ID 859694 
Lot 175  | An Ideal Husband
Estimate value
$ 800 – 1 200 
The first edition, one of 1,000 copies printed. An Ideal Husband premiered in London at the Haymarket on 3 January 1895; its closing night there coincided with Wilde's arrest for gross indecency. It continued at the Criterion with Wilde's name stricken from the playbills. Wilde's imprisonment led to a several years delay in the publication of the text, with his name also obfuscated.
Octavo. Original lilac cloth with gilt design by Charles Shannon, uncut (spine a little sunned, minor soiling to covers, tips slightly bumped).
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom | 
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| Auction house category: | Printed books | 
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom | 
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| Auction house category: | Printed books | 
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