The Trial of Oscar Wilde. From the Shorthand Reports. Paris: Privately Printed [by Charles Carrington], 1906. First Edition, Limited Issue. Pp, 134, with catalogue of works. Publisher’s thick-paper wrappers, printed title panel to front wrapper; Elaborate title page border printed in red and brown. Neat gift inscription to front free endpaper. An excellent copy of this fragile printing.

Limited Edition, one of Fifty Copies on Japan Vellum.

With a substantial preface by “C.G.”, Charles Grolleau, and two essays (“His last years in Paris” and “De Profundis. a Criticism“) by Lord Alfred Douglas.

This edition is the earliest known account of Oscar Wilde’s trials. It was published by Charles Carrington, a dealer in clandestine erotica, though it is unclear whether he edited it. The volume claims to reproduce shorthand reports of the courtroom proceedings, but the provenance of these records is never mentioned or verified. Despite its uneven quality, the book is historically significant because it draws attention to a feature of the trials that many later studies tend to overlook.