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1905réf. 51214Boston: John W. Luce 1905. 8vo. 4 ix 3 11-126 pp. Cream-coloured boards black lettering on front cover & spine t.e.g. slight bumping to couple corners toning to spine fore-edges VG copy w/ beautifully printed colour lithograph quotation of Henry Van Dyke laid-in w/ arts & crafts border in gold green white & blue. First John Luce Press edition of this collection of satirical and elegantly barbed quotations from Wilde who intended his work to be quoted. John W. Luce, hardcover
1905réf. 16188Boston:: John W. Luce 1905. First edition. publisher's boards. . With a small embossed ownership stamp at the upper corner of the title page; usual browning and soiling to boards; a very good copy. A few pencil notes in margins. 8vo. John W. Luce, hardcover
réf. 1028Mt Vernon: Peter Pauper Press. Hardcover. Near Fine. 109 pages LIMITED EDITION of 1550 copies. This volume contais The Happy Prince The Star-Child The Nightingale & The Rose The Young King and The Selfish Giant. Bookplate on inside front cover. Near Fine in original slipcase. Peter Pauper Press hardcover
1908réf. 38060Metheun 1908. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Page edges uncut. Darkening to spine. Metheun Hardcover
1930réf. 471190London : Collins 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Date cannot be verified. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Prize label to front pastedown. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 1247 pages 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations black & white ; 19 cm. Contents; The picture of Dorian Gray -- Lord Arthur Savile's crime and other stories -- A house of pomegranates -- The happy prince and other tales -- Lady Windermere's fan -- A woman of no importance -- An ideal husband -- The importance of being Earnest -- Poems -- Intentions. Subjects; English literature 19th century. Authors Irish 19th century History and criticism. London : Collins hardcover
1983réf. 17465Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1983. First Edition. Leather_bound. Very good. First Edition. Leather_bound. This limited edition of the great Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde's fairy tales and stories was exclusively printed for members of Franklin Library's The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series and features a sumptuous genuine leather binding all gilt edges silver silk moire endpapers an atmospheric frontispiece and 6 illustrations by artist Zevi Blum title page calligraphy by Michael Starkman and a silk ribbon placemarker. In these pages you'll find a fisherman who falls in love with a mermaid with a magical voice and must strike a deal with a cave-dwelling witch to rid himself of his human soul to have her a beauty-loving king who would rather wear rags than raiment a falling star and a sinister babe abandoned in a wood a giant and his beautiful walled garden beset by children and so much more.This 1983 Franklin Library edition collects fairy tales and stories from the following collections: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories The Happy Prince and Other Tales and A House of Pomegranates. 9 1/8" X 5 1/8". 232pp. Bound in full slate blue genuine leather over boards with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Five raised bands to spine lettered in gilt. Very mild wear to binding with very gentle bumping to corners and to head and tail of spine. All edges gilt with rather prominent scuffing to edges. Silk moire endpapers. Gray silk ribbon placemarker. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A very presentable leatherbound illustrated edition of these collected stories and fairy tales by Oscar Wilde. The Franklin Library unknown
1906réf. 17076Paris: Charles Carrington 1906. Original wrappers. Light shelfwear. Very good. 8vo. pp. xvi51 with a 56-page catalogue on different paper of Carrington titles bound in. Charles Carrington unknown
1917réf. 18009New York: Modern Library / Boni & Liveright 1917. Modern Library Edition. Softcover. Very Good bound in green leatherette wraps Brodzky end papers binding style 2. Minor wear to exterior. Creasing to end papers. Owner name to half title page. Toning. No markings to text. 12mo 6 1/2"h x 4 1/2"w. Modern Library / Boni & Liveright unknown
1945réf. 15922New York: The Heritage Press 1945. Special Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good bound in black linen cloth with caricature of Salome stamped on covers and gilt title on spine housed in a Very Good slipcase. Light scuffing to slipcase. Very minimal edge wear to boards. Sunning to spine. Text is clean and unmarked interior pages are illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Laid in Sandglass. 8vo. 10 1/4"h x 6 1/4" w. The Heritage Press hardcover
1973réf. 023273Norwalk CT : The Heritage 1973. First Thus Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Mint/Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde by Lord Alfred Douglas with a New Introduction by Holbrook Jackson and Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Mint as new first thus edition originally published 1945 in rich textured black boards with gold-stamped spine title and figure on front board in pristine slipcase as issued without dust jacket The Heritage Club "Sandglass" newletter laid-in. Gift quality. OFC 3F The Heritage hardcover
1930réf. 15-0796New York: Williams Belasco & Meyers 1930. 1930 120pp illus. blue cloth w/ gilt decoration & lettering deckled edges top edges blue slight shelfwear to cover slight soling to cover heavier to spine no dj contents clean. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley. Williams, Belasco & Meyers Hardcover
1962réf. 328076Soho Square / London: Rupert Hart Davis Ltd 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Provenance; bookplate of Eric S. Quayle. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; clean and strong. Physical description; 432 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliography and index. Subjects; Wilde Oscar 1854-1900. Correspondence. Authors Irish 19th century. Biography. English literature. Soho Square / London: Rupert Hart Davis Ltd hardcover
1927réf. 587725Boston: White-Smith Publishing 1927. Softcover. Very Good. First edition Professional Copy. Quarto. Two nested bifoliums making eight pages. Light foxing and soiling to the exterior name stamp on the front cover and light bumping to the corners very good or better. For high voice and piano. Plate number 15694 - 5. the back cover features a short sample of "Thou Wouldst Not Stay" by Eberhart and Cadman. The name stamp is that of prolific American composer and pianist Fay Foster who took first place in the American Composers Competition of 1913. OCLC locates two physical holdings and it appears to be equally uncommon in the trade. White-Smith Publishing unknown
1927réf. 580633New York: G. Schirmer 1927. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Two nested bifoliums with a single sheet insert making 10 pages. Light toning light bumping to the corners and some edgewear including wear along the fold of the outer bifolium still a very good and complete copy. For high voice and piano. Plate number 33351. Isadore Freed 1900-1960 was a Jewish composer who was born in Belarus and grew up in Philadelphia; he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania held teaching positions at both The Curtis Institute of Music and Temple University and provided radio commentary for performances of the Philadelphia Orchestra. This piece is unrecorded by OCLC. G. Schirmer unknown
1937réf. 026454New York New York U.S.A.: Heritage Press/Limited Editions Club 1937. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Gay Zhenya. A fellow inmate recounts the tale of a young man imprisoned in Reading Gaol while he awaits hanging for committing a crime of passion killing his wife with stunning lithographed illustrations by Zhenya Gay throughout the 43 pages. Wilde wrote the poem while in exile after his own release from that same facility where he had been incarcerated for the crime of sodomy. Originally published in 1891 this edition from the Heritage Press reproduces the 1937 Limited Editions Club edition. Hardcover is bound in gray cloth patterned to represent the stone walls of the jail. No DJ as issued but originally came housed in a slipcase which is NOT present No Slipcase. Condition is Fine: as crisp & clean & bright as Brand New! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays Pacific time; later ordersweekends & holidays ship very next business day. Heritage Press/Limited Editions Club hardcover
1928réf. 1398868New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1928. Hardcover. Octavo 124 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is black with gold print. Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and blue paper to boards; wear to spine caps and corners peripheral toning to paper. Text block has name in ink on front pastedown cracked rear hinge. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates with tissue guards. Inscribed in ink by the illustration on the half-title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1398868. FP New Rockville Stock. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover
1911réf. 2222674First edition thus from British sheets. Small octavo. Introduction by Robert Ross dated Reform Club May 25 1910. Original red stamped brown boards. No dust jacket. Very good small chip at head of spine. 86 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Pages 61-86 contain a shorter early draft of the ballad. Printed by T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. Browne’s Bookstore hardcover
1928réf. 147331E. P. Dutton 1928. First printing thus. Black cloth-backed gray boards housed in custom slipcase. Glue remnants from bookplate removal to front pastedown rubbing to corners and with some light soiling and marks to cloth very good in nicely crafted custom slipcase. Illustrated by John Vassos. E. P. Dutton unknown
1948réf. 325177London: Castle Press 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Minor browning to the pages. Includes previous owner's inscription. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 63 pages: illustrations black and white; 23 cm. Subjects: Wilde Oscar 1854-1900 Imprisonment; Poetry. Wilde Oscar 1854-1900. Works. 1948. Reading Prison Reading England; Poetry. Imprisonment; Poetry. Prisoners; Poetry. Genre: Poetry. London: Castle Press hardcover
1905réf. 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
1937réf. 998New York: Heritage Press 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine. hardcover with cover embossed like a jail wall and barred window. From the Limited Editions Club edition. Bookplate of prior owner on inside front cover Near Fine in red slipcase slipcase with some edge wear. Heritage Press hardcover
1947réf. 1000009London: Castle Press 1947 First edition thus. Cloth. Octavo. Black and white illustratioins. Very good in dust jacket with several chips around the edges and a couple of short tears. The illustrations are grim and excellent. The illustrator contributes an introduction. Castle Press, hardcover
1929réf. 030720New York NY: The MacMillan Company 1929. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. Blanco Pamela. Limited to 500 copies of which this is number 457. Old water stain has discolored the boards. The interior and pages are clean. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975. The MacMillan Company hardcover
réf. 11171192-6Avon. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Avon unknown
1990réf. 532801Washington: Orchises 1990. Softcover. Near Fine. Offset reprint of the 1899 edition published by Leonard Smithers. Lavender cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Octavo. 152pp. Spine cocked near fine without dust jacket presumably as issued. Inscribed by "The re-publisher" to poet Daniel Hoffman on the front fly. Orchises unknown