FIRST PRINTING : The Picture of Dorian Gray

OSCAR WILDE. First Printing of
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
1890, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia

Oscar Wilde's original & first Dorian Gray, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, July 1890,
with autograph signature of American writer Charles Warren Stoddard.

Text is complete, text block clean; slight edge staining through page 8 only;

"Lippincotts July 1890..." front wrapper is sound and complete; Owner's Ink Signature crosses it diagonally :
"Charles Warren Stoddard / 300 M Street NW
Washington, DC"

(CHARLES WARREN STODDARD, author; b1843, Rochester NY; d 1909, Monterey, CA.
friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, in 1864 he traveled in the South Sea Islands, one among many subjects on which he wrote.
From 1889-1902 he was chair of English literature at Catholic University, in Washington DC.)

1 Volume, Octavo, 6 x 9"
Dark red half calf and marbled boards (near to the period), gilt titled spine, marbled endpapers;
spine defective, front board nearly detached

Good plus; pages :
1-24, ads, including monthly bulletin of new publications;
1, Dorian Gray title page;
2, Copyright page,
3-100, text of novel,
101-174, various texts, followed by
25 - 42, ads
v - viii, "With the Wits", interspersed with:)
42-50 ads, and back wrapper with advertising

First printing of THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, with American title page and copyright notice on verso of title.

....................................................................................$ 1,150.