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2003Best.-Nr. 051249Folio Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2003. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover 3 volumes in slipcase. Crisp matching maroon cloth boards. Text pages are crisp and clean. Very nice maroon slipcase with photo tipped in on one side. Light edge wear small closed tear at corner. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Folio Society hardcover
Best.-Nr. HH2483Hamburg Hans Götz o.J. Hardcover. ExLibris auf Vorsatz. Der Name. 28 Ss. und 5 Original-Lithographien von L.Réthi. Originalseideneinband. Exemplar 16/50 und von Réthi handschriftlich signiert. Nº16 of 50 hand-numbered and signed by the artist 5 original lithographs. Black mark over author's name on the front cover cloth split and missing from parts of the spine. Pages clean and bright. Hamburg, Hans Götz, o.J. hardcover
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1987Best.-Nr. 22430Hartford CT: Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co 1987. Paperback. Limited first edition. All elements Fine/As New except for the case which is Fine with a touch of wear to one tip. Two paperback volumes and a portfolio of prints housed in a clamshell case highlighting the paintings and antiques of Connecticut in the collection of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company. Vol. 1: The Fine Arts Collection; 73 pages; essay by Charles B. Ferguson on the fine arts of Connecticut with 15 color illustrations the artists in the collection with 19 color plates and texts by Jeffrey W. Andersen; list of artists in the collection; general bibliography; artists' bibliography. Vol. 2: The Antiques Collection; 49 pages; 47 color illustrations of furniture details hardware and ephemera with text by Harold Wood that addresses 22 pieces; bibliography. Both paperbacks 8 x 11 inches. Vol. 3: 10 loose sheets housed in a printed folded-paper portfolio; each sheet 16 x 10.5 inches; 9 feature color reproductions of paintings by different artists 1 title sheet. Clamshell case: maroon buckram-bound boards with stamped gilt title to the spine and a paper label to the front; paper-lined interior with an introduction by Wilson Wilde illustrated with a map. From a numbered edition limited to 3000 copies of which this is #2332. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY WRAPPED IN PADDING IN A BOX. Due to size and weight international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co paperback
Best.-Nr. feb16239Adeverul. Used. ; Romanian Edition of Crima lordului arthur saville; For more details please contact me Adeverul unknown
1910Best.-Nr. 48039Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1910. 8vo. Uncut in the original printed wrapper. Occasional brown spots and light soiling to front wrappers. 34 pp. + 4 plates.
1910Best.-Nr. 48039Oxford The Clarendon Press 1910. 8vo. Uncut in the original printed wrapper. Occasional brown spots and light soiling to front wrappers. 34 pp. 4 plates. First printing. unknown
1998Best.-Nr. SCPH00042New York Chichester Brisbane Toronto et al.: John Wiley & Sons Inc 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black red & greenish beige laminated boards with white titles xv 400 pp bibliography index. Notes in ink on three pages otherwise fine. Written for "advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students of chemistry or physics." Contents: classical statistical mechanics; quantum statistical mechanics; phase transitions & critical phenomena; the liquid state; molecular dynamics methods; Monte Carlo methods; polymers proteins & spin glass models; the Boltzmann equation; approaches to Brownian motion; Zwanig-Mori formalism; activated barrier-crossing problem; oscillating chemical reactions & chaos; introduction to cellular automaton models. Appendices: resources on the Internet and the World Wide Web; generating functions; Fermi's golen rule; FORTRAN programs. Shipping weight 3 lbs. 2nd ptg. . 24 X 16 cm. John Wiley & Sons, Inc Hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. C105626Vindex Pub. Co. Calvi. Corsica 1933. First Edition. Wraps. Paperback . Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 14. Plain paper wrappers stapled printed in black. Spine slightly slit at head and tail some mild creasing and spotting to extremities: about very good copy. Includes an interview with G B Shaw by Hugh Kingsmill . Vindex Pub. Co., Calvi. Corsica, paperback
1904Best.-Nr. 1021W3London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1904. First edition. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 5". None. A first edition collection of essays and lines of verse bound in three quarter green morocco. A collection of lines of verse and sayings published under the psuedonym of Oscar Wilde which he used following release from prison in 1897 and throughout his exile. The name was taken from the protagonist of the Gothic novel Melmoth the Wanderer which was written by Wilde's great-uncle Charles Maturin published in 1820. Bound together with The Soul of Man. Wilde's essay The Soul of Man Under Socialism was originally published in 1891. This volume is the first edition of Sebastian Melmoth. Bound in three quarter green signed morocco binding: J. & E. Bumpus. With the bookplate of English Liberal Party politician Reginald Nicholson to the front paste down a copy of which is held by the V&A Museum. Bound in 3/4 morocco. Externally generally smart. Front board detached. Moderate rubbing to extremities. Slight fading to hinges. Association bookplate to front paste down. Mild age toning to free endpaper extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd minor spot throughout. Binder's stamp to front blank. Infrequent minor tide mark to the odd page. Good Arthur L. Humphreys hardcover
1885Best.-Nr. 899P4London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co 1885. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 7". Randolph Caldecott; Various. The first edition of this scarce anthology of poems and prose compiled to raise money for the North Eastern Hospital For Children with contributions by Oscar Wilde and H. Rider Haggard. The first edition of this scarce work.An anthology of poems stories and illustrations published for the benefit of the North Eastern Hospital For Children in Hackney Road compiled by Margaret S. Tyssen Amherst. The hospital now known as Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children was originally formed by two Quaker sisters in 1867. This anthology includes a brief history of the hospital as well as 'Le Jardin des Tuileries' by Oscar Wilde 'Old Age - a Sonnet' by the Earl of Rosslyn 'Faith and Unfaith' by Lady Augusta Noel 'Hunter Quatermain's Story' by H. Rider Haggard 'Seekers For a City' by Andrew Lang and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations throughout by Randolph Caldecott W. Callow Tristram Ellis and more. Twenty pages of adverts to the rear. In a rebacked quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Part of the original paper spine has been restored by rebacking. Some rubbing and discolouration to the boards and spine including a few light spots. Minor bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Two tide marks to the rear board. Front hinge is a little strained rear hinge is starting but firm. Spots to the endpapers small tidemark to the rear endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few light handling marks. Good Wells Gardner, Darton & Co hardcover
1911Best.-Nr. 1021Y27London: Methuen and Co. Ltd 1911. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A pleasing seventh edition of Oscar Wilde's 'Lady Windermere's Fan' a biting satire on Victorian society. Seventh edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Lady Windermere's Fan is a hectic upper-class comedy the action of which takes places within twenty-four hours. First performed on Saturday 20 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London the story concerns Lady Windermere who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. From Irish author poet and playwright Oscar Wilde a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally with fading to the boards and minor shelf wear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed Methuen and Co. Ltd hardcover
2006Best.-Nr. 1032N26Bassac Charente: Élisabeth Brunet 2006. Paperback. Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Mervyn Peake. A scarce and charming French limited edition of Oscar Wilde's decadent poems of mythology with the quirky illustrations of Mervyn Peake. Le Jardin d'Éros & Autres Poèmes The Garden of Eros and Other Poems a lovely French edition of Oscar Wilde's scarce anthology with this edition illustrated by surrealist author and artist Mervyn Peake translated by Patrick Reumaux. Published in 2006 with the first Peake edition in 1980. Only 600 copies of this edition were printed in French. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps with flyleaves. Contains numerous full-page illustrations by Peake best known for his Gormenghast series and two facsimiles of his autographs. Characterised by fantasy and wist Wilde's Garden of Eros is brought to life by Peake's quirky illustrations depicting figures of fantasy including the sphinx and the centaur. The poem is a brilliant example of the decadence which Wilde embodied emphasised in thise edition through the beauty of the French language. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps with flyleaves. Externally very smart with minimal marks and edgewear. ISBN sticker to the rear wrap. End papers are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine Élisabeth Brunet paperback
2003Best.-Nr. 17038Folio 2003. Book Hardcover. Fine. In near fine slipcase. Folio hardcover
Best.-Nr. 18673On letterhead of Peterhouse Staines Middlesex . 22 December 1927. 1p. 4to. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. He begins by expressing pleasure at having been asked to write his name in Tyrrell's copy of his book probably 'Benjamin Disraeli' published in 1926. He also thanks him for 'the kind things said about me in your letter'. He has 'tried to be useful in various ways' and remembers 'the case you mention. Channell tried it & Took was against me & I lost it because my young client asked in the witness box to write certain words wrote "Skiny Kate." I believe it was an honest mistake & that the verdict was wrong.' He ends by thanking him for his 'kindness many years ago to my son' William Francis Clarke 1883-1961 better-known for his work with Naval Intelligence which 'has been justified by his course at the Bar'. He knows that Tyrrell shares 'his father's satisfaction'. On letterhead of Peterhouse, Staines [ Middlesex ]. 22 December 1927. unknown
Best.-Nr. rja1009522UKslim 8vo HBdw/dj1st edn.In 1905Wilde's contemporary translator to GermanMax Meyerfeld published the first book edition with Samuel Fischer in Berlinwhich was preceded by a publication in Fischer's monthly magazine Neue Rundschau Vol. 16 Nos. 1–2 Jan – Febr. 1905. The book appeared on 11 February 1905thus preceding the English edition published by Robbie Ross by about two weeks.Ross published the letter with the title "De Profundis"expurgating all references to the Queensberry family.This edition would go through eight printings in the next three yearsincluding the de luxe editions. VG/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip 10s. 6d. to dw/dj. Pale grey background dw/dj with light ageing/grubbing to edges and spinefront panel with double-lined reddish-brown border with black and reddish-brown lettering within borders similar coloured letters to a slightly darkened spine with miniscule rubbing/chipping and its reciprocal paper loss to both headfoot of samerear panel plain greyundecorated and without textbut lightly grubbed.Internallytop edges of dw/dj with agednarrowhorizontalsellophane repair/strengthening strip with small vertical closed tears approx. 1.5" to both frontrear spine's gutter's fold/crease.All corners minisculely chipped with reciprocal lossrear foot of spine's gutter's fold/crease with small closed tear and minimal paper loss and two small closed nicks to rear's inner flap's external fore-edge.Top fore-edges unusuallyare lightly toned with no foxing/spotting; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornerswould appear unreadother then my own collation.Publisher's original sharp-cornered navy blue cloth boards with circular gilt blocked motif to upper boardlightly dulledblocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip and plain white sets of endpapers with some off-setting to pastedowns edges.Front board with a verticalpartial colour loss of bleaching from an indeterminate fluid stain to board's fore-edgea similar but much narrower and smaller vertical bleaching stain to that board's fore-edge too. InexplicablyNO concomitant fluid stain to inside of dw/dj.UK slim 8vo HBdw/dj1st edn7-147pp paginated includes an Introduction by Vyvyan HollandWilde's sonthe text of the letter; plus unpaginated blankhalf-title with blank verso and title page. Described hard and in detailbut fairly and honestly - still an acceptable stop-gap example. Originally an Oscar Wilde letter to 'Bosie Lord Alfred Douglas written whilst incarcerated in Reading Gaoltowards the end of his sentence between Jan to March1897.Allowed to take it with him on his release 18 May1897he entrusted it to journalist Robert Ross another former loverloyal friend and rival to "Bosie" and Wilde's literary executor. Ross typed two copies.Those typescripts copies contained several hundred errorsincluding typist's mistakeshis own emendations and other omissions.Book was published posthumously in 1905five years after Wilde's death.But Ross had excised its autobiographical elements and expurgated all references to the Queensberry family.A secondslightly expanded version appeared in an edition of Collected Works of Wilde published by Ross between 1908 and 1922.Also included were three other letters Wilde wrote from Reading Prison and his two letters to the editor of the Daily Chronicle written after his release.Ross then donated the manuscript to the British Museum with the understanding that it would not be made public until 1960.Vyvyan HollandWilde's sonin 1949 published the full textbut was using the faulty typescript bequeathed to him by Ross and it wasn't until 1962that the newfull and correct version was published in a volume titled 'The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde.' LondonRupert Hart-Davis. Please contact sellerfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.METHUEN & CO. LTD.,27th October,1949. hardcover
1960Best.-Nr. 52238London: The Folio Society 1960. First edition thus 8vo 78 pp. 6 full page coloured illustrations plus black and white illustrations in the text. Gilt titled green silk moiré boards spine sunned slipcase again slightly faded. [London]: The Folio Society unknown
1908Best.-Nr. C96092London: Methuen 1908. First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 345. Original publishers white buckram lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. An important omnibus of Wilde's poetry. Includes the complete ""Poems"" 1881 ""Uncollected Poems"" 1876-1893 ""The Sphinx"" 1894 ""Ravenna"" 1878 and ""Reading Gaol"" 1898 ""Charmides"" ""Burden of Itys"". Limited edition of 1000 copies on handmade paper. Slight tanning at spine otherwise very good. Methuen, hardcover
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1996Best.-Nr. SONG1860640621Brand: I. B. Tauris 1996-05-15. hardcover. Used: Good. 5.60x1.25x8.68. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: I. B. Tauris hardcover
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