Oscar WILDE. The Duchess of Padua. A Play. Londres,... Lot n° 36

Oscar WILDE. The Duchess of Padua. A Play. London, Methuen & Co, 1908. In-8, cream cloth with gilt irons on first board, untrimmed, gilt head, illustrated blue paper dust jacket (publisher's binding). First of 14 volumes in the first collective edition produced by Robert Ross in 1908. Edition of 1,080 copies: this is one of 1,000 on strong wove paper. Letter dated 1908 on the flyleaf: For Miss Salom / With great regards from the editor / Robert Ross Actress Louise Salom was a member of the Council of Management of The Incorporated Stage Society in 1908-1909. With bookplate designed by T.T. Blaylock. A fine copy. Spine slightly browned. Without dust jacket, as usual. Copy is complete with printed copyright butterfly (Mason, Bibliography of Oscar Wilde, no. 420). Attached: [CHAN-TOON]. Oscar WILDE. For Love of the King. A Burmese masque. London, Methuen & Co, 1922. In-12, unbleached cloth with gilt decoration, untrimmed, gilt head, illustrated blue paper dust jacket (publisher's binding). First edition of 1,000 copies on "Arnold" watermarked wove paper. A famous literary pastiche: Mrs. Chan-Toon, a colorful character of Irish origin, manages to pass off a play of her own creation as a rediscovered work by Oscar Wilde. For Love of the King was thus included in Methuen's collective edition as a supplement. The deception was immediately exposed by Wilde's bibliographer. A fine copy, complete with restored dust jacket. Handwritten bookplate of Julia Bird, 1924.