christopher Millard ("Stuart Mason")challenged the publisher's attribution of the play to Wilde and sued them in 1926. Apparently the play was actually written by Mrs. Chan Toon (née Mabel Cosgrove), who under the guise of "M. Wodehouse Pearse" had attempted to sell forged letters to Millard. Methuen never reprinted the book.
1908; The Importance of Being Earnest, 1908; Intentions and The Soul of Man, 1908; Reviews, 1908; For Love of the King: A Burmese Masque, 1922, limited editions, endpapers a little spotted, uniform original decorated cream buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, one or two with very slight soiling, the last a little browned, [Mason 425, 431, 435 & 445 (first four)] 8vo, Methuen & Co. (5) *** The first four are part of the first collected edition of Wilde's works, published in 1908 in 14 volumes. The last is a notable literary hoax attributed to Oscar Wilde, but not actually written by him; the Wilde bibliographer and literary critic Christopher Millard ("Stuart Mason")challenged the publisher's attribution of the play to Wilde and sued them in 1926. Apparently the play was actually written by Mrs. Chan Toon (née Mabel Cosgrove), who under the guise of "M. Wodehouse Pearse" had attempted to sell forged letters to Millard. Methuen never reprinted the book.
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