‎Wilde oscar‎

‎Wilde Oscar‎

‎Complete Works of Oscar Wilde‎

‎Boston. The Wyman-Fogg Co. 1909. Bound in brown textured cloth over boards. Imprinted paper spine labels. T.e.g. 8vo. The Authorized Edition Deluxe. Each volume illustrated with a monochrome frontis. A scarce collection of Wilde's works edited by his close friend Robert Ross. Several volumes present small spots of discoloration to front and/or rear covers. Several labels lightly stained. All volumes present light water staining to top and bottom margins of text block throughout not intruding upon text. Pages delicately waved. This set has obviously seen moisture in it's distant past however the resultant effects although wide spread are fairly moderate and do not detract from the stability or readability of this set. A Very Good crisp tight and scarce set. The Wyman-Fogg Co. hardcover books‎

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‎Wilde Oscar‎

‎Complete Writings of Oscar Wilde Set of 10 Volumes‎

‎New York et al: Nottingham Society 1907. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's pale grey cloth paper spine labels top edge gilt; each volume with a frontispiece. Number 18 from a deluxe limited edition of 1000 copies. Small bump at fore-edge of Volume 1 otherwise all volumes just a little dust-soiled and gently rubbed at spine tips. An excellent working set. Please note that these heavy volumes will likely require additional shipping charges. <br/><br/> Nottingham Society hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : D5041

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‎DE PROFUNDIS‎

‎London: Methuen and Co. 36 Essex Street Strand 1905. First edition 1/200 copies on English hand-made paper. Tall 8vo. 151 pp. The fine John Quinn copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. De Profundis is an extended letter written by Wilde during his incarceration in Reading Gaol to Lord Alfred Douglas. After his release Wilde gave the manuscript to journalist Robert Ross another former lover who edited portions for a first publication in 1905 the complete version remained unpublished until the 1960s. The letter recounts Wilde's years with Douglas and elements of their relationship and traces his spiritual growth. Ross's preface to this work quotes Wilde's summation of "De Profundis": "I don't defend my conduct. I explain it . I know that on the day of my release I will merely be moving from one prison to another and there are times when the whole world seems to be no larger than my cell and as full of terror for me. Still at the beginning I believe that God made a world for each separate man and within that world which is within us one should seek to live." Mason 389. Spine of the slipcase sunned to a rich brown a little rubbed but a fine copy of the limited issue of the first edition of Wilde's important statement. Original gilt-stamped decorated white buckram top edge gilt others untrimmed. Housed in a custom purple quarter-crushed morocco and cloth slipcase with chemise gilt spine title. 9771. <br/><br/> Methuen and Co. 36 Essex Street, Strand hardcover books‎

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‎WILDE Oscar‎

‎DE PROFUNDIS‎

‎LONDON METHUEN 1927 1927. DARK GREEN CLOTH FORTY-FIFTH EDITION VERY GOOD. Hardcover. LONDON, METHUEN, 1927 hardcover books‎

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‎DE PROFUNDIS‎

‎NY PUTNAM'S 1909. VERY GOOD. NY, PUTNAM'S 1909 unknown books‎

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‎DE PROFUNDIS A FACSIMILE‎

‎London: The British Library 2000. cloth. 4to. cloth. 14 2 pages followed by the facsimile. Limited to 495 numbered copies. With a ten page introduction by Merlin Holland followed by the facsimile of the original manuscript of this important book. The manuscript consists of 20 foolscap folio sheets each of four sides. This manuscript was written while Wilde was imprisoned for being a homosexual. The British Library unknown books‎

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‎De Profundis edited with a prefatory dedication by Robert Ross‎

‎New York: Putnam's/Knickerbocker 1910. Hardcover. Clean and tight but with some foxing to very ends of pages. Grey paper over navy blue cloth; gilt lettering to cover and spine. 154 pp. Bw frontis with tissue guard. TEG. Wilde's classic written in despair from his imprisonment in Reading jail gaol. Putnam's/Knickerbocker hardcover books‎

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‎DE PROFUNDIS; Being the first complete and accurate version of 'Epistola: in Carcere et Vinculis' the last prose work in English of.‎

‎NY: Philosophical Library 1950. 8vo pp. 147. Introduction by Vyvyan Holland. A VG tight copy. A long letter written from prison to Alfred Douglas. Philosophical Library unknown books‎

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‎DUCHESS OF PADUA AND SALOME‎

‎NY BUCKLES 1906 1906. BLACK CLOTH PIRATED EDITION GOOD-VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NY, BUCKLES, 1906 hardcover books‎

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‎ERZAEHLUNGEN UND MAERCHEN VON OSCAR WILDE‎

‎LEIPZIG INSEL 1912. GERMAN TEXT THIRD EDITION VERY GOOD. LEIPZIG, INSEL, 1912 unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 7597

‎WILDE Oscar‎

‎For Love of the King: A Burmese Masque‎

‎<p>First edition. Octavo. Original gilt stamped white cloth t.e.g. uncut. Dust jacket unclipped; 3" chip on spine; few small chips; some separation at fold on flap. Very good. 39 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Jarrold & Sons Norwich. One of 1000 copies on handmade paper.</p> Methuen & Co., Ltd. hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 228889

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‎Four Letters: Which Were Not Included In The English Edition Of "De Profundis"‎

‎<p>Second edition. Small octavo. Original green stiff stapled wrappers stamped in black. No dust jacket. Very good. 34 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Mason 592.</p> Privately Printed paperback books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 2221794

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‎Impressions of America. Edited with an Introduction by Start Mason‎

‎Sunderland: Keystone Press 1906. First edition. Number 92 of 50 copies printed on hand-made paper. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue printed wrappers stitched. Faded some chipping of corners and edges light browning of leaves else a good copy. First edition. Number 92 of 50 copies printed on hand-made paper. 1 vols. 8vo. The lecture Wilde presented in 1883 shortly after his two American trips of 1882 and 1883. Ransom p. 261 Keystone Press unknown books‎

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‎INTENTIONS BY.; The decay of lying. Pen pencil and poison. The critic as artist. The truth of masks‎

‎NY: Brentanos 1905. Reprint first issued in 1891. 8vo pp. 263. Bound in some soiled tan cloth bookplate and former owner's name on end paper. Brentanos unknown books‎

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‎Intentions The Decay of Lying Pen Pencil and Poison The Critic as Artist The Truth of Masks‎

‎London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. Rebound in plain olive cloth leather spine label lettered in gilt. 258 pp. Title page and premilinary blanks detached. Sold as is. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co. hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : BB17290

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‎INTENTIONS. The Decay of Lying Pen Pencil and Poison The Critic as Artist The Truth of Masks‎

‎1891. London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co. 1891. Original yellow-green cloth decorated in gilt.<br/><br/> First Edition of this group of four essays on literature art society and criticism -- which consisted of 900 copies plus 600 printed for America with the Dodd Mead imprint. Published just a week after Wilde's only novel THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY INTENTIONS precedes all of his famous plays which came out during the span 1893-1899. In the opening essay Wilde laments the "decay of Lying as an art a science and a social pleasure." He takes to task modern literary realists like Henry James and Émile Zola for their "monstrous worship of facts" and stifling of the imagination. What makes art wonderful he says is that it is "absolutely indifferent to fact." The next essay "Pen Pencil and Poison" is a fascinating literary appreciation of the life of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright a talented painter art critic antiquarian friend of Charles Lamb and — murderer. The heart of the collection is the long two-part essay titled "The Critic as Artist." In one memorable passage after another Wilde goes to great lengths to show that the critic is every bit as much an artist as the artist himself in some cases more so. A good critic is like a virtuoso interpreter. Finally in "The Truth of Masks" Wilde returns to the theme of art as artifice and creative deception. This essay focuses on the use of masks disguises and costume in Shakespeare Goodreads. Charles Ricketts created the Fin-de-Siècle binding design and lettering -- in the same year that he also designed for the same publisher the binding of TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. This is a near-fine copy -- there is faint mottled fading that always seems to afflict this book's cloth but there is little wear other than minor rubbing at the extremities small partly-erased signature on the endpaper. INTENTIONS has become a difficult title to acquire in better condition. Mason 341. unknown books‎

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‎Intentions: The Decay of Lying Pen Pencil and Poison The Critic as Artist The Truth of Masks‎

‎NY:: Albert & Charles Boni. Very Good. 1930. Paperback. First edition thus paperback. Age toning else very good in illustrated wraps.; 263 pages . Albert & Charles Boni, paperback books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 74756

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‎Lady Windermere's fan‎

‎Girard KS: Haldeman-Julius Company n.d. 88p. wraps slightly browned. Little Blue Book 8. Haldeman-Julius Company unknown books‎

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‎Wilde Oscar‎

‎Lady Windermere's Fan Presentation Copy‎

‎London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1893. First edition. Near Fine. Original publisher's clothing binding with gilt to spine and boards. A Near Fine copy with the spine slightly toned. Bookplate of Governour Morris Esquire to front pastedown. Light scattered foxing throughout. Collates: 12 132 14 2: complete including the publisher's catalogue with pages uncut. Inscribed by Wilde on the first blank to the business manager of the St. James's Theater: "R. V. Shone with the author's compliments and sincere thanks. Nov. 93." Under the management of George Alexander and R. V. Shone The St. James's Theater staged Lady Windermere's Fan Wilde's first produced play in 1892 the year before the book was released.<br/><br/>First editions signed by Wilde are scarce on the market with Lady Windermere being particularly rare as only 500 copies of the first edition were printed Mason. Auction records show that the six known association copies of this play were all signed trade editions as the run of 50 large paper copies came out after. The most recent presentation copy of Lady Windermere also presented to someone involved in the production sold in 2018 at Leslie Hindman for $40000. An exceptional example of Oscar Wilde presenting a first edition of his first produced play with "sincere thanks" to the theatre manager who throughout his career would assist Wilde in dodging scandal and bad publicity.<br/><br/>Critics and scholars consider Lady Windermere's Fan to be Wilde's "first successful dramatic production" as well as an enduring masterpiece Mendelssohn. Its success not only relied on his update to French comic models and tropes including blackmail revenge attempts and the discovery of a lost child; success also came as a result of Wilde's own management of the premier. "What we want to do is to have all the real conditions of a success on our hands.Success is a science; if you have the right conditions you get the result" he informed one of the actors Mendelssohn. In addition to pulling on popular stars to perform Wilde had the young men of his entourage arrive at the premier wearing green carnations in their buttonholes -- something that scandalized attendees when in a metatheatrical moment one of the characters onstage appeared with one as well referencing its cost and symbolism for decadent immorality. Prim attendees were in fact surrounded by a generation of young men devoted to such aesthetic ideals and wearing the same flower. This very symbol born out of Lady Windermere would lead to a strong and important professional relationship between Wilde and this book's recipient R.V. Shone the business manager at the St. James. <br/><br/>In 1894 an anonymously published novel The Green Carnation exposed the sexual relationship between Wilde and Bosie son to the Marquess of Queensbury -- a man who would become Wilde's nemesis to the end of his life. Though Wilde sought to dodge Queensbury socially the marquess was roiling for public confrontation. "There was one place and time where he could be sure of seeing Wilde -- the St. James' Theatre on the opening night of The Importance of Being Earnest when as was his custom he would take the stage after the performance to enjoy the acclaim of the audience. It was too good a chance to miss. Queensbury bought a ticket 'by fraud' Wilde suggested --as orders had been given not to sell him one -- and some vegetables.His intention was to greet Oscar's appearance with a shower of vegetation and then stand up and make a public announcement" Stratmann. Fortunately for Wilde supporters including Shone prevented this from happening. Rumor about Queensbury's plan spread notes were sent to Wilde and Wilde appealed to Shone for assistance. Reaching out to Queensbury with apologies Shone returned the marquess's money and explained that his seat had mistakenly been double-booked. Yet Shone and Wilde suspected this would not be the end and so Shone arranged not only to refuse the marquess admission at the door but to have police waiting at the entrance. It was this decision that prevented a disguised Queensbury and a paid prizefighter from sneaking in to pummel Wilde. Thwarted by Shone "he contented himself with having a bouquet of vegetables addressed to Wilde delivered to the stage door" Mikhail. Throughout his career staging work at St. James's Wilde would rely on Shone's business sense to make performances a success regardless what scandals they faced. An exceptional and rare association. Near Fine. Elkin Mathews & John Lane unknown books‎

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‎WILDE Oscar‎

‎Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman‎

‎London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head 1893. First Edition. Small quarto 21.75cm.; original reddish-brown gilt-embossed cloth; 1413214adspp. Straight and tight with the boards slightly faded at margins as is typical and a few spots where cloth has begun to lift. The text is slightly tanned but foxing is contained to endpapers. In all a pleasing and well-preserved copy of a fragile book. 500 copies issued MASON 357. Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head unknown books‎

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‎Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman‎

‎<p>First edition. Octavo. Full modern navy blue morocco a.e.g.; marbled endpapers. Fine fresh copy. 132 pages publisher's 16 page catalog at end dated September 1893. No foxing. No signatures or bookplates. Enclosed in a blue cloth slipcase.</p><p>Printed by T. and A. Constable.</p><p>Mason 357.</p> Elkin Mathews hardcover books‎

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‎Wilde Oscar‎

‎LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME & OTHER STORIES‎

‎London: Osgood McIlvaine and Co. 1891. Small octavo. Original salmon paper over boards printed and decorated in dark brown. Ink name dated 1892 on endsheet internally very good. The fragile binding shows heavy wear at the extremities is frayed at head and joints of the darkened spine with small repair and has a surface scrape on the upper board at the top corner causing loss of paper and affecting a few letters. A reasonably sound copy of this easily abused book. First edition. The edition consisted of two thousand copies of which five hundred were sent to the U.S. MASON/MILLARD 345. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. hardcover books‎

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‎WILDE Oscar‎

‎MORE LETTERS OF‎

‎SIGNED BY RUPERT HART-DAVIS EDITOR FIRST EDITION FINE. MURRAY hardcover books‎

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‎Wilde Oscar‎

‎Oscar Wilde Collected Works complete and unabridged‎

‎New York: Barnes & Noble 2006. Hardcover. xi 1417p. introduction title index very good first edition first printing thus in blards and unclipped dj. massive collection includes everything from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" through "Reading Jail" & "Profundis Barnes & Noble hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 249437 ISBN : 0760783101 9780760783108

‎Wilde Oscar‎

‎Oscar Wilde: A Critical Study by Arthur Ransome‎

‎<p>First American edition from British sheets. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. No dust jacket. Very good edges foxed; some pencil notes on rear endpaper. 213 pages 2 page ads.</p><p>From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre Bookplate on the front pastedown.</p><p>Printed by William Brendon and Son Ltd. Plymouth.</p><p>Lord Alfred Douglas filed a lawsuit over the book. A lawsuit which he lost. However Ransome removed the offending passages for later editions.</p> Mitchell Kennerley hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 2222038