A Birthday Salute to Oscar Wilde October 16, 2014 – Posted in: Bookselling / Collecting, Content, Of Interest: Featured Books / Reviews
“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” — “The Soul of Man Under Socialism” Photo by Napoleon Sarony Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3. Published by London Leonard Smithers 1898, First edition, one of 800 copies printed on handmade paper. Buy. Oscar Wilde was our first literary rock star whose work continues to be widely read and his plays regularly produced. His epic 1882 tour of America has been referred to as…
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