The Short Stories of Oscar Wilde, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Easton, best 1976

Product Name: The Short Stories of Oscar Wilde, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Easton, best 1976
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1976. NF. Collector's Edition. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean burgundy leather boards. Light wear to top corners. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings. Bound in full leather, with 22 kt inlaid embellishments and gilded page edges, a satin page marker, and silk moire endpapers. Faint small scratches and wear to gold gilt on side fore-edges. Introduction by Robert Gorham Davis. Illustrations from paintings by James Hill and frontispiece portrait by Harry Bennett. Part of Easton's best "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. 313 pages. 8 x 10¼" tall. In his writings, Oscar Wilde poked fun at what was deemed sacred in his society and explored all forms of love, hate, greed, and goodness. His tales are beautiful written, each with a special message to impart.