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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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