A Woman of No Importance. Paris, 1903. Pp 154, uncut. Original salmon pink board, title lettered in gilt to spine. Covers showing light shelf-wear, foxing to endpapers and preliminary leaves, ownership name to front free endpaper, contents clean & bright.

Limited Edition of 250 Numbered Copies, this copy Initialled ‘L.S’ by the Publisher – Leonard Smithers

 Woman of No Importance. Paris, 1903. Pp 154, uncut. Original salmon pink board, title lettered in gilt to spine. Covers showing light shelf-wear, foxing to endpapers and preliminary leaves, ownership name to front free endpaper, contents clean & bright.

Limited Edition of 250 Numbered Copies, this copy Initialled ‘L.S’ by the Publisher – Leonard Smithers

This pirate edition, it is a line-by-line reprint of the original 1894 edition, published in London by Leonard Smithers & Co.

Oscar Wilde’s satire was first performed at London’s Haymarket Theatre in 1893. The run of the play was cut short as a result of Wilde’s arrest and prosecution.

[Mason 627].

Oscar Wilde’s satire was first performed at London’s Haymarket Theatre in 1893. The run of the play was cut short as a result of Wilde’s arrest and prosecution.

[Mason 627].