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1911ref. 105302Edinburgh Society 1911. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. #42/480cc. Fourteen volume set. Beige buckram binding. The Magdalen edition. Each volume has a color frontispiece. Contains the volumes: A Woman of No Importance; The Duchess of Padua; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Salome a Florentine Tragedy; A House of Pomegranates; An Ideal Husband; Poems; Intentions of Soul and Man; De Profundis; Lady Windemere's Fan & The Importance of Being Ernest; Lord Arthur Savil'es Crime; Reviews Vol. 1 & 2: and Miscellaneous. Some spine labels a little chipped. Edinburgh Society hardcover
1927ref. 87871New York: Wm.H.Wise & Co 1927. Connoisseurs Edition. Hardcover. near fine/varies per volume. Volume 1: Poems Vol.2::Vera and Other Early Plays Vol. 3: The Happy Prince and other Fairy Tales intro by Yeats. Vol. 4:The Picture of Dorian Gray. Vol.5: Intentions. Vol;.6: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories.Vol. 7: Lady Windermere's Fan A Woman of No Importance. Vol. 8: The Importance of Being Earnest. An Ideal Husband Vol. 9: Salome and Other Plays.Vol. 10: The Soul of Man under Socialism and Other Essays. Vol. 11: De Profundis Lectures and Essays. Vol. 12: Criticisms and Reviews.:. !2 Volume Set. Octavo.22 cm x 14 cm.Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spines.All of these volumes in dust jackets.Jackets vary in condition. About half of the dust jackets have chipping some with loss at spines. About half of these are in very nice condition with no loss or chipping. Scarce in the original dust jackets. Wm.H.Wise & Co hardcover
1915ref. 73681London:: Methuen and Coy. Ltd. 1915. First edition illustrated by Jessie King. rebound in half blue morocco marbled sides t.e.g. . The illustrated front endsheet preserved and laid down at front; corners of several of the tipped-in plates creased; tiny marginal wormhole affects a couple of leaves; light foxing; ink ownership signature to half-title page. . 4to. With Sixteen Illustrations by Jessie M. King. Methuen and Coy., Ltd., unknown
1899ref. 28234London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Good overall. A limited printing of the first edition 1000. In 1996 critic Bindon Russell wrote in "The Wildean" that "An Ideal Husband" is "the most autobiographical of Wilde's plays mirroring as it does his own situation of a double life and an incipient scandal with the emergence of terrible secrets. Whilst Lord Goring is a character with much of Wilde's own wit insight and compassion Gertrude Chiltern can be seen as a portrait of Constance Wilde." 8vo 213pp brown-red linen over boards gilt stamped decoration on front cover and spine; gilt titles on spine. Spine rebacked with the original spine laid down. With bookplates of Herschel V. Jones and Alfred and Sara Bernheim. Internally clean some pages uncut. Leonard Smithers and Co hardcover
1903ref. 013011Minden in Westf: J. C. C. Burns 1903. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First German translation of Wilde's short story "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1889. It was later added to the collection Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories 1891. The story is about an attempt to uncover the identity of Mr. W. H. the enigmatic dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets. which has led to speculation of the Bard's bisexuality. From the library of famous American art collector lawyer and bibliophile John Quinn 1870 - 1924 with his book plate designed by Yeats on the pastedown. 8vo gray cloth printed in black. 8 L 136. Art-Nouveau style endpapers. Book ticket from The Burrows Brothers Company Cleveland Ohio bottom rear pastedown. Covers moderately soiled slight lean to spine solid binding clean internals. Prelims include publisher's descriptions of its other Wilde titles. Scarce edition with a unique provenance. J. C. C. Burns hardcover
1919ref. 7845New York: E.P. Dutton 1919. Book. Illus. by John Vassos. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine; green paper to boards with gilt/black decoration to front board. Illustrated throughout with black and white prints. The signatures are unopened. Some wear to the paper along the upper and lower edges. Dustjacket shows wear to the outer edges and there is an abrasion to the upper right front panel where a price sticker was removed. Signed by Vassos on the half-title in New York City July 29 1932. E.P. Dutton Hardcover
ref. 1438Rear joint broken; backstrip detaching from spine exposing binding beneath; loss to spine ends; boards rubbed creased and stained; corners bumped; scattered foxing to endleaves and textblock edges; light uniform toning throughout; early ink ownership signature and date to title page. Good. Oscar Wilde. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime & Other Stories. London: James R. Osgood Mcilvaine and Co.1891. First edition. Twelvemo. 168pp. Publisher's hardcover paper boards spine and covers lettered and decorated in red. . unknown
1938ref. 1953London: Limited Editions Club 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine 2 volume set in slipcase. Volume one is LIMITED EDITION of 1500 copies of which this is numbered 114 and SIGNED by the artist Derain. This text is in FRENCH and this volume is black wrappers and is in clear plastic wrapper. The second volume is in Red hardcover with gilt decoration and some sun fading to spine. Both are in a Fair/Good slipcase. Volumes in Near Fine condition. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1925ref. 139325London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1925. First illustrated edition of this rare Wilde title. Royal octavo original half cloth illustrated with woodcuts by Frans Masereel. One of 450 numbered copies this is number 16. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Wilde’s “theme is not as is often supposed art’s divorce from life but its inescapable arraignment by experience. His creative works almost always end in unmasking. The hand that adjusts the green carnation suddenly shakes an admonitory finger. While the ultimate virtue in Wilde’s essays is in make-believe the denouement of his dramas and narratives is that masks have to go. We must acknowledge what we are. Wilde at least was keen to do so. Though he offered himself as the apostle of pleasure his created world contains much pain” Ellmann xvi. Methuen & Co. Ltd hardcover
ref. elala5423London: Printed by Mandruck A. G. Munich for Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1924 recte 1925. Limited to 50 numbered copies. 8vo. pp. 57 9. numerous woodcuts some full-page by Frans Masereel. tipped-in bibliographical note. contemporary half morocco top edge gilt some light wear small chip in outer edge of frontis. ownership entry on front blank & 2 bookplates. elala5423 London: [Printed by Mandruck A. G., Munich for] Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1924 recte 1925] unknown
1899ref. 15144JNew York: Benj. R. Tucker 1899. First American Edition. Three pirated editions of Wilde’s classic poem were issued in America in 1899 the Tucker edition. precedes the other two and is the True First American Edition. Issued in paper wrappers and cloth this copy is the rare hardbound state. Gilt-stamped blue cloth with white cloth spine. Hinges cracked. Some minor foxing to the preliminaries at little darkening at spine very good. Rare. Benj. R. Tucker hardcover
1910ref. 055904Constantinople Istanbul: Hovnan G. Palagashian 1910. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original greenish stapled wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. 175 x 13 cm. In Armenian. 2 94 2 p. Slightly oxidization stain to the spine due to the old staples slight marginal water stains on pages. Overall a good / very good copy. The very rare first edition of the first Armenian translation of Lord Arthur's Savile's crime by Wilde. This work published as the first book of "Translations from the English Literature Series" includes Armenian translations of several of Oscar Wilde's works alongside Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: all six poems from Poems in Prose 1894 and three short stories from 1887: The Sphinx without a Secret The Model Millionaire and Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. Although we couldn't find any biographical info about the translator this collection highlights his significant role in bringing Wilde's English-language literary works to Armenian readers at the very beginning of the 20th century. OCLC shows two institutional copies 61520971 & 933439578. Hovnan G. Palagashian paperback
1912ref. 259334London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1912. First edition with Ross's Preface. x 99 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue boards with red label printed in black on upper cover. Exceptionally fine copy IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED DUST JACKET with slight wear. First edition with Ross's Preface. x 99 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Mason 370 Arthur L. Humphreys unknown
1920ref. 19986London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head. Printed by Spottiswoods Ballantyne and Co. Ltd. London Colchester and Eton 1920. Limited Edition First Edition Thus with Alastair illustrations. Decorated Cloth Gilt impressed. Very Good Plus. Alistair Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt. Limitation of 1000 copies -- the colophon informs us that the stones upon which the plates were printed were destroyed by the German invasion of Belgium during the early phase of the First World War. 4to. 30.5 by 23.5 cm. 36 pp. 12 illustrated two toned plates with Alastair illustrations. 10 of these are referenced in the List of Illustrations and the other two are at the beginning and the end. These two are also on a folded sheet that is about 2 cm shorter as well as about the same shy of the width of facing pages elsewhere. Alastair 1887-1969 was a German-born self-taught artist whose style was obviously greatly influenced by Beardsley and he emulated Beardsley too in illustrating works of Oscar Wilde who was the perfect template for Alastair's imagination which gloried in decadence as Wilde did decades earlier. This work "The Sphinx" was Alastair's first published work based on Wilde's writing and it is the work that exposed a far larger audience to his distinctive highly stylized artwork. The cloth cover designed by Charles Ricketts has a light film of dusty soiling which is removable with effort and a scattering of other small light stains which are not susceptible to the simple eraser. The interior is generally quite clean and lovely. The hinge is cracked in one place. John Lane, The Bodley Head. Printed by Spottiswoods, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd., London, Colchester and Eton unknown
1922ref. 499856Portland Main: The Mosher Press 1922. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition thus. 12mo. 117pp. Fine in Japanese vellum boards with very good or better dust jacket toned along the spine with small chip and some light foxing housed in good only publisher's original slipcase lacking the entire back edge and separated along one edge at the top. Printed by The Mosher Press for Edward A. Woods and limited to 50 numbered copies. This is number 48. Laid into the book is the original publisher's printed complimentary slip stating: "Mr. Woods takes pleasure in presenting with recipient's name in ink holograph a copy of his privately printed edition of Wilde's The Young King and Other Tales. The Mosher Press hardcover
1912ref. 259334London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1912. First edition with Ross's Preface. x 99 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue boards with red label printed in black on upper cover. Exceptionally fine copy IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED DUST JACKET with slight wear. First edition with Ross's Preface. x 99 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Mason 370 Arthur L. Humphreys unknown books
1920ref. 19986London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head. Printed by Spottiswoods Ballantyne and Co. Ltd. London Colchester and Eton 1920. Limited Edition First Edition Thus with Alastair illustrations. Decorated Cloth Gilt impressed. Very Good Plus. Alistair Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt. Limitation of 1000 copies -- the colophon informs us that the stones upon which the plates were printed were destroyed by the German invasion of Belgium during the early phase of the First World War. 4to. 30.5 by 23.5 cm. 36 pp. 12 illustrated two toned plates with Alastair illustrations. 10 of these are referenced in the List of Illustrations and the other two are at the beginning and the end. These two are also on a folded sheet that is about 2 cm shorter as well as about the same shy of the width of facing pages elsewhere. Alastair 1887-1969 was a German-born self-taught artist whose style was obviously greatly influenced by Beardsley and he emulated Beardsley too in illustrating works of Oscar Wilde who was the perfect template for Alastair's imagination which gloried in decadence as Wilde did decades earlier. This work "The Sphinx" was Alastair's first published work based on Wilde's writing and it is the work that exposed a far larger audience to his distinctive highly stylized artwork. The cloth cover designed by Charles Ricketts has a light film of dusty soiling which is removable with effort and a scattering of other small light stains which are not susceptible to the simple eraser. The interior is generally quite clean and lovely. The hinge is cracked in one place. John Lane, The Bodley Head. Printed by Spottiswoods, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd., London, Colchester and Eton unknown books
1922ref. 499856Portland Main: The Mosher Press 1922. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition thus. 12mo. 117pp. Fine in Japanese vellum boards with very good or better dust jacket toned along the spine with small chip and some light foxing housed in good only publisher's original slipcase lacking the entire back edge and separated along one edge at the top. Printed by The Mosher Press for Edward A. Woods and limited to 50 numbered copies. This is number 48. Laid into the book is the original publisher's printed complimentary slip stating: "Mr. Woods takes pleasure in presenting with recipient's name in ink holograph a copy of his privately printed edition of Wilde's The Young King and Other Tales. The Mosher Press hardcover books
1903ref. 013011Minden in Westf: J. C. C. Burns 1903. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First German translation of Wilde's short story "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1889. It was later added to the collection Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories 1891. The story is about an attempt to uncover the identity of Mr. W. H. the enigmatic dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets. which has led to speculation of the Bard's bisexuality. From the library of famous American art collector lawyer and bibliophile John Quinn 1870 - 1924 with his book plate designed by Yeats on the pastedown. 8vo gray cloth printed in black. 8 L 136. Art-Nouveau style endpapers. Book ticket from The Burrows Brothers Company Cleveland Ohio bottom rear pastedown. Covers moderately soiled slight lean to spine solid binding clean internals. Prelims include publisher's descriptions of its other Wilde titles. Scarce edition with a unique provenance. J. C. C. Burns hardcover books
ref. 64939Stockholm Hartw. Gercken 1731. 4:o. 8 80 73-776 769-820 4 s. Enstaka samtida understrykningar och enstaka lätta fläckar. Sammanbunden med: WILDE Jacob. Von dem Nutzen und Zweck der so genanten Pragmatischen oder Staats-Historie nebst der wahren Idée und Inhalt derjenigen die von dem Königreiche Schweden zum theil A. 1731. in Stockholm ausgekommen und einer Uberzeugung des Auctoris der teutschen schweitzerischen und nordischen Bibliotheque von der falschen Idée welche Er in seinem unrichtigen Auszug A. 1732 davon gegeben. Utan ort 1733. 4:o. 44 s. Mycket välbevarat samtida skinnband rikt guldornerad rygg med upphöjda bind och röd titeletikett röda stänksnitt. Fint exemplar ur Ericsbergs bibliotek. Warmholtz 6714 med not. Första upplagan av Wildes huvudarbete i tryckvarianten med hopp i pagineringen och slutpaginering på sid. 820. Det andra arbete är en försvarsskrift av Wilde gentemot en negativ recension av Historia pragmatica i Bibliotheque Germanique. Jacob Wilde 1679-1755 blev rikshistoriograf 1719 och han förblev så till sin död. Arbetet med “Sueciæ historia pragmatica påbörjades redan 1721 och det är det första försöket i den svenska statsrättens historia. Det avlutande partiet översattes till svenska av Mathias Benzel och utgavs 1742 under titeln: “Det så kallade oinskränkta enwäldet som kon. Carl XI anno 1680 wordit uppdragit emot ogrundade ryckten förswaradt och i sitt retta lius framstäldt” medan inledningen och forntidens historia översattes och utgavs av sonen Anders Wilde 1749. unknown
1947ref. 2036CORNELSEN 1947. 1. softcover. Deutsch-Englisch! Maloftege! CORNELSEN paperback
1923ref. 000161First edition with wood engravings by Frans Masereel. No. 115 of the limited edition of 250 on laid paper. Signed by Frans Masereel in the imprint. Description: Original half calf over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Quarto: 28 × 185 cm; pp. 57 4 ll. With 37 original woodcuts of which 7 full-page printed recto only by Frans Masereel. Ref.: Ritter: C 29 S. 258; Rodenberg: 448 Condition: Binding somewhat scuffed at joints and corners and partly faded. Contents clean and free of marks but slightly toned with age. Overall a very good copy. Notes: The Ballad of Reading Gaol was printed by Offizin Mandruck in Munich as the 11th Obelisk print with the original English text. The woodcuts were cut by Masereel in early 1923 and were printed from the original woodblocks. In addition to this edition 70 copies were published numbered I to LXX in which the full-page woodcuts were also signed by Masereel and 20 unnumbered and unsigned copies. Drei Masken Verlag hardcover
ref. 119222London Petersburg Press 1968. Folio. Edition A. Signed by Jim Dine. No 174 of 200 copies. 12 lithograps in colour. Lacking the six loose lithographs that were issued with this edition. Original red-velvet covered boards with title in silver. Black linen slipcase. . hardcover
1968ref. 3282060411 gelatin silver prints. 9 ¾ x 7 ½ in. Photographer's stamp and descriptive carbon typescript captions on versos. Very good condition. This West End revival of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnestopened on February 8 1968 and ran for 283 performances at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The production starred Isabel Jeans Daniel Massey Helen Weir and John Standing among others. "Angus McBean's iconic portraits of actors and entertainers are among the most complete visual records of the British stage from the 1930s through the 1960s" Harvard. Angus McBean, photographer
1907ref. 111111114756John Lane Company 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. John Lane Company; New York 1907. Hardcover. Second Edition. A Very Good original green cloth binding with gilt ricketts design on front board binding sturdy and intact some handling/scuffing and soiled spots to boards starting hinge at page 16/17 16 tipped in plates present TEG with few blemishes deckle fore-edge and bottom text block edge few uncut pages bit of age toning to pages some rubbing along board edges discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers without Dust wrapper but Mylar protected. Beardsely suppressed title page present as called for. A nice clean and unmarked copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. 66pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. John Lane Company hardcover
