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1891ref. 7941London: James R. Osgood 1891. First edition. Very Good . One of 1000 copies. A Very Good copy fresh and clean throughout. Publisher's pictorial tan cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth a bit faded and foxed. Gilt very bright and attractive. Dent to edge of lower board at bottom corner. Modern bookplate D. Chisholm Simpson and ink ownership stamp Yew Tree Cottage to upper endpapers. A some toning to upper free endpaper otherwise very fresh and clean internally. Complete with the four plates illustrated by Charles Shannon which have faded but are somewhat clearer than is usually seen. A collection of fairytales from the famed writer wit and aesthete A House of Pomegranates compiles four stories of mermaids hunchbacks kings and princesses. This was actually Wilde's second collection of fairy tales - he had been writing such stories for years - after The Happy Prince and Other Tales published in 1888. A House of Pomegranates was met with some controversy with many reviewers finding the stories too complex and morally ambiguous for children. Wilde clearly had more wide-ranging ambitions than the standard children's tale however and found it absurd that "the extremely limited vocabulary at the disposal of the British child is the standard by which the prose of an artist is to be judged.in building this House of Pomegranates I had about as much intention of pleasing the British child as I had of pleasing the British public." Very Good . James R. Osgood unknown books
1893ref. 140949205London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. xiv 132 14 2 pp. with 14 advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's mauve cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good with soiling and darkening to cloth and bumping to corners and spine ends. Contents lightly toned and thumbed with foxing to endpapers and first and last few pages. One of the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde's best-known plays a comedy in four acts. Elkin Mathews and John Lane unknown books
1878ref. 140943843Oxford: Thomas Shrimpton and Son 1878. First Edition. First edition. Oxford crest present on front wrap and title page; a later pirate edition lacked these. Mason 301. 16 pp. Bound in publisher's gray-green printed wrappers. An unsophisticated copy Very Good with toning and and few small edge chips to fragile wrappers. Contents bright and in great shape. The author's first book. Thomas Shrimpton and Son unknown books
1899ref. 140938501London: Leonard Smithers 1899. First Edition. Very Good. First Edition first printing. One of 800 copies originally printed which sold out immediately. Very Good. Covers soiled corners and spine ends softened. Endsheets offset from binder's glue. Previous owner name partially effaced from front paste down. Slight odor to pages. Clipping with apparently forged signature of Oscar Wilde tipped in on recto of final blank sheet by no means assumed to be authentic. Leonard Smithers unknown books
1878ref. 2178Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton and Son 1878. First edition. First edition. 12mo. 16pp. Original grey-green printed wrapers. Exceedingly scarce first edition with the publisher's printed crest appearing on the cover of the wrappers as well as on the title page and a vignette woodcut appears on the last page. The prestigious Newdigate Prize Oxford's top award for poetry dates to early 1800's and the winner for 1878 was the young Oscar Wilde. The pamphlet was issued in the same year as was common with many of the early prize winners and is considered Wilde's first publication in book form. He worked on the poem a few years earlier while touring Greece as a student at Oxford. An exemplary copy with no wrinkling or central creases as was commonly seen from folding to place in a pocket. Very small nick out of two corners very slight barely detectable browning to covers else extremely clean and bright. 16pp. Thos. Shrimpton and Son unknown books
1923ref. 56675München Munich: Drei Masken Verlages 1923. Limited Edition. Very good. SIGNED. 57pp. Quarto 28 cm Parchment vellum boards with a hubbed spine gilt spine title and single gilt ruled borders on the spine and boards. Top edge gilt. Patterned endpapers. Bound by Hübel & Denck in Leipzig. The front board is wavy. There is a previous owner's decorative bookplate on the front pastedown. The text is in English. Ritter C a 29. Woodcuts by Frans Masereel. This is one of the copies which have been numbered with Roman Numerals. Number XLVII of LXX the copies numbered in Roman numerals forming part of an overall edition of 340 copies. Signed by Frans Masereel on the limitation page. Masereel has additionally signed the seven full-page woodcut illustrations within. Drei Masken Verlages unknown books
1980ref. 38403Monthiaume Raymond Gid 1980 In-8, maroquin noir orn sur chaque plat d'une composition reprographique diffrente en noir et blanc, faite partir d'une photographie reprsentant un mur inond: comme une fausse ouverture, un clatement jaillit au milieu du premier plat, cern d'une grille de trames entrecroises; titre de l'ouvrage pouss l'oeser blanc sur le dos sans nerfs; doublures et gardes de papier reprographique gris tram noir, non rogn, couverture imprime. Chemise, tui (Claude Honnelatre, 1996).Belle dition typographique de ce texte traduit, typographi et illustr par Raymond Gid. La mise en pages prsente, mls, le texte anglais et sa traduction, et comporte 6 photographies hors texte reproduisant les atteintes infliges par le temps un exemplaire particulirement maltrait de la clbre "Ballade" imprime en 1918 avec des bois de J.G. Daragns. Tirage limit 200 exemplaires numrots. Exemplaire hors commerce portant un amical envoi autographe sign de Raymond Gid Claude Honnelatre. A figur l'exposition Reliures de Claude Honnelatre (Paris, Bibliothque historique de la ville de Paris, 1996, n143, reproduction en couleurs).
1930ref. 15457Paris, Devambez, 1930 ; in-4, en ff., couverture crème rempliée, chemise demi-percaline bleue, titre doré au dos, étui avec couvercle plein chagrin brique, dos rond à nerfs, titre doré (reliure de l'éditeur) ; (4), 77, [78], (4) pp., (2) ff. bl., 20 eaux-fortes dont 17 hors-texte.
1920ref. 2091202133204391John Lane 1920. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 John Lane paperback
1891ref. 158131891. Ricketts Charles. London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine and Co. 1891. Original salmon paper-covered flexible boards decorated in dark red. First Edition of this collection of four dark semi-comic mystery tales. "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" is an amusing but macabre tale if there can be such a thing about a young man who convinced by Lady Windermere's cheiromantist that he is doomed to commit murder does his best to do so prior to getting married -- out of a sense of duty to his fiancée. As one would expect Lord Arthur bungles his mission. In addition to the title story this book includes "The Sphinx Without a Secret" "The Canterville Ghost" and "The Model Millionaire." The binding of this title with decorations by Charles Ricketts is extremely delicate -- paper-covered flexible boards; although 1500 copies were issued we find this book to be quite uncommon and we have never seen a truly fine copy. In our experience THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY THE HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES and this title are the three Wilde first editions most difficuilt to find in collectible condition. This copy is close to near-fine with a bit of the darkening and mottling of the spine that is typical for this fragile book but with scarcely any actual wear. Mason 345. Housed in a handsome gilt-paneled morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise. unknown
1891ref. 158131891. Ricketts Charles. London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine and Co. 1891. Original salmon paper-covered flexible boards decorated in dark red. First Edition of this collection of four dark semi-comic mystery tales. "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" is an amusing but macabre tale if there can be such a thing about a young man who convinced by Lady Windermere's cheiromantist that he is doomed to commit murder does his best to do so prior to getting married -- out of a sense of duty to his fiancée. As one would expect Lord Arthur bungles his mission. In addition to the title story this book includes "The Sphinx Without a Secret" "The Canterville Ghost" and "The Model Millionaire." The binding of this title with decorations by Charles Ricketts is extremely delicate -- paper-covered flexible boards; although 1500 copies were issued we find this book to be quite uncommon and we have never seen a truly fine copy. In our experience THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY THE HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES and this title are the three Wilde first editions most difficuilt to find in collectible condition. This copy is close to near-fine with a bit of the darkening and mottling of the spine that is typical for this fragile book but with scarcely any actual wear. Mason 345. Housed in a handsome gilt-paneled morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise. unknown books
ref. PJH52107Lyra's Books 2022. New Unopened copy. Half Bound in burgundy Nigerian Goatskin in Curved Edge Slipcase with Design by Gregory Manchess. Illustrated throughout and Signed by Manchess. Number 154 of Edition Limited to 250 copies stunning production printed on 150g Zerkall Smooth Mould Paper by Hand and Eye Letterpress. Lyra's Books 2022 unknown
ref. 210258o.J. Signiert "Henry H. Parker". 50,5 x 76 cm.
1899ref. 022513LONDON : Leonard SMITHERS and Co. 1899. Not Stated . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Leonard SMITHERS and Co. B00K: Very G00D/ 1899 . B00K: Very G00D/ $3985.O3 Reduced from. the IMP0RTANCE of BEING EARNEST: a TRIVIAL C0MEDY for SERI0US PE0PLE by the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. WILDE 0scar Leonard SMITHERS and Co. 1899 There is no limited or edition statement. H/c Brown Top And Balance Of Tan Spine With Title And Design In Polished Gold Letters Hard Cover B00K: Very G00D/ Shelf Edge And Corner Wear. 151 Numbered Pages Printed On Tan Paper Browning And Spotting From Aging In Very Good/ Condition Clean And Tight To The Spine Slight Wear. The Exterior Covering Of The Boards Are Not Decorated. D/j: None. = Description Applies To This B00K Only Which Is A Historically Significant Treasure From The Past Hard To Find Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift For The Discriminating Reader / Collector/. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE. Leonard SMITHERS and Co. hardcover
1899ref. 016438London: Leonard Smithers and Co / 5 Old Bond Stree W 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies this one un-numbered. Lavender cloth decorated with Charles Shannon's gilt leaf design. Spine cocked; boards a bit curved; some general soiling to boards; spine faded. Previous owner's penciled name/date on ffep ''J. S. Leadbetter / Mar. 02''. Small 2-3 mm spot of soiling in top margin of six consecutive pages else clean. Mild mustiness. pp. 16 1-151 1 blank. Mason/Millard 381. Previous owner noted above presumed to be James Stevenson Leadbetter 1867-1939 a prominent Scottish advocate legal editor King's Counsel K.C and bibliophile who served as the Keeper of the Advocates Library in Edinburgh from 1925 to 1928. Leonard Smithers and Co / 5 Old Bond Stree W hardcover
1898ref. 882015London: 1898. First Edition. 8vo. One of 800 copies on handmade paper. White lined-backed cinnamon cloth in a later cloth slipcase. Binding lightly soiled. Mason 371. Original White Cloth Gilt. Good. Hardcover
1927ref. 019252New York : E. P. Dutton 1927. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. John VASSOS Inventions by Drawings by. B00K: Near Fine/ 1927 . B00K: Near Fine/ $100.80 SALOME WILDE Oscar John VASSOS Inventions by Drawings by. E. P. Dutton New York 1927 UnStated 1sT Edition D/j H/c Sun Bleached To Tan With A Black Colored Dust Jacket: Good/ No Title Shelf EDGE STRETCHING And Chipping And Corner Wear. Possibly Price Clipped. Hard Cover B00K: Near Fine/ 57 Numbered Pages Printed On 0ff~White Paper Light Browning On Edges Clean And Tight To The Spine In Fine/ Condition. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X. To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K Only. = No Odors No Writing No Names No Rippling Not Stuck Together No Book Plate Not X~Library No Other Marks. = Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE E. P. Dutton hardcover
1893ref. 0036073Paris et Londres: Librairie de L'Art Independant and Elkin Mathews et John Lane 1893. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 20.5cm x 15cm. 84 2 pages. Half leather marbled papered boards gilt lettering and decoration top edge gilt marbled endpapers. Text is in French. First edition one of 600 copies the title page device by Felicien Rops. MASON 348. This copy rebound in a fine signed art nouveau binding by Hatchards Piccadilly without the wrappers with a plentiful quantity of blank leaves at the rear to allow for the binding design. Text is in French. Some discolouration to spine. Very minor rubbing to fore-edge corners lower tail fore-edge corner lightly pushed. Very minor foxing. Category: Performing Arts; Fine Bindings; Performing Arts::Theatre & Plays; 19th Century: 1851-1899; French Language; Literature & Fiction. Inventory No: 0036073. BZDB407 Performing Arts; Fine Bindings; Performing Arts::Theatre & Plays; 19th Century: 1851-1899; French Language; Literature & Fiction. Unbranded Oscar Wilde Salome. Drame en un acte. Librairie de L'Art Independant and Elkin Mathews et John Lane hardcover
1922ref. 2222703Privately issued 1922 1924 1931. First edition. Quarto. Collated and compiled by Robert Ernest Cowan and William Andrews Clark Jr. Original green cloth over boards; spine labels. Very good spines faded to tan. 6 volumes. A fine set of this monumental collection assembled by William Andrews Clark Jr. Each volume in a grey board slipcase. No signatures or bookplates. One of 100 copies. Printed by John Henry Nash. Privately Printed hardcover
1907ref. 111362London and Paris: Methuen Charles Carrington 1907-22. The works of Oscar Wilde bound in the original cloth one of 1000 sets made on handmade paper. Octavo 14 volumes original cream cloth decorated and lettered in gilt top edges gilt. One of 1000 sets of this edition on handmade paper. In near fine condition. Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright novelist essayist and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray his plays as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Methuen Charles Carrington hardcover
1922ref. 2222703Privately issued 1922 1924 1931. First edition. Quarto. Collated and compiled by Robert Ernest Cowan and William Andrews Clark Jr. Original green cloth over boards; spine labels. Very good spines faded to tan. 6 volumes. A fine set of this monumental collection assembled by William Andrews Clark Jr. Each volume in a grey board slipcase. No signatures or bookplates. One of 100 copies. Printed by John Henry Nash. Privately Printed hardcover books
1905ref. feb700751905: First Russian Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray Портрет Дориана Ð“Ñ€ÐµÑ Printing House of the Russian Partnership
1903ref. 019042Paris : No Publisher Shown 1903. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. B00K: Very G00D/ $2590.03 a WOMAN of NO IMPORTANCE; Copy No. 60. WILDE 0scar No Publisher Shown Possibly Author Self Published. Paris 19O3 Edition Limited To 25O Copies. This Is Copy No. 6O Written In Pencil. H/c Brown Top And Balance Of Tan Spine With Title And Design In Polished Gold Letters Hard Cover B0K: Very Good/ Slight Shelf Edge And Corner Wear. 154 Numbered Pages Printed On Tan Paper Browning And Spotting From Aging In Very Good/Fine/ Condition Clean And Tight To The Spine Slight Wear. The Exterior Covering Of The Boards Are Not Decorated. D/j: None. Synopsis: 'I Was Always Impressed At The Interpreting Skills Of Mothers With Toddlers. I'Ve Seen It Countless Times: 'Aberdeen Leasing! Aberdeen Leasing!' The Kid Insists And The Mother Replies 'Ok. What Colour Do You Want' 'Rollmop.' 'There Isn'T One. You Can Have A Red One.' And The Child Trots Off Happily Apparently Under The Impression That She'S Just Had A Normal Conversation.' If There'S One Thing That Everyone Has An Opinion About It'S How To Bring Up A Child - Especially Your Child. Kate Konopicky Found Herself An Embattled Mother Knowing That However Hard She Worked Everything Was Wrong. If She Went Back To Full-Time Employment She Was Neglecting Her Child. If She Stayed At Home The Child Would Be Clingy And Shy. So She Became A Combination Of Teacher Nurse Nutritionist Psychologist Entertainer And Mind Reader. She Didn'T Get Weekends Off And Never Phoned In Sick When She Wanted A Lie-In. The Boss Was Illogical Demanding Incapable Of Undertaking The Simplest Task. Yes We'Ve All Had Jobs Like That But At Least We Got Paid For Them. Kate Konopicky Is An Anarchic Voice In The Face Of Regimented Parenting Books. = Description Applies To This B00K Only Which Is A Historically Significant Treasure From The Past Hard To Find Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift For The Discriminating Reader / Collector/. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE. No Publisher Shown hardcover
1896ref. 019044: the NEW YORK BOOK CO. 1896. Hardcover. Good. B00K: Good/ 1896 . B00K: Good/ $250.90 BALLAD of READING GAOL WILDE Oscar the NEW YORK BOOK CO. 1896 Shown On Book Which Was Printed After 1904. Small H/c This Edition Printed After 1904 Brown Paper Spine With No Title Hard Cover B00K: Good/ 35 Numbered Pages UnNumbered Pages That Are Clean And Tight To The Spine Printed On Tan Paper Browning From Aging In Very Good/ Condition. Spine Broken Inside B00K. Water Stains On Front Cover Not Stuck No Odor No Mold. D/j: None. = No Odors No Other Writing No Names No Rippling Not Stuck Together No Book Plate Not X~Library No Remainder Or Other Marks. Description Applies To This B00K Only. = = This B00K Is Hard To Find Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift. = = World Wide Shipping AVAILABLE. = = the NEW YORK BOOK CO. hardcover
1899ref. 159879London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. Wilde's favourite play with an appealing association First edition one of 1000 copies printed presented in the year of publication from Lady Lewis the wife of Wilde's solicitor to their mutual friend the actress Elizabeth Robins. Lewis has inscribed the front free endpaper: "With love from Beth. Lewis. Aug. 6th 99 Vulpera"; Robins's ownership inscription is on the half-title: "Elizabeth Robins from Lady Lewis Waldhaus Tarasp Switzerland". Waldhaus Vulpera was a popular Grand Hotel in the Swiss Alps. Elizabeth Lewis née Eberstadt was the second wife of Wilde's long-time friend and legal adviser Sir George Lewis 1833-1911. A discreet and astute solicitor he advised Wilde on various occasions and on his request represented Lord Alfred Douglas in 1983 to recover an incriminating letter from a blackmailer. Richard Ellman Wilde's biographer mentions a series of letters sent by Wilde to her during his lecture tour of North America in which he boasted about his various successes. The American actress and feminist Elizabeth Robins 1862-1952 is best known for her play Votes for Women! which is credited with inaugurating suffrage drama. Wilde met her for the first time at a reception at Lady Seton's House in 1888 and subsequently used his influence to help her gain success on the London stage. He gave her feedback on her performances throughout her career. Oscar Wilde's third comedy An Ideal Husband premiered at the Haymarket on 3 January 1895 preceding his sensational trial but was not published until after his release from prison. In a letter to his publisher Leonard Smithers Wilde wrote that "I really think it reads the best of my plays" cited in Nelson p. 392. Quarto. Original pink cloth flat spine lettered in gilt leaf motifs to spine and covers designed by Charles Shannon edges untrimmed. Spine and head of rear cover sunned cloth otherwise bright spine ends and tips slightly rubbed and bumped tiny mark to front cover offsetting to endpapers a few spots of foxing to half-title otherwise generally clean. A very good fresh copy. Mason p. 433; James G. Nelson Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley Wilde Dowson 2000. hardcover
