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ref. 252128Leonard Smithers 1898. SECOND EDITION super octavo quarter bound ocre & white cloth boards gilt lettering to spine deckled page edges vi31pp VG moderate soiling to boards childrens pencil scribble by hinges light bruising to spine extrems & board corners light tanning to eps moderate tanning to page edges Leonard Smithers 1898 hardcover
1923ref. 56675München Munich: Drei Masken Verlages 1923. Limited Edition. Very good. SIGNED. 57pp. Quarto 28 cm Parchment vellum boards with a hubbed spine gilt spine title and single gilt ruled borders on the spine and boards. Top edge gilt. Patterned endpapers. Bound by Hübel & Denck in Leipzig. The front board is wavy. There is a previous owner's decorative bookplate on the front pastedown. The text is in English. Ritter C a 29. Woodcuts by Frans Masereel. This is one of the copies which have been numbered with Roman Numerals. Number XLVII of LXX the copies numbered in Roman numerals forming part of an overall edition of 340 copies. Signed by Frans Masereel on the limitation page. Masereel has additionally signed the seven full-page woodcut illustrations within. Drei Masken Verlages unknown
1898ref. WILDEOSC009699Leonard Smithers London. 1898. Fourth edition. Octavo. 31 leaves printed on rectos only. Two-tone buckram covers. Published anonymously. It was only after the sixth edition that Wilde's name appeared on the title-page. Covers a little marked. Cloth slightly bubbled. Small rustmark at outer edge of front free endpaper. Leonard Smithers, London. hardcover
1928ref. BOOKS005552INew York: Macy/Masius: Vanguard 1928. 1st . Hardcover. Good. Lynd Ward. Near fine in restored dust jacket. Macy/Masius: Vanguard hardcover
1937ref. 000335New York NY: Heritage Press 1937. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Patterened Leatherlen gray cover with gilted tiles on spine. This copy is Fine in a VG red slipcase.Some modest toning throughout but otherwise unmarked clear crisp and tight.looks and feels unread.Original book prospectus Heritage Club/ Sandglass laid in.Slipcase is VG with minor wearing at the points and a little soiling to cover. Heritage Press Hardcover
1928ref. 010791New York: E. P. Dutton 1928. Upper cover corners very slightly worn. Original Cloth-backed Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Conceptions By John Vassos. E. P. Dutton Hardcover
1937ref. 000128New York: Limited Editions Club. Zhenya Gay illustrator. Quarto 7-1/2" x 11" bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy number 721 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. In original slip case. Ware to spine and extremities. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1937. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1924ref. 27716NY: H. S. Nichols. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1924. 1st thus. Hardcover. Full black leather stamped in gilt all edges gilt. Pocket-sized edition of "Precious Tomes." Light rubbing to leather at points few small rubbed spots to covers. Frontis photo with facsimile autograph. Tight unmarked copy in lightly sunned publisher's box. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall . H. S. Nichols hardcover
1948ref. 7357London:: Castle Press 1948. First Edition. Castle Press, unknown
1937ref. WILDEOSC004552The Limited Editions Club New York. 1937. First edition with these illustrations. Introduction by Burton Rascoe. Quarto. pp xii 44. 8 full-page original lithographs by Zhenya Gay. Full grey-green sheepskin with a bas-relief design of a brick wall and a barred window. Top edge gilt. Printed by John S. Fass at the Harbor Press New York. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist.Head and tail of spine a little rubbed otherwise very good indeed in the publisher's red cloth slipcase. The Limited Editions Club, New York. hardcover
1903ref. 26726NY: E. F. Clode. Good with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. Cream boards stamped in gilt TEG rough cut edges. Limited edition 249/259. Covers stained corners frayed backstrip paper about half gone; PO pencilled names. A few minor lightly pencilled notations in text. Hinges sound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . E. F. Clode hardcover
1899ref. 140938501London: Leonard Smithers 1899. First Edition. Very Good. First Edition first printing. One of 800 copies originally printed which sold out immediately. Very Good. Covers soiled corners and spine ends softened. Endsheets offset from binder's glue. Previous owner name partially effaced from front paste down. Slight odor to pages. Clipping with apparently forged signature of Oscar Wilde tipped in on recto of final blank sheet by no means assumed to be authentic. Leonard Smithers unknown
1903ref. 005212New York: E.J. Clode 1903. Perhaps Wilde's most well-known poem originally published with his prisoner number "C.3.3." as a pseudonym by the publication of this version his name had been revealed and used by other publishers. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition which was LIMITED to 259 copies. An uncommon to scarce edition. Bound in vellum with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; printed in red and black with edges deckle. Not paginated; Quercus counts 57 and the limitation page. Period 1906 previous-owner signature on FFEP with the notation "her wedding day." Rubbed at the margins with soiling or darkening definitely showing due to nature of the binding. The spine is darkened and has some tiny tears; while the gilt is bright it is a bit of a chore to read without a squint or two. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. E.J. Clode Hardcover
ref. elala5423London: Printed by Mandruck A. G. Munich for Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1924 recte 1925. Limited to 50 numbered copies. 8vo. pp. 57 9. numerous woodcuts some full-page by Frans Masereel. tipped-in bibliographical note. contemporary half morocco top edge gilt some light wear small chip in outer edge of frontis. ownership entry on front blank & 2 bookplates. elala5423 London: [Printed by Mandruck A. G., Munich for] Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1924 recte 1925] unknown
1898ref. 282548London: Smithers 1898. First. hardcover. very good. Slim 8vo mustard cloth backed in white with gilt lettering. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Limited First Edition. One of 800 copies printed on hand-made paper on one side only. Inscribed on title page; "I.O. from F.A.S. Guilsborough Hall." A very good copy with some bubbling of the cloth and light soil. Irene Osgood later the wife of R.H. Sherard author of the life of Oscar Wilde was a novelist. This book was given to her by Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham Preserved in an attractive1/4 leather slipcase with an elaborately gilt spine. Smithers unknown
1928ref. s00027104New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1928. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. First edition 1928. Cloth-backed boards in original dust jacket illustrated 124 pp. clean unmarked text Very Good in Fair dust jacket light soiling or discoloration to the pages and the page-edges a bit of wear to the edges of some pages some age-toning to the edges of the book's covers flaps of the dust jacket are clipped dust jacket with some soiling and discoloration wear to the dust jacket including chipping tearing and loss to the edges of the dust jacket. Still dust jacket is mostly present. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. Uncommon first edition with its original dust jacket. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover
1928ref. 164757New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1928. Hardcover. VG/G significant remnants of dust jacket remaining. Blue boards with black and gold stamped design and black spine. Black blue and gold dust jacket. 124 pp. Illustrations. Poetry by Oscar Wilde illustrations by John Vassos. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover
1898ref. 23925Leonard Smithers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Stated 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Slim 8vo 4. 31pp. Printed on hand-made paper on one side of the page with deckle finish. Original quarter white linen mustard boards backstrip lettered in gilt a very good copy slightly soiled and backstrip lightly tanned. . Leonard Smithers hardcover
1905ref. 004431New York: Brentano's 1905. This is a Very Good Plus copy of an early printing 1905 of Wilde's poem. Gray-green paper-covered boards with paper labels on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 39 pages. Nicely bright and clear printed on quality laid paper. There is some rubbing and darkening around the margins. The fragile spine label is chipped vertically with about 50% loss. In an archival plastic protector. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Brentano's Hardcover
1899ref. 004441London: Leonard Smithers 1899. First published in 1898 anonymously under Wilde's Prisoner identification number this is a copy of the Seventh Printing which was the first to identify him by name. This copy also states "Entered at the Library of Congress Washington U.S.A." indicating an American issue; a bit uncommon thus. Ochre cloth binding with gilt lettering on a linen spine. Clean text; 31 pages. This is a Very Good copy but there are some issues. The corners are bumped; there is a spot on the front cover and a few stains on the rear. Some cracking to the hingesgive it a shaken feel. Also there is a long inscription in Latin also done into English on the FFEP and a signature on the Dedication Page. A decent-enough place-holder but certainly not for the advanced collector. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leonard Smithers Hardcover
1937ref. 018551New York: Limited Editions Club 1937. Hardcover. The spine is very worn with the leather all but rubbed away although the gilt is still clear and bright and the covers are in nice shape; contents clean. Good only in a Good slipcase with the top edge partly detached. Zhenya Gay. Quarto 7-1/2" x 11" bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #393 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more unusual bindings of the press. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1937ref. 140342N Y: Limited Editions Club 1937. Oversize Hardback. Fair/No Jacket. Gay Zhenya. Limited edition number 594 of 1500. Lithographs by Zhenya Gay. Signed by Zhenya. Bound in gray leather with brick and barred window pattern; worn at edges. Front board and leather spine are completely detached and only a completely separated fragment remains. 7 3/8""w x 11 1/4""h. 42 pages. Decorative red chapter numbers. In Very Good red slipcase. Keywords: Signed Zhenya Gay Limited Edition Irish Poet De Profundus Reading Gaol Dandy Letter Limited Editions Club hardcover
1898ref. 004339London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Wilde used his prisoner's number as his nom de plume for the early printings. This is a Very Good copy of the "Fourth Edition" Printing. Tan and cream-coloured binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 31 pages text printed only on the recto. There is a contemporary 22 May 1898 previous-owner signature only three letters on the front free endpaper. There is a tiny bookseller label Brentano's Paris on the rear paste-down. The paste-downs and free endpapers are typically tanned. The corners are bumped; surfaces soiled; and there is a crease on the rear cover. The spine has darkened but the lettering remains readable. Within this rather used-looking exterior the textblock is wonderfully fresh and bright. A solid copy of this rare edition. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leonard Smithers Hardcover
1905ref. 005702Greenwich Conn.: The Literary Collector Press 1905. Book. Very Good Minus. Paper Covered Boards. Limited and Numbered Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. The Third Edition of this poem. Collector Reprints No. 3. # 66 of 275 copies printed on American hand-made paper. In the original gray paper boards with black lettering and red ruling on paper labels at cover and spine. Very Good Minus bottom 3 1/4" of paper at spine is gone. Internally clean and tight last page uncut. 39 pages. SCARCE. The Literary Collector Press Hardcover
1963ref. 40563New York: Ernest Rathenau 1963. First edition. Hardcover. vg to fine. 385/600. Large Quarto. Unpaginated. Original gray cloth with black reproduction of Erich Heckel's title page on cover and black lettering on spine housed in a plain cardboard slipcase. Second title page woodcut by Erich Heckel with German text. Wilde wrote this ballad in Berneval-le-Grand France where he spent time with Robert Ross. The poem narrates the execution of Charles Thomas Wooldridge who had been a trooper of the Royal Horse Guards and was convicted of murdering his wife. Illustrated with 12 impressive etchings including title page after woodcuts by Erich Heckel from 1907. Printed in Walbaum Antiqua on Hahnemühlen handmade paper at the letterpress of the Brothers Hartmann Berlin. Text in English. Light sunning of slipcase and spine. Slipcase and binding in very good interior in fine condition. Ernest Rathenau hardcover