The trials of Oscar Wilde : Regina (Wilde) v. Queensberry, Regina v. Wilde and Taylor / edited, with an introduction by H. Montgomery Hyde ; with a foreword by Sir Travers Humphreys
1960, 5th edition. London : W. Hodge. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #333968
Physical description: 384 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates: portraits, facsimiles; 22 cm. Notes: Account of the trial in a libel action brought against Lord Queensberry in the Marlborough Street Police Court, London, and the trials of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor, held in the Central Criminal Court of London. Only official report of these trials is to be found in v. 121 and 122 of the Central Criminal Court sessions papers, Apr.-June, 1895, from which all evidence is omitted. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900; Trials, litigation, etc.
Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900, defendant. Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas Marquis 1844-1900. Taylor, Alfred 1862 or 1863-. Trials (Libel) Great Britain. Trials (Sodomy) Great Britain. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €38.00