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The importance of being earnest : a trivial comedy for serious people, in four acts, as originally written

Title: The importance of being earnest : a trivial comedy for serious people, in four acts, as originally written / by Oscar Wilde.
Author: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Publication: New York : The New York Public Library, 1956.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	v. 2	Text	Request in advance	*HND (NYPL) (Wilde, O. Importance of being Earnest) v. 2	Offsite
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	v. 1	Text	Request in advance	*HND (NYPL) (Wilde, O. Importance of being Earnest) v. 1	Offsite
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.		Text	Restricted use	*KP (Anthoensen) (Wilde, O. Importance of being earnest)	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.		Text	Restricted use	Arents Ref. 97-348	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.		Text	Restricted use	Arents S 1534 no. 3	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

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Description

2 v. : ill., facsims.; 29 cm.

Series Statement

Publication / Arents Tobacco Collection ; no. 6

Uniform Title

Publication (Arents Tobacco Collection) ; no. 6.

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Note

500 copies printed on Lee paper at the Anthoensen Press, Portland, Me.
Episode of Jack's cigarette case: vol. 1, p. 10-13.
Introduction by Sarah Augusta Dickson.
Vol. 1 comprises a transcription of the first draft of the play from the holograph of Acts I-II in the Arents Collection and the holograph of Acts III-IV in the British Library. Vol. 2 comprises facsims. of the typescripts of Acts I, III and IV and the holograph of Act II (with author's ms. emendations, deletions, etc.) in the Arents Collection. For originals, see Arents S 1534, no. 1-2.
Binding: Publisher's white paper boards, by the Russell-Rutter Co.; issued in slipcase.

Bibliography (note)

Call Number

Arents S 1534 no. 3

OCLC

NYPG804332295-B

Author

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.

Title

The importance of being earnest : a trivial comedy for serious people, in four acts, as originally written / by Oscar Wilde.

Imprint

New York : The New York Public Library, 1956.

Series

Publication / Arents Tobacco Collection ; no. 6

Publication (Arents Tobacco Collection) ; no. 6.

Bibliography

Bibliography: Vol. 1, p. xxix-xxx.

Added Author

Dickson, Sarah.

Anthoensen Press. Printer

Research Call Number

Arents S 1534 no. 3 Library has: No. 258 of 500 copies printed.

Arents Ref. 97-348 Library has: No. 259 of 500 copies printed.

*KP (Anthoensen) (Wilde, O. Importance of being earnest)

*HND (NYPL) (Wilde, O. Importance of being Earnest)