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Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest:
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. By the Au-
thor of Lady Windermere’s Fan. Leonard Smith-
ers, London, 1899. Hardcover. First edition, trade
issue. No. 370 of 1000 copies. Quarter calf bound,
decorated in gilt. Hinges repaired.
Estimate €500-€800 £390-£624
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 511512
Collection of books including works by Andrew
Lang, Dante Aligheri, Paul Lacroix and Seamus
O Duilearga.
Lang (ed.) illustrated fairy tale books - The True
Story Book (1893), The Red True Fairy Book
(1895), The Animal Story Book (1896), The Brown
Fairy Book (1904), and The Book Of Princes And
Princesses (1908). The first by Longmans, Green &
Co., London, (1893), with numerous illustrations
(5); Aligheri Ouevres Posthumes De F. Lamennais,
Paulin et le Chevalier editeurs, Paris, 1855. 3 Vol-
umes, each volume approx. pp495, half calf, over
marble boards; La Divine Comedie, Lacroix La Vie
Militaire Et Religeuse and other titles, Paris, 1876,
buckram binding with raised bands; four titles in
total, each title approx pp550, and O Duilearga Le-
abhar Sheain I Chonail, published for The Folklore
of Ireland Society by the Educational Company of
Ireland, Ltd. Dublin, 1948, first edition, pp/492.
In original blue boards with gilt-titled cover and
spine, also with original dust-jacket. Various sizes,
mostly octavo.
Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 512