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1998réf. 43734Cambridge MA: MIT Press 1998. First American edition. Very good in a very good jacket. First US edition with photographs from the "Icons of New Objectivity" series as well as Renger-Patzsch's lesser-known images of landscapes urban scenes and nature studies. 113 full-page black and white plates. Translated from the German edition. Co-edited by Thomas Weski with Ann and Jurgen Wilde with an essay by Thomas Janzen. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth boards in black and white photographic dust jacket. Toning to spine and upper edges of jacket; corners and spine ends bumped. 176pp. MIT Press unknown
1998réf. 43734Cambridge MA: MIT Press 1998. First American edition. Very good in a very good jacket. First US edition with photographs from the "Icons of New Objectivity" series as well as Renger-Patzsch's lesser-known images of landscapes urban scenes and nature studies. 113 full-page black and white plates. Translated from the German edition. Co-edited by Thomas Weski with Ann and Jurgen Wilde with an essay by Thomas Janzen. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth boards in black and white photographic dust jacket. Toning to spine and upper edges of jacket; corners and spine ends bumped. 176pp. MIT Press hardcover
1998réf. 43734Cambridge MA: MIT Press 1998. First American edition. Very good in a very good jacket. First US edition with photographs from the "Icons of New Objectivity" series as well as Renger-Patzsch's lesser-known images of landscapes urban scenes and nature studies. 113 full-page black and white plates. Translated from the German edition. Co-edited by Thomas Weski with Ann and Jurgen Wilde with an essay by Thomas Janzen. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth boards in black and white photographic dust jacket. Toning to spine and upper edges of jacket; corners and spine ends bumped. 176pp. MIT Press unknown books
1998réf. 43734Cambridge MA: MIT Press 1998. First American edition. Very good in a very good jacket. First US edition with photographs from the "Icons of New Objectivity" series as well as Renger-Patzsch's lesser-known images of landscapes urban scenes and nature studies. 113 full-page black and white plates. Translated from the German edition. Co-edited by Thomas Weski with Ann and Jurgen Wilde with an essay by Thomas Janzen. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth boards in black and white photographic dust jacket. Toning to spine and upper edges of jacket; corners and spine ends bumped. 176pp. MIT Press hardcover books
réf. a52364Berlin 1843. In German. Hardcover. Octavo 407pp. foldout plates boards. 19th c binding of black "fingerpaint-style" boards. Binding appears old but may be a rebinding. Pages 1-248 are on Isaac Newton. Owner name stamp K. Graff on front free blank. VG light cover wear; spine paper label present but lettering has faded away. Text clean; binding very secure. Slight bit of light foxing in text but no notatin or underlining. Hinges not cracked in or out. Volume 2 only. Scarce. Pictures available on request. . hardcover
2015réf. 047098U.S.A.: Tor Books 2015. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1ST. Excellent Copy - Four Seperete Books. Three Hardcover One Trade Paperback. All In A Handsome Handcrafted Slipcase. Updraft Is Signed - To Patrick To The Greatest Future Friend And Bookseller In So Cal By The Author On The Title Page. Cloudbound Is Signed To Patrick - West Coast Fan Fame On Your Wings By The Author On The Title Page. Horizon Is Signed To Patrick You Are Fantastic On Your Wings - By The Author On The The Title Page. The Jewel Is Signed - Because A Jewel Protects Her People On The Title Page. All Are First Edition First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean Tiniest Bit Of Wear To The Page Edges. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy. Tor Books Hardcover
1976réf. 25943New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1976. First Edition. Hardcover. price-clipped moderate wear to book at extremities; jacket a little faded and soiled along spine and adjacet edges of both panels a bit of wear along top edge including a couple of small closed tears and very shallow paper loss at top of spine. B&W photographs INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the colophon page: "For Ann and Del / My special 'Dear Hearts' / whose friendship I / treasure. / Blessings and love / Meta Wilde / March 1 1980." The author's "full story of her romance with William Faulkner which began when she was a script girl for Howard Hawks and Faulkner came to Hollywood to work on the scenario for THE ROAD TO GLORY and continued over the next thirty years whenever time and chance gave the lovers an opportunity." Wilde went on to become one of Hollywood's legendary script supervisors working well into the 1980s sometimes under the name Meta Rebner with an impressive string of credits including TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD THE GRADUATE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT SHAMPOO and TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. The inscribees of this copy were director Delbert Mann and his wife; Ms. Wilde had worked for Mann on the 1960 film THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. Signed by Author . Simon and Schuster hardcover
1976réf. 25943New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1976. First Edition. Hardcover. price-clipped moderate wear to book at extremities; jacket a little faded and soiled along spine and adjacet edges of both panels a bit of wear along top edge including a couple of small closed tears and very shallow paper loss at top of spine. B&W photographs INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the colophon page: "For Ann and Del / My special 'Dear Hearts' / whose friendship I / treasure. / Blessings and love / Meta Wilde / March 1 1980." The author's "full story of her romance with William Faulkner which began when she was a script girl for Howard Hawks and Faulkner came to Hollywood to work on the scenario for THE ROAD TO GLORY and continued over the next thirty years whenever time and chance gave the lovers an opportunity." Wilde went on to become one of Hollywood's legendary script supervisors working well into the 1980s sometimes under the name Meta Rebner with an impressive string of credits including TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD THE GRADUATE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT SHAMPOO and TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. The inscribees of this copy were director Delbert Mann and his wife; Ms. Wilde had worked for Mann on the 1960 film THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. Signed by Author . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1909réf. 11870London: Methuen & Co 1909. Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Third Edition. Cloth. A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales written by Oscar Wilde that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales 1892. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Shelfwear and bumped corners foxing throughout else tight bright and unmarred. Bound in green cloth with gilt decorations and deckled edges. 8vo 179pp. Former owner signed on fep inscription on half title. Methuen & Co unknown
1921réf. 23766Westminster: Beaumont Press 1921. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Ethelbert White. Thin 8vo. 60pp. Cloth spine gilt. Patterned paper over boards. Finely printed letterpress on handmade paper. Woodcut cover and decorations by Ethelbert White. One of 400 numbered copies from a totla edition of 475 this is number 455. A near fine copy. "The letters included in this volume were written by Oscar Wilde to his friend Robert Ross during the summer of 1897. Wilde was released on Wednesday May 19th after completing his sentence of two years imprisonment and on that day he crossed with a friend to Dieppe where he was met by Robert Ross to whom he at once handed the manuscript of his prison letter no known as 'De Profundis'. . Beaumont Press hardcover
1924réf. 9908New York: H.S. Nichols 1924. 5 x 4.5" black leather decorated with gilt gilt lettering text block edges gilt 141 3 pp portrait frontispiece. Volume V of H.S. Nichols' "Precious Tomes" series. Covers worn front joint cracked. H.S. Nichols hardcover
1930réf. 7583NY DUTTON 1930 1930. DUST JACKET VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NY, DUTTON, 1930 hardcover
1991réf. 1400677London: The Folio Society 1991. Hardcover. Octavo xiii 112 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's quarter black cloth and black-and-white printed paper boards with gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Top edge of textblock gilt. Fore edge of textblock deckled. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Case 9 3/4. Folio Press. 1400677. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Folio Society hardcover
réf. 51-4876New York: Gabriel Wells 1925. 8vo. 14.5 x 22.2cm. xlvi 190 pp. Original blue boards with matching cloth spine repaired and paper label label rubbed and discolored. One of 575 copies only the first volume is numbered. New York: Gabriel Wells, 1925 hardcover
2016réf. 77823New York: NBM 2016. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The second third and fourth volumes are first editions. The second volume is number 98 of 500 copies signed by P. Craig Russell. Acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Oscar Wilde's beloved fairy tales: The Selfish Giant The Star Child The Young King The Remarkable Rocket The Birthday of the Infanta The Devoted Friend The Nightingale and the Rose and The Happy Prince. Illustrated throughout in full color. Quarto five volumes. Some occasional light edgewear to the boards with a bit of mild fading along the spine of the dust jacket of the second volume; else a near fine set. NBM hardcover
1922réf. 25881London:: Methuen 1922. One of 1000 copies on handmade paper. publisher's white gilt buckram. A little tanned at the spine and edges of the boards. 8vo. Methuen, hardcover
1903réf. 008870Paris: No Publisher 1903. This is a Limited/Numbered edition #190 of 250 copies. Published by Smithers in London even though it lists the publication locale as Paris. 132 pp. A tight clean copy but the spine shows typical fading readable but just barely. A pirated early printing. . Early Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. No Publisher Hardcover
réf. 51-4873New York: Gabriel Wells 1925. 8vo. 14.5 x 22.2cm. xviii 302pp.Original blue boards with matching cloth spine repaired and paper label label rubbed and discolored. One of 575 copies only the first volume is numbered. New York: Gabriel Wells, 1925 hardcover
1908réf. 259344London: Methuen and Co 1908. First edition one of 1000 copies on handmade paper for the First Collected Edition. 1 vols. White buckram with gilt decorations after Charles Shannon. Spine slightly toned but a nice clean copy. First edition one of 1000 copies on handmade paper for the First Collected Edition. 1 vols. Mason 447. Mason 447 Methuen and Co hardcover
1904réf. 55531Berlin: Karl Schnabel Axel Junckers Buchhandlung 1904. First German edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. 146 6pp. Bound in three-quarter leather over burgundy cloth with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering ruling and tooling on spine with raised bands retaining original wraps. Marbled endpapers. In addition to the three essays named in the title the publication contains the "Sonnet to Liberty" at rear and three pages of publisher's advertisements. Text in German. Cover with very light wear along edges and some light water staining to bottom front cover. Karl Schnabel Axel Junckers Buchhandlung hardcover
réf. 51-4868New York: Gabriel Wells 1925. 8vo. 14.5 x 22.2cm. liv 350pp.Original blue boards with matching cloth spine repaired and paper label label rubbed and discolored. One of 575 copies only the first volume is numbered. New York: Gabriel Wells, 1925 hardcover
1930réf. 18048NY: Williams Belasco & Meyers. Near Fine with no dust jacket. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover salmon endpapers top edge blue fore-edge deckle printed on fine thick stock. Illustrated with 16 full-page drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. Covers very mildly soiled else fine unmarked tight square and clean. NEAR FINE. New Classics Library. B&W Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 67 16-Plates pages . 1930. Williams, Belasco & Meyers hardcover
1907réf. 23026London: John Lane 1907. Incomplete. Lacks four plates but has the suppressed title page. Some rubbing of covers. Some wear at extremities. Glue darkening inside covers and on end papers. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Beardsley Aubrey. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Lane Hardcover
1906réf. 74739London and New York:: John Lane 1906. publisher's white boards illustrated in green after Aubrey Beardsley t.e.g. Attractive bookplate on pastedown; same owner's ink signature; shallow damptstain to the top edge of front free endpaper and two leaves following; boards quite soiled with a large brown stain on the unprinted rear board. . 12mo. Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde. Mason 352. Samuels-Lasner 59c. John Lane, hardcover
1907réf. 538378New York: For the Trade 1907. Softcover. Very Good. First New York edition Cover illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. Translated by Oscar Wilde. 16mo. 6pp. Gray perfectbound wrapper with cover illustration. Very good with toning some wrinkling to the rear wraps and light edgewear including a few short tears crease and nicked corner. Presumably an unauthorized printing which states on the lower margin of front cover states: "The Great Success of the Metropolitan Opera House." Not in Mason. For the Trade unknown
