1909ref. 020769NY: Lamb Publishing Co 1909. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo. With frontispiece and 4 other b/w Plates. 1st thus Limited Numbered edition; #674 of 1000 copies printed; tan buckram w/gilt titles on black leather strip; owner's plate; lite wear at spine; 296 clean unmarked pages Sunflower Edition .Contents: The Parents of Oscar Wilde; Home School and University; Early London Life American Lectures First Sojourn in Paris Lectures in Great Britain Marriage The Picture of Dorian Gray Plays and Prosperity From the French of Andre Gide A Literary Estimate. Lamb Publishing Co hardcover
1907ref. 41253A. R. Keller & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1907. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Gray cloth boards with spine label dulled toning to spine securely bound with all seven Aubrey Beardsley illustrations with tissue guards present and in excellent condition. Deckled page ends top edge gilt. ; MCF04412; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 430 pp . A. R. Keller & Company hardcover
1962ref. 593150New York: The Macmillan Company 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by John Updike. Illustrated by Sandro Nardini and Enrico Bagnoli. Folio. Glossy boards. Lightly bumped on edges else near fine. The Macmillan Company hardcover
1895ref. 70802Boston:: Joseph Knight Company 1895. publisher's pale blue cloth stamped in red and blue. Short closed tear at the top edge of the half-title page; very slight use to cloth; clean tight and sound. 12mo. Illustrated. Cosy Corner Series. Joseph Knight Company, hardcover
1922ref. 23279Portland ME: The Mosher Press. Near Fine. 1922. Limited 1st edition. Hardcover. One small ding along the front hinge. One of 300 copies. In the remnants of a slipcase. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 117 pages . The Mosher Press hardcover
1944ref. 4265London: The Unicorn Press 1944. First edition thus. First edition thus. Beige and brown two-tone cloth. A scarce minor editiion. The Unicorn Press unknown
1906ref. 28085London: Privately Printed 1906. First printing. Pamphlet. Good overall. One of 400 copies of this brochure. Contains numerous verbal exchange between Whistler and Wilde questioning each others abilities as artists. Octavo 20pp ii. Title page printed in two colors and is uncut. Original tan printed paper wraps with title in black on the front cover. Wraps with chips around the edges of the front cover. Privately Printed unknown
1906ref. 1408375London: Privately printed 1906. Softcover. Octavo 20 pages. In Poor plus condition in clear plastic sleeve. Spine is brown. Cover in brown paper with black print; edge wear spine crumpling large portion torn away from front panel toning. Text block has vertical crease to pages spine break at page 6. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #6. 1408375. FP New Rockville Stock. Privately printed unknown
1909ref. 622202New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition and first American revised edition with new material. Edited with a Prefatory Dedication by Robert Ross. Octavo. 154pp. Gray paper over blue cloth gilt-stamped topedge gilt. Faint scratches on front board spine and edges age-toned and lightly rubbed else a very good copy. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1927ref. 2222501Forty-fifth edition with additional matter. Small octavo. Original gilt blind stamped green cloth uncut. No dust jacket. Very good. 156 pages. No signatures or bookplates.7 page dedication by Robert Ross.Printed by T. and A. Constable Ltd. at the University Press Edinburgh.Includes listing details for all 45 printings. Methuen & Co. Ltd. hardcover books
ref. 7591NY PUTNAM'S 1909. VERY GOOD. NY, PUTNAM'S 1909 unknown books
1983ref. 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. 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 books
1911ref. 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 books
1947ref. 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 books
1935ref. WB18285London: Duckworth 1935. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated in colour and black and white by Charles Robinson. Reprint edition of this popular book of stories. Original tan cloth faded in patches. Internally a sound copy - although a previous owner has colored in a few of the black and white drawings. As far as uncalled-for-coloring in a modern book goes I've seen a lot worse. Duckworth hardcover books
1990ref. 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 books
1944ref. 4265London: The Unicorn Press 1944. First edition thus. First edition thus. Beige and brown two-tone cloth. A scarce minor editiion. The Unicorn Press unknown books
1962ref. 593150New York: The Macmillan Company 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by John Updike. Illustrated by Sandro Nardini and Enrico Bagnoli. Folio. Glossy boards. Lightly bumped on edges else near fine. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1928ref. 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 books
1906ref. 1408375London: Privately printed 1906. Softcover. Octavo 20 pages. In Poor plus condition in clear plastic sleeve. Spine is brown. Cover in brown paper with black print; edge wear spine crumpling large portion torn away from front panel toning. Text block has vertical crease to pages spine break at page 6. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #6. 1408375. FP New Rockville Stock. Privately printed unknown books
1927ref. 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 books
1927ref. 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 books
ref. 7634BOSTON LITTLE 1936. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. BOSTON, LITTLE, 1936 unknown
ref. 7634BOSTON LITTLE 1936. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. BOSTON, LITTLE, 1936 unknown books
ref. 1834123437.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover