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London: Ward, Lock & Bowden Limited, 1895. Very Good. London: Ward, Lock & Bowden Limited, 1895. Second Edition. Octavo (20cm); [viii], 334 + 8pp. publisher's advertisements. Bound in full contemporary parchment with beveled edges; decorated in gilt. Light wear and soiling to boards; binding is sound and interior unmarked. A Very Good copy of Wilde's only novel, originally published in book form in 1891 with this edition appearing the same year as Wilde's trials and imprisonment. [Mason 330].

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by Oscar Wilde that follows a young man named Dorian Gray, who becomes the subject of a painting. As Dorian engages in a hedonistic and amoral lifestyle, he finds that the portrait reflects the consequences of his actions on his soul, while he himself remains young and beautiful.