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1962réf. 398410New York: Macmillan 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition thus with Introduction by John Updike. Illustrated by Sandro Nardini and Enrico Bagnoli. Folio. Cloth. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing along the top extremities. A nice copy of this volume of Wilde's fairy tales prepared for children. Also issued in glossy boards without jacket this issue is much less common. Macmillan hardcover books
1942réf. 171539New York: Samuel French 1942. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1954 film noir starring Anne Baxter and Ralph Bellamy. Archival repair to the front hinge see image else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine moderately toned with a small splash to the center. Scarce. Johnson The Dark Page I pp. 268-269. Samuel French unknown
1955réf. 138056Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Original scenario artwork for the 1955 film depicting two men and a woman each well dressed and on horseback meeting in front of a large mansion. Historical costume drama set during the Revolutionary War. American Major John Boulton feigns desertion in order to uncover a British plot to seize the stronghold of West Point. Gouache artwork 26.5 x 12 inches within with an unpainted border of roughly 1 inch. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1991réf. 163221New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux FSG 1991. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy INSCRIBED on the title page to author Chris Offutt: "July 97 / To Chris / with admiration and in hopes of having a real conversation one of these days / Luc." About Fine in a price-clipped Near Fine dust jacket. Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG] unknown
1910réf. 16692Frankfurt am Main: Franz Benjamin Auffarth 1910. Softcover. vg. 8vo. Unpaginated. Original wrappers. Minor foxing and pulling to wraps. Stamp of previous owner on title-page. "Eine Auswahl vorbildichler Entwürfe für Reihengräber. Zugleich ein Führer durch die Grabmalkunst-Ausstellung auf dem neuen Frankfurter Hauptfriedhofe." Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs by H. Collischonn. Includes 32 advertisement pages. Text in German gothic script. Very good condition. Franz Benjamin Auffarth unknown
1976réf. 14235ENew York: Simon & Schuster 1976. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author Meta Wilde to fellow writer Wayne Warga. Inscribed: “For Wayne Warga whose encouragement and interest were important to us in the writing of this book. Warm regards Meta Wilde. November 1976. and Orin Borsten.” The story of a script girl who meets the married Faulkner when working on the scenario for Howard Hawk’s The Road to Glory and builds a relationship with him that continues for over thirty years. Illustrated. About fine copy with a trace of rubbing to the bottom corners in a near fine dust jacket with some slight fading to the spine. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25 Warga reported on John F. Kennedy’s race for the Presidency and went on to cover the Civil Rights movement for the magazine. For many years Warga was one of the leading writers at the Los Angeles Times where he did in depth articles and features on writers and people in the arts. Later Warga became a mystery novelist creating three well-received bibliomysteries: Hardcover Fatal Impressions and Singapore Transfer featuring Los Angeles rare book dealer Jeffrey Dean. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1922réf. 228889First edition. Octavo. Original gilt stamped white cloth t.e.g. uncut. Dust jacket unclipped; 3" chip on spine; few small chips; some separation at fold on flap. Very good. 39 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Jarrold & Sons Norwich. One of 1000 copies on handmade paper. Methuen & Co., Ltd. hardcover
1931réf. 8499Seattle: Dogwood Press 1931. Hardcover in slipcase. Very Good/Very Good-. Tall octavo. Tri-color boards with title stamped in gilt on front board. Printed on handmade paper. Pp. 24. Lacking the frontispiece else Very Good slight toning to spine some spotting to margins of latter leaves. in Very Good rubbed slipcase. Card laid in that reads "From the Library of George H. Carter Public Printer." A handsome copy of a fragile book often found in disrepair. Dogwood Press hardcover
1906réf. 004997Sunderland: Keystone Press 1906. Wilde visited America in 1882 lecturing there to explain the Aesthetic Movement. On his return to England he gave this "report" in September of 1883. Edited and with an introduction by Stuart Mason. pseudonym of Christopher Millard 1872-1927 who was the first bibliographer of Wilde's works. This is a Very Good minus copy of the First Edition which was LIMITED to 500 copies 50 on handmade paper. A rare work bound in fragile stitched paper wraps. Clean text; 40 pages which are unopened. The covers have significant chips along the margins and while present they are currently detached. Please note the condition issue; Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy in need of restoration or repair. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Keystone Press Paperback
réf. B172350-1Paris Éditions de La Banderole 1926. 151 5pp. 8 etched plates. Sm. 4to. Wraps. Glassine d.j. One of 200 numbered copies on vélin de Rives with an extra suite of the etchings from the limited edition of 230 printed by Coulouma. Paris (Éditions de La Banderole), 1926. paperback
1905réf. 40552London: Printed for private circulation 1905. First edition. Original wrappers. Good. 35/75. Octavo 19.3 by 12.9 cm. 11 pp. Original gray wrappers lettered and bordered in navy blue. Black and red lettered title page. Decorative head- and tailpiece with historiated initial letter. Mild touch of soiling at bottom margin title Faint fold 7 cm at bottom outer corner upper cover creasing at fore-edge throughout 3 by 4 cm extending to rear cover. A good or slightly better copy. This collection of aphorisms was originally written for and published in the first and only issue of the Oxford University magazine The Chameleon Vol. 1 No. 1 December 1894 the successor to "The Spirit Lamp." One of Wilde's recent biographers Joseph Pearce notes that these aphorisms undoubtedly have "an air of subversive decadence that undermined conventional values." Mr. Wilde's opening observation is a good example: "The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered." The present work is in fact a pirated edition see Mason of which several variations are known. The limitation notes: "of this work seventy-five copies have been printed for private circulation" this being copy no. 35 noted in black ink. Mason Bibliography of Oscar Wilde no. 602; pp. 540-542; cf. no. 11 The Chameleon issue no. 1. Printed for private circulation unknown
1912réf. 510022Riverside Connecticut: The Hillacre Bookhouse 1912. Softcover. Near Fine. First separate American edition. 16mo. 34pp. Sewn printed wrappers. Binding a touch loose with very light toning and wear printed paper label with a bit of light soil close to near fine. One of 1000 copies printed. Not in Mason; collected editions of The Happy Prince and Other Tales were published prior to this edition but Mason does not seem to list any earlier separate editions. An attractive little volume published by Frederick C. Bursch surprisingly uncommon given the limitation; OCLC locates two copies NYPL University of Tulsa. The Hillacre Bookhouse unknown
1962réf. 398410New York: Macmillan 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition thus with Introduction by John Updike. Illustrated by Sandro Nardini and Enrico Bagnoli. Folio. Cloth. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing along the top extremities. A nice copy of this volume of Wilde's fairy tales prepared for children. Also issued in glossy boards without jacket this issue is much less common. Macmillan hardcover
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1976réf. 148206Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Light scuffing on bottom text block edge. Owner imprint on FEP. Illustrations by James Hill.; First Easton Press Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1976réf. 127634Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. NO BOOKPLATE OR OWNER MARKINGS.; First Easton Press Edition.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Easton Press hardcover
1973réf. 121050Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Easton Press Collector's Library of Famous Editions.; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Easton Press hardcover
1930réf. 02501THE LITTLE THEATRE IN SCHOOL Dodd Mead 1930 first edition faint moisture stain to the rear panel and sections of the top and bottom page edges of the text block which have for the most part faintly bled onto the fore mentioned margins in various degrees most all of which are minor else a vg copy in a vg color pictorial dust-wrapper with some wear and tear and some tape reinforcement to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. Illustrated with photos with 2 of the 4 plays printed herein based on the works of Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. The pioneering / ground breaking book of children and the performing arts in school. Dodd Mead unknown books
2001réf. BN453016L&PM 2001. 2001. O Retrato De Dorian Gray - Coleção L&PM Pocket Em Portuguese do Brasil O Retrato De Dorian Gray - Coleção L&PM Pocket Em Portuguese do Brasil Oscar Wilde L&PM unknown
Paris, Robert Laffont, 1946. In-4, 82 pp., en feuilles, sous couverture imprimée et rempliée, chemise et étui bleu de l'éditeur. Ouvrage illustré de 10 fines gravures sur cuivre. Un des 465 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin blanc, n° 190. Bel exemplaire.
réf. 22574Paris, Robert Laffont, 1946. In-4, 82 pp., en feuilles, sous couverture imprimée et rempliée, chemise et étui bleu de l'éditeur.
