1894Best.-Nr. 835081894. WILDE Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. Orig. tan buckram gilt stamped decorations on boards and spine. London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head 1894. Mason 365. Richard Ellmann Oscar Wilde 1988; Joel Kaplan "Wilde on the Stage" The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde ed. by Peter Raby 1997. First edition. Large paper copy one of 50 copies. Previous owner's signature on limitation page. Boards toned browning to pastedowns and first free endpapers. Overall a near fine copy housed in a custom purple cloth chemise and matching quarter morocco slipcase. unknown
Best.-Nr. 101765767X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 101766191X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1340022605.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 06423London: Methuen & Co. 1908. First Collected Edition Handsomely Bound by Birdsall of Northampton WILDE Oscar. Works. London: Methuen & Co. 1908-1922. The Picture of Dorian Gray with imprint: Paris: Charles Carrington 1908. First collected edition including For the Love of the King which was published in 1922. One of 1000 issued on handmade paper out of a total edition of 1080 sets. Fifteen octavo volumes 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 209 x 146 mm. Handsomely bound ca. 1950 by Birdsall of Northampton and London stamp-signed in full light blue calf covers with triple ruled borders spines with five shallow raised bands decoratively tooled in compartments two red leather labels lettered in gilt gilt decorated boards edges and turn-ins pale blue marbled endpapers top edge gilt other uncut. Spines uniformly faded one volume a little less so otherwise a very fine set including the fifteenth volume For the Love of the King which was published later in 1922. The first collected edition of the works of Wilde is still the most complete and correct. "The text is taken in most instances from the last editions issued under the superintendence of the author. In some cases the volumes contain additional matter which had not previously been reprinted while some of the volumes contain matter here published for the first time" Mason. Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 Irish-born poet dramatist and novelist. "During his undergraduate years at Oxford and as a disciple of Walter Pater Wilde became the leader of an aesthetic movement that advocated art for art's sake. He attracted a great deal of attention with his aestheticism and by wearing long hair dressing eccentrically and carrying flowers in his hands while lecturing.Wilde was accused of homosexual practices was tried and found guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment 1895-97.On his release physically spiritually and financially ruined he went to Paris.where he lived in bitterness and despair until his death. Wilde's works include Poems 1881; two collections of fairy stories The Happy Prince and Other Tales 1888 and The House of Pomegranates 1891; The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 a novel; and many brilliantly witty plays including Lady Windermere's Fan 1892; A Woman of No Importance 1893; Salomé 1894 written originally in French and used as the basis for Richard Strauss's opera of the same title; An Ideal Husband 1895; and The Importance of Being Earnest 1895 often considered his masterpiece. His poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1898 and his impassioned letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas De Profundis published post-humously in 1905 were products of his imprisonment" Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia. Mason pp. 459-460. London: Methuen & Co., 1908 unknown
1911Best.-Nr. 901384Edinburgh Society. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. 14 volume set. Heavily sunned/darkened covers. The Magdalen edition: Limited #127/480 . 1911. Edinburgh Society hardcover
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2003Best.-Nr. 051249Folio Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2003. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover 3 volumes in slipcase. Crisp matching maroon cloth boards. Text pages are crisp and clean. Very nice maroon slipcase with photo tipped in on one side. Light edge wear small closed tear at corner. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Folio Society hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. MAPA-648-03-19-2022Collins 1971. hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x2. 1971 clean well kept copy with slipcase no markings stickers or stains. fast shipping with tracking number. Collins hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0004105419.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. Q-0004105419William Collins Pub 2000-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! William Collins Pub hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 26062Boston: The Aldine Publishing Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1910. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Spines are slightly darkened. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Aldine Publishing Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1019550872.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1907Best.-Nr. 68900London and New York: A. R. Keller & Co 1907. Full Description: WILDE Oscar. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. London and New York: A. R. Keller & Co. 1907. The University Edition of the Uniform Edition. One of 800 numbered copies this being number 15. Complete in fifteen octavo volumes 8 x 5 1/2 inches; 205 x 140 mm. Illustrated with plates in black and white each with a descriptive tissue guard. Title and limitation pages on Japanese vellum printed in black and red with additional engraved title pages in each volume. Half red morocco over green cloth. Spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spines uniformly a bit darkened. Some minor occasional rubbing the worst of it to the top edge of "Lady Windemere's Fan." Still a near fine set. The Uniform Edition comprises the Edition De Luxe of 200 copies. the Oxford edition of 250 copies and the University Edition present copy of 800 copies. This very early edition precedes the 1908 Ross edition of Wilde's works often described as the first collected edition. HBS 68900. $4250. A. R. Keller & Co unknown
1907Best.-Nr. 67715London: A. R. Keller & Co 1907. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. Illustrated. London: A. R. Keller & Co. 1907. Edition de Luxe of the Uniform Edition. One of 200 numbered copies of which this is number 14. Complete in fifteen octavo volumes. Measures 7 1/4 x 5 in. Illustrated in black and white with plates in two states each with a descriptive tissue guard. Title and limitation pages on Japanese vellum printed in black and red with additional engraved title pages in each volume. Finely bound in modern full green levant morocco. Spines tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with a red morocco gilt floral inlay four raised bands all edges gilt marbled endpapers. A fine set. This very early edition precedes the 1908 Ross edition of Wilde's works often described as the first collected edition. HBS 67715. $11500. A. R. Keller & Co unknown
Best.-Nr. 5256291Short description: In Russian. Wilde Oscar. Plans. Grief. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU5256291 unknown
Best.-Nr. 3743746808.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 12499BB1907 . Leipzig: Insel 1907. 8°. 159 S. gebunden Kapital mit Fehlstelle; Papier altersbedingt leicht gebräunt; sonst altersgemäss gut erhalten Deutsche Erstausgabe. unknown
Best.-Nr. 6d4533Haffmans Verlag Zürich 1999. Insgesamt 1882 S. silbergeprägte Leineneinbände mit Lesebändchen und Schutzumschlag im schlichten Pappschuber mit aufgezogenem Papierrückentitel Umschläge am Rücken ausgeblichen/Namensstempel auf Vorsatz. - sonst gute komplette Exemplare / Vollständig neu übersetzt von Hans Wolf Elke Schönfeld Susanne Luber Georg Deggerich und Bernd Eilert / Mit einem 32seitigen Beiheft zur Oscar Wilde Werkausgabe: "Wilde Mimen oder Oscar spielen"; Stephen Fry Aus dem Englischen von Ulrich Blumenbach - unknown
1999Best.-Nr. 15778VITALIS 1999. 1. hardcover. VITALIS hardcover
