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1898ref. 635478Leonard Smithers London 1898. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. - Second Edition though lacks the Printed "Second Edition" to the title page verso - Publication date February 1898 to copyright page - Also includes the numerous amendments made to that edition - Oscar Wilde's last work published pseudonymously using his prisoner designation - Quarter bound in white linen over cinnamon linen boards w/ gilt lettering to spine - Printed on handmade paper w/ deckled edges on one side of the page only - Covers heavily tanned and marked - Lettering to spine faded - Corners and spine ends bumped and crushed - Endpapers toned and stained - Content lightly toned and foxed throughout w/ scratches and marks to some leaves particularly near the rear - Rear hinge very slightly open but still strong - Book ow/ solid and clean - 31 pages No Jacket Leonard Smithers, London hardcover
1893ref. 20184The Spirit Lamp. Vol. IV No. 2. June 1893 1893. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition. Lettered sewn card wrappers both of which are detached and somewhat nicked and chipped with some edge loss and with portions of the unprinted paper spine absent. Some discolouration to the margins of the first and final leaves where the wrappers are defective yet really a very crisp copy thereafter. This constitutes the first appearance in print of Wilde's prose-poem predating its appearance with the other five examples in July 1894 issue of 'The Fortnightly Review'. Other contributors to this issue include Eric Stenbok his essay 'The Other Side. A Breton Legend' A.R.Bayley his essay 'The Defence of Posey' and his poem 'In Lyonesse' Gleeson White his essay 'In Praise of Idleness' Max Beerbohm his essay 'The Incomparable Beauty of Modern Dress' contributed as 'H.M.Beerbohm' John Addington Symonds his brief poem 'From the Arabic' and the editor his poems 'In Summer' and 'Apologia Pro Classe Sua'. A somewhat distressed example and yet most uncommon. Mason 265. The Spirit Lamp. Vol. IV, No. 2. June 1893 Paperback
1906ref. BC19377John Lane The Bodley Head London 1906. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. The second English-language edition and the first trade issue preceded by the Bodley Head edition of 1894 which was limited to 500 copies. Royal 16mo. ii 66pp ii publisher's advertisements. Paper-covered boards lettered in green at the spine and upper board and with a green-stamped Aubrey Beardsley design. Top edge gilt fore- and lower edges untrimmed. The boards a little toned and very lightly dust soiled. A single numeral inked in red to the front free endpaper below which is a handsome former owner inkstamp. The binding a fraction tender at a single gathering and with a tiny enclosed nick to one unprinted preliminary leaf. A very good copy. No dust wrapper. Mason 352. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London Hardcover
1913ref. OWHAPPYPRINCE01David Nutt 1913. Hard Cover. G - Good. Charles Robinson. A 1913 edition of The Happy Prince & Other Stories by Oscar Wilde featuring fantastic colour plates by Charles Robinson. The plates are in excellent condition! "The Happy Prince and Other Stories" is a collection of bedtime stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories that are highly popular among children and frequently read in schools: The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Selfish Giant The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket. The short stories are valued for their morals and have been made into animated films. This book is well over 100 years old and the condition Fair to Good is as one might expect from a book of this vintage. There are some loose pages and a fair amount of discolouration to the edges of the pages. 134 pages. Full Colour illustrations. 8" x 10" 200mm x 260mm. 2 David Nutt hardcover
1908ref. 53008London: Methuen 1908. Limited edition of 80 bound in vellum. Some damp marks to cover not hugely visible and only affects foot of front. Spine tanned CE uncut. PP lightly tanned else a sound rare copy. Vellum. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Methuen Hardcover
2018ref. 61887SAINTS PERES. Very Good No dust jacket as issued. Hardback Slipcase. Please note that this is a heavy item and may incur extra shipping costs for international orders.; Number 97 of a limited 1000 printed copies. Cloth slipcase is lightly marked at outer corners decorative silver border; cloth boards are clean corners sharp silver titling bright; binding is tight; pages are clean. This reproduction of Wilde's manuscript shows Wilde’s text as it was initially composed complete with his edits and corrections.; MANUSCRIT; 9.75 x 1.25 x 13.25 inches; 280 pages . 2018. 9791095457466 . SAINTS PERES hardcover
2025ref. Discovery-9781804892008BRILLIANCE 2025. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
2025ref. Discovery-9781804892008BRILLIANCE 2025. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
2025ref. Discovery-9781804892022BRILLIANCE 2025. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
2025ref. Discovery-9781804892022BRILLIANCE 2025. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
1913ref. 217440GLondon - Edinburgh: Duckworth & Co. 1913. 1st Illustrated Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Robinson Charles. New Edition reset. 1st illustrated Edition. 12 full-page tipped-in colour plates by Charles Robinson with captioned tissue facing each. Many other drawings and sketches throughout. Illustrations on endpapers. Foxing on some pages. 133 pages. Top Edge Gilt. Previous owner's name date and 6 work inscription on ffep. Purple cloth with gilt illustration and gilt titles on front and spine. Edge wear at top and bottom of spine. Front cover is sharp and in excellent condition. Overall VG. Duckworth & Co. hardcover
1905ref. 18953Hartford: privately printed at the Sherwood Press 1905. First edition limited to 225 numbered copies 8vo pp. 45 3; original green cloth-backed marbled boards printed paper label on spine; very slightly rubbed else a fine copy. A scarce Wilde title written for the Chancellor's English Essay Prize while at Oxford in 1879. See Mason 434 for a convoluted account of the manuscript part of which was separately sold in America and then later restored. privately printed [at the Sherwood Press] unknown
2013ref. x-1447148800Springer 2013. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 632 pages. 10.29x7.19x1.63 inches. Springer hardcover
ref. 88705Stockholm 1741. 4:o. 4 52 544 55 1 s. 3 utvikbara tryckta tabeller. Återkommande lätt fuktrand i övre marginal. Sammanhäftad med bihanget: WILDE Jacob. De praejudiciis transmarinis circa jura quae dicuntus regalia & majestatica cavendis propempticum commercii literarii argumentum illustrssimo politissimoque juveni dn Nicaolao Adamo comiti de Bielcke ab alma Lundinensi ad Upsalensem transeunti datum. Stockholm Typographia R. Historiographi 1738. 4:o. 4 62 2 s. Fläckig inledningsvis och det andra bladet med reva och ett litet hål. Häftade oskurna och ouppsprättade i gråpappomslag. Warmholtz 2523 not & 6745. Sonen Anders Wildes latinska översättning av faderns förberedelse eller inledning till Pufendorfs svenska historia. Endast första delen översattes till latin men utökades varför denna latinska enligt Warmholtz är att föredra framför den svenska. Den svenska upplagans första del utkom 1738 och dess andra som utgavs av Anders Wilde 1743. Här med det 1738 separat tryckta ”De praejudiciis” som i titeln utlovas som bilaga. unknown
1972ref. feb556531972: First Armenian Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray Դորիան Գրեյի դիմանկարը Hayastan
2009ref. feb590052009: First Thai Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray ภาพวาดโดเรียน เà¸à¸£à¸¢à¹Œ Freedom
1895ref. feb557671895: First French Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray Le portrait de Dorian Gray Albert Savine
1938ref. feb1145261938: First Turkish Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray Dorian Gray'in Portresi hilmi
1907ref. feb1334101907: First Hungarian Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray Dorian Gray arcképe Lampel
1909ref. 31316AB1909. 4 Volumes. London Methuen & Co. 1909. Small Octavo. Pagination: "Intentions": 263 pages / "Lady Windermere's Fan": 157 pages / "An Ideal Husband": 246 pages / "The Importance of Being Earnest": 181 pages. Original Hardcover / Original very decorative publisher's cloth with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine and cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear and mild staining to bindings only. hardcover
ref. MA05H-00167Mitchell Kennerley. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: Mitchell Kennerley 1921. 1st thus. 8vo. 133pp. Facsimile. Limited edition #515/1000. Fair book. No dust jacket else Good. First published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in July 1889; printed from the original enlarged manuscript. Partially uncut. authorship William Shakespeare sonnets fiction Inquire if you need further information. Mitchell Kennerley unknown
2012ref. x-0415628318Routledge 2012. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 132 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. Routledge hardcover
2016ref. x-1138147931Taylor & Francis 2016. Hardcover. New. 2nd revised edition. 256 pages. 8.50x5.43x1.57 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
2016ref. x-113882321XRoutledge 2016. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Routledge hardcover
ref. 8266Les Editions G. Cres & Co. Paris. 1923. French text. Reprint of the original Alastair illustrated version which was published as a limited edition in 1922. Small 4to. 7.6 x 5.8 inches. Beautifully illustrated with 9 colour plates by Alastair. Finely bound by Bumpus in contemporary half plum calf. Spine with 5 raised bands. Compartments double ruled fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Salmon pink cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Light spotting to the blank endpapers otherwise a lovely bright copy in a fine early twentieth century leather binding with just a small are of abrasion to the top raised band on the spine. This edition contains a bibliography of the various editions of Salome published prior to this one. Les Editions G. Cres & Co. Paris. 1923 hardcover
