In the novel, as it appeared in
book form in the following
July, another, the 13th, was added making 24 in all. It is as follows:
_No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything._
In the 15th paragraph the author altered his words, _his art_ to
_an art_, and in the 16th paragraph the words _form_ and _feeling_
are no longer spelt with capital initial letters. The last word in
the 23rd paragraph is changed from _inordinately_ to _intensely_.
The Preface as revised appears in all editions of the book, which
contain twenty chapters.
II. i. THE PICTURE OF/DORIAN GRAY./By/OSCAR WILDE./Ward, Lock and Co.,
London, New York and Melbourne./1891./
The edition was limited to 250 copies (signed by the author) on
large sized (8-1/2 by 7 in.) Van Gelder hand-made paper, top edges
gilt, sides uncut. With gilt lettering, and outside wrappers,
designed by Charles Ricketts. Pp. vii., 334. Price 21/-.
ii. The same on small paper (7-1/2 by 5 in.) all edges uncut. Binding
similar to the last, but with less elaborate gilt tooling. Undated.
Price 6/-.
The date of this edition is given in the _English Catalogue_ as
May, 1891, but Messrs. Ward, Lock & Co., consider July 1st as the
actual day of publication, though the _Athenaeum_ reviewed the book
under "Novels of the Week," on June 27. (see page 125).
iii. New Edition of the same (1894). Ward, Lock and Bowden. Undated.
Price 6/-.
This edition was prepared for publication towards the end of 1894,
but it was not issued. About a year later it was sold off to the
booksellers as a "remainder," the date of his publication being
according to the _English Catalogue_, October, 1895.
b) Unauthorised Editions.
* III. THE PICTURE/OF/DORIAN GRAY./By/OSCAR WILDE./New York: M.J. Ivers
and Co "American Series," No. 195. Size, 7 by 4-3/4 in. Blue and white
ornamental wrappers. Dated June 22, 1890. Price 25 cents. Several
impressions have been issued.
* IV. i. THE PICTURE OF/DORIAN GRAY./By OSCAR WILDE./New York: Geo.
Munro's Sons. "Seaside Library," No. 2143. Pocket Edition. Size 7-1/4 by
5 in. Yellow wrappers. Dated May 11, 1895, pp. 125. Price 25 cents.
Several impressions have been issued.
* ii. The same. Later editions, from September, 1898, in blue and white
ornamental wrappers. The 4th impression was issued in December, 1905.
All are printed from stereotyped plates on c
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