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1905Best.-Nr. 001077Illustrated Editions Company 1905-01-01. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1905 Edition. Illustrated Editions Company Printing. Illustrated Editions Company hardcover
1912Best.-Nr. 26010001Translated by Wilde from his original French. Reprint of the Luce 1907 edition with all 15 of Beardsley's striking interior illlustrations and the gilt cover design. Dark blue/green cloth boards have some light scuffing with a heavier scuff near Wilde's name on front cover. Spine is sunned wrapping around to covers and a 2" area near top of front joint with some fine white spatter. Corners bumped with a bit of fraying shelfwear to edges and head and tail of spine with some fraying to head of spine. Slight outward bow to both covers. Previous owner's name in ink to top corner of FFEP. Endpapers age-toned. Interior subtly age-toned. Binding intact but not especially tight. John W. Luce & Co. hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 87071New York: The Limited Editions Club at the Harbor Press 1937. Very Good. Zhenya Gay. 28.5 x 19 cm. Grey leather decorated to look like a brick building with gilt spine lettering and housed in slipcase. Limited to 1500 signed by the illustrator of which this is copy 684. Illustrated with 8 lithographs by Zhenya Gay. There is some scuffing to the front cover and edges and the spine is faded. Slipcase is a bit worn at the edges. The Limited Editions Club at the Harbor Press unknown
1928Best.-Nr. 106975E.P. Dutton 1928. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. John Vassos. Inscribed by illustrator John Vassos. Covers faded along edges. E.P. Dutton hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 097379New York: Macy-Masius: The Vanguard Press. Detaching spine cover glued back down by seller. Edge worn covers very thin wood veneer over boards with scuffing and light soiling cracking along spine edges and chips out of spine ends. Illustrated end papers and mezzotint illustrations throughout pages tanning from edges else pages good and binding tight. Presumed limited edition. Copyright page says "The first impression consists of two thousand copies" . Good- Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1928. Macy-Masius: The Vanguard Press hardcover
1904Best.-Nr. 002331Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green paper covered boards with paper title labels to front and spine. One of 950 copies printed on hand made Van Gelder paper and the type distributed. IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Copy is FINE. Slipcase is VG. Exterior is clean. Paper titles crisp. Edges sharp. Inside is unmarked tight with almost no toning. Slipcase is olive with imprinted black titles to bottom front and spine. Some spotting to covers a bit of wear to edges. SCARCE in slipcase. Thomas B. Mosher Hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 19589New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1928. Decorative Boards. Very Good/Very Good. John Vassos. A solid copy of the 1928 1st trade edition of this John Vassos-illustrated edition. Tight and VG light offsetting at the panel edges very light abrading to the rear panel in a bright price-clipped VG dustjacket with light chipping at the panel edges. Octavo wonderfully illustrated thruout by John Vassos with each illustration including its original tissue-guard. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown
1944Best.-Nr. 001757World 1944. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1944 First Tower Books Edition. Dust jacket shows some wear and damage. Book is in good condition. World hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. F-WI1946HHardover. Condition: Very Good; dust jacket VG-. First printing stated. Intro. by Frances Winwar. Illustrated in b/w by Manso. Black boards with blue and gold decorations. Slight color loss in cape of figure on front board and to wording at bottom of spine. Lightly age-toned throughout. No po. Tight and square. Dustjacket is price clipped. There is a black 59 handwritten on top edge of inner flap. Possibly a price. Edgewear along top and bottom of dust jacket. Chiped at top and bottom of spine. Soiled areas / discoloration along folds. World Publishing Co. / Living Library hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 048959New York: The Modern LIbrary 1932. Early Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Good. Jacket corn and chipped at edges spine darkened. Still an attractive copy of an early ML edition. Old owner signature dated 1934 and a slightly newer bookplate inside front cover. Modern Library #84. The first book published by the Modern Library - The Picture of Dorian Gray - was Wilde. It was followed by Plays #83 this one and De Profundis 117. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 048959. The Modern LIbrary hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2081502112302165Tokyo Theater Co. Ltd. N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Tokyo Theater Co., Ltd. paperback
1888Best.-Nr. 649466E.P. Dutton and Company 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A Very Good copy of the First American Edition in original green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt black white red and blue all edges gilt has some darkening and rubbing to cloth; inner hinges tender. Illustrated with 16 fine chromolithograph plates numerous duotone illustrations. PLEASE NOTE: due to the size and weight of this book it will require additional charges for overseas and expedited shipping. E.P. Dutton and Company hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 56900London: Privately Printed By Leonard Smithers. Very Good. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Original wraps have been bound in cloth retaining covers. #10 of 400 copies on small quarto paper. 6 x 9.25 in. One hundred large paper copies were also printed on demy octavo paper. Title page printed in red and black. 3" closed tear to front cover minor thumbing. The cloth binding has rubbing and insecting spine wear. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 202 pages . Privately Printed (By Leonard Smithers) hardcover
1913Best.-Nr. 1124578New York: R.F. Fenno & Company 1913. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. n. d. circa 1913 pict paper wrapsglassine dust jacket 32 pages illustrated pictorial endpapers title page vignette d.j has small tears and chips at edges a very rare item this imprint is held by only one library in NA. CHARMIDES is the only non-dramatic poem of the author in which there is a story- a fantastic Greek legend elaborated from an anecdote in one of Lucian's famous dialogues. Size: 12 mo. R.F. Fenno & Company Paperback
1940Best.-Nr. 2111902158905537Keio shobo 1940. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Keio shobo paperback
Best.-Nr. M10E-03117Rodale Books. Used - Like New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Rodale Books unknown
Best.-Nr. N19A-05219Rodale Books. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Rodale Books unknown
1976Best.-Nr. S6-531ny2Burnham Inc Pub 1976. hardcover. New book. . 6x1x9. Burnham Inc Pub hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. 034785Penguin Books 1999. First Edition 1999. 12mo paperback with 127 pages. The Movie Tie In Edition signed on title page " Rupert Everett Julianne Moore." The book is in very good condition slight edge wear. Interior is clean and tight. Pictures available upon request. "Every page of the script offers up lines of pure gracefully articulate wit. Wilde's insight is prodigious and relevant as it could have been written as easily about Wall Street as London of 1895: "Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune." White-Orange spine/Black text. #034785. Signed. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. Comedy / Satire. Penguin Books Paperback
1905Best.-Nr. 005574Boston: John W. Luce & Company 1905. A collection of fourteen selections from the Wilde corpus that reflect well upon his celebrated wit. This is a Very Good Plus copy of the First American Edition. Cream-coloured paper boards with black titling on the spine and front cover. Clean text; ix 126 pages. The Introduction is by George Henry Sargent dated April 1905. The textblock is in rather nice condition with many pages unopened. The covers are darkened on the spine and at the margins. Light soiling shows due to the colour of the boards. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John W. Luce & Company Hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 974Boston: John Luce 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good condition hardbound slight soiling to cover and slight wear to corners otherwise near fine copy. John Luce hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 1029Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Text in GERMAN. Very Good hardcover one slightly worn corner inside cover signature of prior owner. Very Good condition S. Fischer Verlag hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2243NY: Dodd Mead 1894. Tan cloth. From British sheets. Cloth spotting or darkening pencil notation. G. . Good. Hardcover. NY: Dodd Mead, 1894. hardcover
1973Best.-Nr. 95591Easton Press 1973-01-01. Hardcover. New. 0x0x0. As new clean tight and bright Easton Press leather bound with all the typical Easton treatments. Notes laid in. Please email for photos. Easton Press hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. D19244London: Gordon Spilstead 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. #52 of 200 copies printed of this "Special Limited Edition". Original pink cloth; housed in publisher's slipcase lightly rubbed designed by Maeve Gilmore. Signed by Gilmore on the limitation page. Excellent copy. Gordon Spilstead hardcover
