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1943ref. feb407411943: First Portuguese Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray O Retrato de Dorian Gray Portugalia
1840ref. 000202Dublin: William CurryJunand Co Longman OrmeBrowne and Company London 1840. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Not called for>. Two Volumes.Original boards rebacked.New end papers. Boards and spine unevenly sunned. A tight firm set. Light sporadic foxing spots. Frontispiece Vol 1 The Yacht "Crusader" Frontispiece Vol 2 "Telmessus" from a sketch by R.Meiklam.Wilde a medical student was hired to accompany Robert Meiklam on his yacht "Crusader" " In September 1837 my friends Sir Henry Marsh and Professor Graves proposed that I should accompany as medical attendant a gentleman who was about to make a voyage for the benefit of his health. Anxiety to see the World coupled with the fact of my health then being in a precarious state induced me gladly to accept this kind offer" Contact seller regarding postage. William Curry,Jun,and Co, Longman, Orme,Browne and Company, London hardcover
1952ref. 170434Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Collection of 36 vintage reference photographs from the 1952 film including 35 bordered and one borderless. Most with provenance stamps and labels on the versos and four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to same. Based on Carson McCullers' beloved 1946 novel which McCullers also adapted for Broadway in 1950 starring actors Ethel Waters and Julie Harris who reprised their roles for the film. A young lonely tomboy dreams of escaping her small southern town with her brother and his fiancée. Harris was 27 more than double the age of the fictional Frankie Addams at the time of the film's production. Set in the American South. 35 photographs 10 x 8 inches one 7.5 x 9.25 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine a couple with annotations in manuscript ink on the margins. Columbia Pictures unknown
1952ref. 170434Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Collection of 36 vintage reference photographs from the 1952 film including 35 bordered and one borderless. Most with provenance stamps and labels on the versos and four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to same. Based on Carson McCullers' beloved 1946 novel which McCullers also adapted for Broadway in 1950 starring actors Ethel Waters and Julie Harris who reprised their roles for the film. A young lonely tomboy dreams of escaping her small southern town with her brother and his fiancée. Harris was 27 more than double the age of the fictional Frankie Addams at the time of the film's production. Set in the American South. 35 photographs 10 x 8 inches one 7.5 x 9.25 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine a couple with annotations in manuscript ink on the margins. Columbia Pictures unknown books
2000ref. 193392London: The British Library 2000. Signed limited edition number 56 of 95 copies signed by Merlin Holland Wilde's only grandchild dated 30 November 2000 the centenary of his grandfather's death. This edition reproduces the prison paper manuscript of Wilde's only literary work from his time at Reading Gaol published posthumously in 1904. Folio. Original blue half morocco spine lettered in gilt and with clover device blue cloth sides ruled in gilt marbled endpapers. Housed in original blue cloth slipcase blue morocco label on front. A fine copy in like slipcase. hardcover
1923ref. WILDEOSC016367Methuen London. 1923. Seventeenth edition. Octavo. pp x 131.Loosely inserted is the original typescript about 1000 words on five sheets by John Drinkwater of his introduction to volume VIII of the 1925 edition of Wilde's complete works. He makes a strong case for this being by the greatest of Wilde's plays. There are several fairly minor corrections in Drinkwater's hand as is the title 'Introduction to ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' '.Insert: held with a rusting paperclip; some creasing and a few edge-nicks. Book: some sporadic foxing; free endpapers lightly tanned; covers a bit rubbed; very good. Methuen, London. unknown
ref. 122355Paris Charles Carrington 1909. . 'Copyright' edition; 8vo 18.5 x 13 cm; title printed in red and black contemporary ownership inscription in pen to half-title offsetting to half-title occasional minor spot throughout else very good; publisher's green cloth boards gilt lettering to spine and upper board spine slightly faded some signs of wear and age to extremities else good; 312 6pp. An early edition of Oscar Wilde's famed novel. This 'Copyright' edition of Wilde's only novel was issued by the publisher due to the proliferation of pirated editions in circulation and includes a bibliographic note to the rear that lists its authorised publications. Paris, Charles Carrington, 1909. hardcover
1840ref. 51206Dublin: William Curry Jun. and Company; London: Longman Orme Browne and Co. 1840. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xiv 464; viii 495 1 pp. Contemporary black half calf over marbled boards spines with raised bands gilt lettered maroon labels 2 tinted lithographic frontispieces 2 plans Tyre and Jerusalem and 2 plates skulls plus numerous illustrations in the text. Some mostly light wear to the covers slight staining to the frontispieces some leaves proud towards the front of volume II though still firmly attached a decent set overall. Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company; London: Longman, Orme, Browne and Co. unknown
1905ref. 10914DE PROFUNDIS Putnam 1905 first American edition some slight wear and tanning to the spine else a tight vg copy in vg/vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and non-stick tape along the inside front flap fold. Scarce in dust-wrapper as any 1905 book publication would be. Putnam unknown
1905ref. 10914DE PROFUNDIS Putnam 1905 first American edition some slight wear and tanning to the spine else a tight vg copy in vg/vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and non-stick tape along the inside front flap fold. Scarce in dust-wrapper as any 1905 book publication would be. Putnam unknown books
1908ref. 3482London: Methuen and Co 1908. Near Fine. 8vo. Single volume of the collected works from the set of 80 copies bound in full vellum. Gilt lettering and designs by Charles Ricketts to the front board with gilt lettered spine. Top edge gilt other edges untrimmed yapp edges. Housed in a black cloth slipcase. Methuen and Co unknown
1908ref. 3480London: Methuen and Co 1908. Near Fine. 8vo. Single volume of the collected works from the set of 80 copies bound in full vellum. Gilt lettering and designs by Charles Ricketts to the front board with gilt lettered spine. Top edge gilt other edges untrimmed yapp edges. Housed in a black cloth slipcase. Methuen and Co unknown
ref. 23085n.d. before published version 1955; Typed Letter Signed dated 23 Jan. 1956. 170pp. 4to title label brown wraps "stabbed" sl. wrinkled edges sl. aged typed ownership sticker back cover "John Furnell 'Woodend' 24 Chessel Avenue Boscombe Bournemouth Hants." Final page additional p.170 includes a list of "Author's suggestions" for settings. With a sprinkling of corrections and additions.Opposite p.38 beginning of Act II set in the Foyer of the St James's Theatre an illustration from a Max Beerbohm book "Some Persons of the Nineties" with names from Wilde to Mallarme 10 names presumably in Furnell's hand. Enclosed: a typed information slip prepared by the Collector Barry Duncan presumably before the book was published in 1955 because it doesn't mention it. He also says "Not in BDL. Not performed" The book and this text presumably formed the basis for "The Trials of Oscar Wilde" with Peter Finch 1960. WITH: Typed Letter Signed "P. Macqueen" after typing "Phyllis Macqueen. "Jouhn Furnell" two pages 12mo foxed closed tears and chipped but text complete and clear as follows: She asks to call him "Popey" because that's how she thinks of him after his TV appearances. She has put aside the published version for him but understands that the published "Rider" has already sent one to him. She has derived great pleasure from his talks. "What wonderful memories you must have and jow dull and commonplace the present generation must seem to you." She then discusses her play about Oscar Wilde as follows: "'THE STRINGED LUTE' was originally written as a Play then re-written as a play-novel. Now it has beed re-arranged as a Play in four Acts & we hope to see it produced as a play or a film. I was wondering if you'd be so very kind as to advise me where to send it You have such wide experience in these matters about which I know absolutely nothing. But of course its always been my dream to see THE STRINGED LUTE as a full length production at Drury Lane with an all star cast and someone of Ustinoff's sic calibre as Oscar! Not that I think for a moment that this will materialise into fact - but one never knows! " If he's interested she'll send a copy "at once". She continues "I know I've ansolutely no right to trespass on your time and your kindness like this but hope taht you will forgive my doing so. I think the book is doing quite well. Hesketh Pearson liked it - and the Psychic Press has awarded it a 'Psychic Oscar'! Or so I believe. Also Rider's publishers tell me that America is interested. ." n.d., (before published version, 1955); Typed Letter Signed dated 23 Jan. 1956. paperback
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1894ref. 023252London: John Lane 1894. First edition. hardcover. Good. Mauve cloth faded and soiled. Gilt on spine very faded. Paper browned. Mason 364. One of 500 copies. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed. John Lane unknown
1905ref. 22223361905-1909. Edition de Luxe. Number 430 of 1000 copies. Title pages in red and black. Thick octavo. Original grey linen t.e.g. others uncut and some unopened; spine labels. 15 illustrations including two portraits of Wilde. 10 volumes complete. No dust jackets. Very good. Pagination in some volumes is continuous and in some volumes it is separate for each work. A stout set on fine paper. Light pencil owner's signature on fly leaf of each volume dated 1910 of JNO V. Forbes. Extra shipping required. The Nottingham Society hardcover
1906ref. 312342London: Humphreys 1906. hardcover. Epigrams and "The Soul of Man Under Socialism". Title in red and black 222pp. untrimmed small 8vo rebound in full brown morocco black spine labels gilt-decorations raised bands. London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1911. Mint. Sebastian Melmoth was Oscar Wilde's pseudonym used after his arrest and subsequent move to the continent. Humphreys unknown
2004ref. 3759Fullerton CA: Gray Beard Press 2004. Hardcover. Fine. William Fogg. Fine press edition of this poem from Wilde with haunting illustrations by William Fogg. 1 of 6 numbered deluxe copies with an original 8"x8" illustration from the book matted and housed together with publisher's prospectus and an extra spine label in an oversized clamshell case 16 1/4" x 15 3/4." Beautiful and striking production. Gray Beard Press hardcover
1905ref. 22223361905-1909. Edition de Luxe. Number 430 of 1000 copies. Title pages in red and black. Thick octavo. Original grey linen t.e.g. others uncut and some unopened; spine labels. 15 illustrations including two portraits of Wilde. 10 volumes complete. No dust jackets. Very good. Pagination in some volumes is continuous and in some volumes it is separate for each work. A stout set on fine paper. Light pencil owner's signature on fly leaf of each volume dated 1910 of JNO V. Forbes. Extra shipping required. The Nottingham Society hardcover books
1906ref. 312342London: Humphreys 1906. hardcover. Epigrams and "The Soul of Man Under Socialism". Title in red and black 222pp. untrimmed small 8vo rebound in full brown morocco black spine labels gilt-decorations raised bands. London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1911. Mint. Sebastian Melmoth was Oscar Wilde's pseudonym used after his arrest and subsequent move to the continent. Humphreys unknown books
1894ref. 102670New York: R.F. Fenno. c.1894. 1st ed. Original colour illustrated stiff wraps Japanese temple birds colour decorated endpapers pp 23. The yapp edges are bumped lightly at bottom corner with some light creasing two tiny holes backstrip and at rear cover not affecting rear endpaper. In the same format as Renno's printing of Wilde's "The Sphinx" 1894. The title page is "Rosa Mystica" but the poems included are: Requiescat Sonnet on Approaching Italy San Miniato Ava Maria Plena Gratia Italia Sonnet Written in Holy Week at Genoa Rme Unvisited Una Sacra Aeterna Sonnet on Hearing the Dies Irae Sung in the Sistine Chapel Easter Day E Tenebris Vita Nuova Madonna Mia The New Helen. Clean. Very good condition. N.d. c. 1894. Rare Scarce early printing of a collection of Wilde's poetry in Japanese-inspired binding by a small publishing firm. Pictorial Wraps. R.F. Fenno paperback
1852ref. 190906Dublin: J. McGlashan 1852. First edition of this collection of essays on Irish folklore by Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde 1815-76. This book contains chapters on "The May-Day Festival in Ireland" and "Fairy Archaeology and Medico-Religious Ceremonies". Some chapters appeared in the Dublin University Magazine ahead of this collection. The elder Wilde was a respected surgeon who was appointed to treat Queen Victoria. He ran the St Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital for Diseases of the Eye and Ear and published works on medicine archaeology and folklore. Small octavo. Frontispiece. With 2 pp. of publisher's ads. Original yellow wrappers spine and covers lettered in black covers bordered in brown decorations. Housed in custom green cloth slipcase. Bookplate of Jeremy J. Mason; bookseller's address embossed on rear wrapper. Spine ends repaired with paper spine and front wrapper fore edge reinforced with tape wrappers a little chipped and soiled front pages up to p. 21 starting p. 23 loose. A good copy. hardcover
ref. 18002468vo. red card wraps with onlaid paper title label printed in red and black; tied and glued at backstrip; outer edges untrimmed; pp. viii 9-187 iii; with title page printed in red and black; internally fine and apparently unread with many quires entirely unopened; the odd crease; a couple of pages worked loose including the ffep and occasional gathering; discrete Cleveland bookseller sticker to the final page; the book now housed in a custom-made purple silk flapcase and matching slipcase; the outer shell in quarter red morocco with five raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt to spine a little rubbing. Provenance: Discrete label of J.O. Edwards to front free endpaper likely the prominent highly regarded private collector of rare books who built a world-class collection of Oscar Wilde first editions manuscripts and presentation copies during his lifetime. An early pirated edition of Wilde's historical play and an English translation taken from the text of Dr. Max Meyerfeld's German translation Die Herzogin von Padua which appeared in Berlin the previous year. First published in 1883 this present edition states ' Private Limited Issue reserved exclusively for the Subscribers ' and was reportedly printed in a run of just 100 copies on handmade paper. The first licensed edition in English by Methuen was not published until 1908. Wilde had been strongly influenced by Victor Hugo's Lucrezia Borgia 1833 and Angelo Tyrant of Padua 1835 - two historical plays set in Italy - when in the 1880s he decided to write a similar play of his own. The five-act result was written for the actress Mary Anderson in early 1883 while Wilde was in Paris and in a note to Anderson at the time he claimed that he had ""in you a faith which is as flawless as it is fervent I doubt not for a moment that I can and will write for you a play which created for you and inspired by you shall give you the glory of a Rachel and may yield me the fame of a Hugo."" Unfortunately subsequent negotiations with Anderson's stepfather/manager broke down and the play was never produced. It was not until 1889 when it was rediscovered by the American actor Lawrence Barrett that it was staged in New York opening at the Broadway Theatre in 1891 under the title Guido Ferranti . It has rarely been revived or studied. This book previously in the collection of Clive Hirschhorn the prominent author film historian and former journalist who served as theatre critic for The Sunday Express from 1966 to 1995. Hirschhorn is noted for conducting what is considered to be Judy Garland's final interview and throughout his career he interviewed such stars as Gene Kelly Alfred Hitchcock Marlene Dietrich Frank Sinatra Woody Allen Mel Brooks Jack Nicholson Tennessee Williams and numerous others. paperback
2018ref. 191725San Francisco: Arion Press 2018. Signed limited edition number 166 of 276 numbered and signed by the illustrator. In his works for the book Birk gave scenes from Wilde's tales a contemporary Irish setting to "make Wilde's moral visions relevant to our own troubled times. to create not just an illustrated book but something more thought provoking and enduring" p. xii. Since 1974 Andrew Hoyem's Arion Press has been producing fine limited editions in the heart of San Francisco using letterpress equipment dating from the 1910s. Overseeing every aspect of book production in-house they are the only unified hot-metal type foundry letterpress workshop and book bindery in the United States. Hoyem won the San Francisco Living Treasure Award in 2010 for his decades of contribution to both book arts and the city. Quarto. With frontispiece and 18 further illustrations green initials. Green quarter cloth beige flecked sides front lettered in green with bronze butterfly decoration endpapers orange fore edge untrimmed. With slipcase as issued. A fine copy. hardcover
1889ref. 111349David Nutt. London. 1889. David Nutt. London. 1889. Second edition. There were only 1000 copies of the first edition published in 1888. Printed cream paper covered boards. soiled and rubbed lacks spine. Endpapers browned inner hinge visible contents slightly shaken a few margins thumbed. Pages toned. All three plates present but two of them - The Selfish Giant and The Remarkable Rocket coloured in. One headpiece also coloured and another headpiece partially coloured in. The frontis. of The Happy Prince remains untouched. Rear endpapers carelessly opened along top edge not affecting any text. Please contact us for more information. hardcover
