Condition: Good: Good condition for a used book! Some wear. See images for the condition of this book.
Circa 1921. A miniature Little Leather book; very small 3 in. x 4 in. Pages: clean, tanned, tight. Cover green and bronze tapped flexible leather, titles embossed front/spine; some shelfwear. Little Leather Library Redcroft Edition stamped on back cover. Some corners bent. This is an amazing find for any collector!
Blurb: Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades.
Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend the "rivals" to fight for Ernest's undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!