Published in three limited editions: A (200 copies, with six lithographs), B (200 copies, with four etchings), and C (100 copies, with both the lithographs and the etchings). One of the few genuine "artist's books" completely designed and illustrated by Dine, and the first book issued by the Petersburg Press. Folio, bound by Rudolph Rieser in deluxe red calf, screenprinted with snakeskin patterns on all surfaces, the suite of ten additional plates in a separate chemise, the whole enclosed in an elaborate velvet-lined box revealing a large sculpted-leather heart "dripping blood" (after a design by Dine), in a new red cloth box. PLUS: an additional suite of six lithographs and four etchings, all signed by Jim Dine. Illustrated with 12 full-page colored lithographs, a full-page colored title, and hundreds of textual illustrations, notes and marginalia by Dine throughout. A Working Script for the Stage from a Novel by Oscar Wilde. About The Picture of Dorian Gray illustrated by Jim Dine.
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