NMLP P-023380 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde · Ward, Lock and Company (London) · 1891

The true first appearance of the text is the shorter version in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (July 1890), not a book. The 1891 Ward, Lock book is the first edition in book form and the first appearance of the full novel. The signed 250-copy large-paper issue is the premium state.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-023380 for "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-023380, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).