The Picture of Dorian Gray * A Working Script for the stage from the Novel by Oscar Wilde with original images & notes on the text by Jim Dine

(Dine, Jim) Wilde, Oscar

Published by Petersburg Press, London, 1968

About this Item

Dine, Jim. Edition C, with six loose lithographs, signed duplicates of those bound in the book, and four signed etchings, this copy 100 of 100, lacking two of the prints. Illustrated by Jim Dine. 2 vols. Folio (18.1 x 13 inches). Three editions of this work were published with an extra suite of prints: A) Edition of 200 plus 25 artists' proofs, bound in red velvet with the title in silver, with six signed lithographs, duplicates of the plates in the text, signed by Dine B) Edition of 200 plus 25 artists' proofs, bound in green velvet with the title in silver, with four etchings signed by Dine C) Edition of 100 plus 15 artists' proofs, in a snakeskin-patterned leather binding, stamped in black, with a matching box with "heart built up on the cover" (also signed by Dine) containing all of the prints of the two other editions, 10 total, signed by Dine. THIS COPY LACKING TWO PRINTS: "Sybil in her Dressing Room" and "Basil in Black Leather Suit" Jim Dine worked on a stage version of Wilde's novel with English director Robert Kidd for the Bath Academie of Art at Corsham, moving the setting to London during the 1967 Summer of Love. The play was never finished, as the scheduled lead actor, James Fox, objected to Dine's "obscene" costumes, derailing the whole production. Petersburg Press stepped in and offered to print Dine's drafts for the adapation. Mikro 47 Snakeskin print leather binding near fine on text volume and portfolio volume, matching box and heart cover with some fading, otherwise near fine Illustrated by Jim Dine. 2 vols. Folio (18.1 x 13 inches) Edition C, with six loose lithographs, signed duplicates of those bound in the book, and four signed etchings, this copy 100 of 100, lacking two of the prints.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray * A Working Script for the stage from the Novel by Oscar Wilde with original images & notes on the text by Jim Dine
• Publisher: Petersburg Press, London
• Publication Date: 1968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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