1925rif. 77801New York:: Dodd Mead and Company 1925. publisher's black gilt cloth. Tiny corner of a preliminary leaf missing; light use and a little rubbing to the binding. Large 8vo. Illustraated by Ben Kutcher. With an Introduction by H. L. Mencken. Dodd, Mead and Company, hardcover
1921rif. 47943Westminster : Beaumont Press 1921. Limited Edition. Hardcover - as published. 397 of 400. Good decorative boards. Grey cloth spine gilt letters decorative endpapers. 59pp. some water staining to page edges. Boards slightly warped. Beaumont Press hardcover
rif. 7584NY DUTTON 1930. NY, DUTTON, 1930 unknown
1921rif. 404238Král. Vinohrady: Ludvík Bradác 1921. Softcover. Near Fine. Third Czech edition. Small octavo. Printed wrappers. Text in Czech. Faint stains on the front wrap else very near fine. Ludvík Bradác unknown
1922rif. 7235London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good lacking the jacket. Cream boards soiled and bumped gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge clean internally. The first appearance of this posthumously published pantomimic play originally written around 1894 as a gift for Mrs. Chan Toon. Methuen & Co. Ltd hardcover
1905rif. 589945New York: Brentano's 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition thus by this publisher with a new introduction by Percival Pollard. First published in America by Dodd Mead and Company in 1891. Frontispiece tissue protector archivally mended cocked spine and edges darkened chipped spine ends about very good. Brentano's hardcover
1904rif. 010584London: Privately Printed 1904. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. 30pp. limited to 200 copies. The present copy is #139 The first separate printing in England of this Introduction to the poem by Rennell Rodd Rose-Leaf and Apple-Leaf published 1882 in Philadelphia. Bound in green paper wraps lettered in black with a few wrinkles covers detached and the front lower corner is missing 1" -evidence of bookplate removal-otherwise a good copy. Privately Printed unknown
1945rif. 22520New York: The Heritage Press 1945. Fine/Very Good Slipcase. OSCAR WILDE'S SALOME TRANSFORMED INTO A DECORATIVE BOOK. An especially attractive Heritage Press production of Wilde's one-act tragedy conceived as an integrated work of book design by Valenti Angelo. Angelo surrounds the text with elaborate floral and Near Eastern-inspired ornament full-page illustrations decorative endpapers and hand-applied illumination. The Lord Alfred Douglas translation is accompanied by Holbrook Jackson's introduction which places Salome within Wilde's career and discusses the play's controversial publication and theatrical history. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: FRENCH-FOLDED LEAVES WITH DECORATION THROUGHOUT. Black cloth over boards with multiple blind-stamped borders and a large blind-stamped figure of Salome on both covers; gilt spine titles. Housed in the publisher's black slipcase. Slipcase approximately 10.5 inches tall. 51 pages. The text block is constructed from French-folded leaves with the sheets folded at the fore-edge to create double leaves. Each opening is extensively decorated with Angelo's yellow and gold-toned ornamental borders which change throughout the volume. Decorated endpapers; illustrated title-page spread; full-page color illustrations and decorative devices throughout. Angelo was responsible for both the illustration and overall book design. Contemporary descriptions record five full-page color illustrations in addition to the title vignette and other decoration. CONDITION: FINE IN A VERY GOODSLIPCASE. Binding tight and square cloth clean blind-stamped decoration distinct and gilt spine titles bright. Interior clean and fresh with the decorative pages and illustrations retaining strong color. Publisher's slipcase with light wear at the corners of the opening. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - VALENTI ANGELO AND THE BOOK AS DECORATIVE OBJECT. Salome written by Wilde in French in 1891 and first published in 1893 became one of his most visually interpreted works most famously through Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations for the English edition. PRODUCTION BUILT AROUND THE ARTIST'S DESIGN. For the Heritage Press edition Valenti Angelo created an entirely different visual treatment integrating illustration typography ornament binding design and hand illumination into the physical structure of the book. Angelo was a prolific designer and illustrator for both the Heritage Press and Limited Editions Club and this edition is among the Heritage Press titles for which he supplied the complete decorative program. The result is particularly successful as an example of mid-century American illustrated book production: Wilde's decadent biblical drama recast through Angelo's highly stylized decorative vocabulary. SUBJECTS: Oscar Wilde Salome Valenti Angelo Lord Alfred Douglas Holbrook Jackson Heritage Press Book Design Hand Illumination Decorative Binding Biblical Drama Decadent Literature Fine Printing Fine Press Illustrated Books Drama Decorative Book Arts Heritage Press Literary Classics. The Heritage Press unknown
1928rif. 17251New York: Macy-Masius The Vanguard Press. Good with no dust jacket. First Impression One of 2000. Hardcover. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. New York: Macy-Masius: The Vanguard Press 1928. First Impression One of 2000. 10.25 x 7.5". 107pp. Original paper boards edges moderately worn ends of spine panel lacking most of the letters remain binding stable owner's name on front endpaper interior clean very good.; 10.25 x 7.5 inches; 107 pages . 1928. Macy-Masius, The Vanguard Press hardcover
rif. 139755Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. E.P. Dutton New York NY 1928. First Edition. 1st Printing. 124 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 8vo. Media/Performing Arts::Theatre Plays Modern 5926 hardcover
1948rif. 7357London:: Castle Press 1948. First Edition. Castle Press, unknown
1937rif. 002840New York: Heritage Press 1937. George Macy conceived of the Heritage Press as a way to offer less-expensive versions of his publications with the Limited Editions Club. They are beautiful productions in their own right; here is Macy's offering of Oscar Wilde's most famous poem. Bound with a smooth polished cloth in a design of a prison's barred window set in a brick wall. Clean text; xii 43 pages page edges are stained red. With an Introduction by Barton Rascoe and illustrated with eight black-and-white lithographs by Zhenya Gay. Lacking a slipcase the book remains in Fine condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Zhenya Gay. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heritage Press Hardcover
rif. 6847NY. Fair with no dust jacket; Hard Cover; E. P. Dutton & Co Inc; 1928; First . Edition. Black spine with blue paper boards Fair. Boards showing on corners. Spine split and chipped. First edition. Hinges cracked with webbing showing. Previous owner name chipping to pages. Illustrated by John Vassos 124 pages; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . hardcover
rif. 1494247Mosher Press. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good ; Hardcover in dustjacket. This is one of 500 copies of this book on Italian Hand-Made paper privately printed by the Mosher Press for Edward Woods Sewickley and distributed in November 1919. The book is in Very Good condition with clean covers and pages sharp corners and a tight square binding. Bookplate on front pastedown. Jacket is clean with a touch of wear at spine top no rips or tears. Mylar. Laid in is a printed card from the Woods presenting the book to another individual. Photos upon request. Mosher Press hardcover
1929rif. 10135New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1929. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Includes sixteen full page illustrations from the imagination of John Vassos. This was the third Wilde work illustrated by renowned book illustrator and industrial designer John Vassos. This edition was limited to 200 signed and numbered copies this is copy 165. Signed by the illustrator on the limitation page. Moderate shelf/edge wear spine sunned tips through light toning to text block edges else tight bright and unmarred. Quarterbound black cloth spine green paper boards pale green endpapers. 8vo. 102pp. Illus. b/w plates. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
1966rif. dn124New York: Macmillan 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Finegrey cloth-covered boards in very good dust jacket published only for the library edition. The brodart- protected dj shows light wear to edges and a short surface scratch to front. Uncommon to find this book with a dust jacket. Macmillan hardcover
1904rif. 429030Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. 79 2pp. Measuring 3.75" x 5.5". Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with age-toning and creases on the spine in a very good slipcase lacing the top edge with tears. One of 425 copies on Japan Vellum some pages uncut. Thomas B. Mosher unknown
rif. 7584NY DUTTON 1930. NY, DUTTON, 1930 unknown books
1921rif. 404238Král. Vinohrady: Ludvík Bradác 1921. Softcover. Near Fine. Third Czech edition. Small octavo. Printed wrappers. Text in Czech. Faint stains on the front wrap else very near fine. Ludvík Bradác unknown books
1922rif. 7235London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good lacking the jacket. Cream boards soiled and bumped gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge clean internally. The first appearance of this posthumously published pantomimic play originally written around 1894 as a gift for Mrs. Chan Toon. Methuen & Co. Ltd hardcover books
1905rif. 589945New York: Brentano's 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition thus by this publisher with a new introduction by Percival Pollard. First published in America by Dodd Mead and Company in 1891. Frontispiece tissue protector archivally mended cocked spine and edges darkened chipped spine ends about very good. Brentano's hardcover books
1904rif. 429030Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. 79 2pp. Measuring 3.75" x 5.5". Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with age-toning and creases on the spine in a very good slipcase lacing the top edge with tears. One of 425 copies on Japan Vellum some pages uncut. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
1929rif. 10135New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1929. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Includes sixteen full page illustrations from the imagination of John Vassos. This was the third Wilde work illustrated by renowned book illustrator and industrial designer John Vassos. This edition was limited to 200 signed and numbered copies this is copy 165. Signed by the illustrator on the limitation page. Moderate shelf/edge wear spine sunned tips through light toning to text block edges else tight bright and unmarred. Quarterbound black cloth spine green paper boards pale green endpapers. 8vo. 102pp. Illus. b/w plates. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
rif. 482411229X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 1019390948.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
