PBA Galleries

[viii], 64 pp. Mounted head- and tail-pieces. (16mo) 13.5x10.5 cm (5¼x4") full purple crushed levant morocco, gilt borders, title in gilt on front within a wreath and ribbon decoration, spine gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles, moire silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Number 18 of 20 copies printed on Japan Vellum and bound in Levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Marbled paper slipcase

Signed at the limitation by George Sutcliffe. Of this 1910 printing of this collection of Wilde's aphorisms, Mason describes a trade edition on hand-made paper bound in Japan vellum wrappers and an edition limited to 50 copies on Japan vellum, also in wrappers. The present edition is not described by Mason and no copies appear in auction records for at least 3 decades. Mason 630 & 631 for other 1910 printings.