WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). The Canterville Ghost. Illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith. Boston and London: John W. Luce and Company, 1906. 8vo. Illustrated with 7 plates and numerous intertextual illustrations. Fine. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC GHOST STORY. This humorous story was Wilde’s first published story, and this has been adapted to film and television multiple times. The illustrations in this book are both macabre and humorous and have been anthologised ever since this lovely little book was first published.
One of the great illustrated books and a must-have for any collector of Wilde's work...