NMLP P-037065 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde · Leonard Smithers and Co. · 1899

Published February 1899 by Leonard Smithers in three issues, from sheets printed by the Chiswick Press in January 1899: 1,000 ordinary copies, 100 large-paper copies on handmade paper (numbered and signed by Wilde), and 12 copies on Japanese vellum

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-037065 for "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037065, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).