"The Importance Of Being Earnest" WILDE, Oscar (SOLD)

Illustrated by Cecil Beaton

w/ green silk moire boards in pink slipcase

w/ the original FS 12 Dec 60 receipt laid-in

[78] pp.

1960

First Printing

The Folio Society

10" x 7 1/2"

Fine

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An attractively produced edition of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. The play's text is supplemented by six colour plates and numerous text illustrations by Cecil Beaton. The Edwardian setting of Wilde's play was perfectly suited to Beaton's brush and his illustrations are typically rich in period detail and sartorial elegance. The project was completed in the period between Beaton's involvement with the play and then the film production of My Fair Lady and a similar aesthetic is prevalent in the costumes and settings. The endpapers carry a Beatonesque rose motif.