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EXTREMELY RARE 1922/23 MODERN LIBRARY PRINTING WITH DUST JACKET! The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Originally published as the first title in The Modern Library series in 1917, this is a early 1922/23 reprint with dust jacket. If you collect the modern library you know how rare these early printings are in a dust jacket. The book is a Toeldano Type 2 leatherette binding and Brodzky end papers dating to 1922. The book is in VERY GOOD condition with the binding nice and tight, gilt on cover and spine bright, slight shelf wear at spine extremities, top stain nice, pages clean and bright, NO owners signature or any writing or marks in the book. The all important dust jacket is VERY GOOD - paper loss and chipping as seen in photos otherwise incredibly nice and bright, 95 cent price present on spine. Some titles from 1923 listed on dust jacket. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND THIS TITLE WITH A DECENT DUST JACKET! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.

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.