OSCAR WILDE · PARIS 1905 · SOLE AUTHORISED EDITION · ORIGINAL CLOTH
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde, 1905
Paris: Charles Carrington, 13 Faubourg Montmartre, 1905
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Description
An early authorised edition of Oscar Wilde’s celebrated novel, published in Paris by Charles Carrington in 1905. The original publisher’s grey-green cloth is decorated with a black-stamped water-lily motif. Title page printed in red and black; the facing leaf reads “Sole Authorised Edition”.
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- Measurements gladly provided on request
- Author
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
- Title
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Publisher
- Charles Carrington, 13 Faubourg Montmartre, Paris
- Date
- 1905 (as printed on title page)
- Edition statement
- “Sole Authorised Edition” (as printed); not the first edition of 1891
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Original grey-green publisher’s cloth with black-stamped water-lily decoration to upper board
- Bibliography
- Compare Stuart Mason, Bibliography of Oscar Wilde, no. 332. Further bibliographical details available on request.
- Pagination
- Bibliographical details available on request
- Condition
- Please consult the photographs for condition. Additional photographs are available on request.
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Historical context & sources
Published in 1905, four years after Wilde’s death, this Paris edition is part of the continuing publication history of his only novel. It carries the period wording “Sole Authorised Edition”; that wording is reproduced from the book and should not be confused with a first-edition claim. The Picture of Dorian Gray first appeared in magazine form in 1890 and in expanded book form in 1891.
