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Spot the first: End of volume: 16-page publisher's catalogue bound in after the text (trade issue of 500 copies, as issued)
- 1st J. Lane1894 Hardback Sold £400 · Sep 2023 I own A Woman of No Importance, J. Lane 1894 Log in to want this
Spot the first: P. 208: misprint 'nd' for 'and' (one dealer places it on the eighth line from the foot) (first edition of 1891 in book form; one dealer calls it a first-issue point)
- 1st Ward, Lock1891 Hardback Sold £2,800 · May 2023 I own The Picture of Dorian Gray, Ward, Lock 1891 Log in to want this
- Privately printed1890 Hardback I own The Picture of Dorian Gray, Privately printed 1890 Log in to want this
- Fontana1890 Hardback I own El Retrato de Dorian Gray, Fontana 1890 Log in to want this
Spot the first: Spine, foot: stamped Spencer Blackett's Standard Library (first issue binding)
Spot the first: P. 110, last lines: letters, including the word 'of', missing from the text (first state)