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rif. 06548Reading Berkshire: The Carpathian Press 1999. Wilde's Greatest Poem in a Modern Private Press Masterpiece One of Only 25 Copies on Velin Arches Blanc WILDE Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Engravings by Peter Forster. Introduction by Bryan Forbes. Reading Berkshire: The Carpathian Press 1999. One of 25 copies printed on Velin Arches Blanc from a total edition of 125 signed by Bryan Forbes. Large octavo 9 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 251 x 184 mm. 1-16 17-103 1 blank 1 limitation pp. Six engravings by Peter Forster. Elegantly bound by Anthony Wessely in full green morocco. Spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments olive-green endpapers. Housed in the original green cloth slipcase. A fine copy. A finely produced private press edition of Wilde's most powerful and enduring poem written in the aftermath of his imprisonment in Reading Gaol 1895-97. First published in 1898 under the pseudonym "C.3.3." Wilde's prison number the poem stands as a profound meditation on justice punishment and human suffering and remains one of the great poetic responses to incarceration in English literature. This Carpathian Press edition is among the most desirable modern fine press interpretations of the text distinguished by its restrained yet expressive engravings by Peter Forster which echo the stark emotional landscape of Wilde's poem. The use of Velin Arches Blanc paper - reserved here for just 25 copies - provides a luxurious surface that complements both the typography and the engraved plates. A beautifully conceived and executed modern private press book - uniting Wilde's most haunting work with accomplished illustration and binding of the highest order. Reading, Berkshire: The Carpathian Press, 1999 unknown
1907rif. 12964London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1907. First Edition Stated. Publisher's cloth. Very Good. First Edition Stated. Publisher's cloth. First published with Beardsley's illustrations in 1894 the first uncensored edition did not appear in full until 1907; this edition contains all of Beardsley's intended illustrations which were previously cancelled uncensored version of Enter Herodias both versions of The Toilet of Salome. Includes the casts for the first performance of the play in England in 1905 and for the première of Richard Strauss's opera. Fraying to head and tail bumped corners rubbing discoloration and toning to ffep and removed exlibris ep transferred images else tight bright and unmarred. Bound in green cloth with gilt stamped peacock design to front board gilt title to spine gilt top edge with 16 black and white plates including suppressed frontispiece title page on Japanese vellum. Royal 8vo. xx 4 66pp. 2 adverts. Illus. b/w plates. Pencil marks notations on ep bookseller ticket. John Lane, The Bodley Head unknown
1894rif. 304822London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh 1894. First edition one of 500 copies. 154 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original mauve cloth decorated in gilt. Spine faded cloth at extremities frayed corners bumped some soiling to cloth front flyelaf and first blank torn at gutter. Good. First edition one of 500 copies. 154 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Mason 365 John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh unknown books
rif. 06548Reading Berkshire: The Carpathian Press 1999. Wilde's Greatest Poem in a Modern Private Press Masterpiece One of Only 25 Copies on Velin Arches Blanc WILDE Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Engravings by Peter Forster. Introduction by Bryan Forbes. Reading Berkshire: The Carpathian Press 1999. One of 25 copies printed on Velin Arches Blanc from a total edition of 125 signed by Bryan Forbes. Large octavo 9 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 251 x 184 mm. 1-16 17-103 1 blank 1 limitation pp. Six engravings by Peter Forster. Elegantly bound by Anthony Wessely in full green morocco. Spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments olive-green endpapers. Housed in the original green cloth slipcase. A fine copy. A finely produced private press edition of Wilde's most powerful and enduring poem written in the aftermath of his imprisonment in Reading Gaol 1895-97. First published in 1898 under the pseudonym "C.3.3." Wilde's prison number the poem stands as a profound meditation on justice punishment and human suffering and remains one of the great poetic responses to incarceration in English literature. This Carpathian Press edition is among the most desirable modern fine press interpretations of the text distinguished by its restrained yet expressive engravings by Peter Forster which echo the stark emotional landscape of Wilde's poem. The use of Velin Arches Blanc paper - reserved here for just 25 copies - provides a luxurious surface that complements both the typography and the engraved plates. A beautifully conceived and executed modern private press book - uniting Wilde's most haunting work with accomplished illustration and binding of the highest order. Reading, Berkshire: The Carpathian Press, 1999 unknown books
1907rif. 12964London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1907. First Edition Stated. Publisher's cloth. Very Good. First Edition Stated. Publisher's cloth. First published with Beardsley's illustrations in 1894 the first uncensored edition did not appear in full until 1907; this edition contains all of Beardsley's intended illustrations which were previously cancelled uncensored version of Enter Herodias both versions of The Toilet of Salome. Includes the casts for the first performance of the play in England in 1905 and for the première of Richard Strauss's opera. Fraying to head and tail bumped corners rubbing discoloration and toning to ffep and removed exlibris ep transferred images else tight bright and unmarred. Bound in green cloth with gilt stamped peacock design to front board gilt title to spine gilt top edge with 16 black and white plates including suppressed frontispiece title page on Japanese vellum. Royal 8vo. xx 4 66pp. 2 adverts. Illus. b/w plates. Pencil marks notations on ep bookseller ticket. John Lane, The Bodley Head unknown books
1927rif. 000015986New York: Wm. H. Wise & Company 1927. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vol. 8vo. For pagination please inquire. Brown cloth with a paper label printed in brown and green on each spine; orange topstain. Title pages printed in orange and black. Volume one with a tipped-in leaf stating this set of the Connoisseur's edition of the complete works of Oscar Wilde was specially prepared for Harry N. Jones. With introductions by various hands including Yeats Drinkwater Cowper Powys and a review by Walter Pater in volume four. The first set of Wilde's complete works was done in 1908 this later set is a lovely production of the wit's poems plays and prose. Light foxing to the topstains four volumes with a bit of rubbing to their cloth a small red spot on volume twelve's bottom textblock; jackets with light chipping heavier on volume one the jacket of volume two with two pieces of tape on its reverse. Wm. H. Wise & Company hardcover
1945rif. 14313Verona: Officina Bodoni 1945. Hardback full vellum with original slipcase. 26.5 x 18cm. 114pp 3. Number 44 one of 121 copies on Fabriano paper from a total edition of 125 copies printed in blue and black. Small repair to lower panel of slipcase otherwise an excellent copy. Text in English. Limited. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Officina Bodoni Hardcover
1911rif. 2105120055London: The Edinburgh Society n.d. ca. 1911 1911. Cherwell Edition. Hardcover. Good. 11 of 14 volumes. Cherwell Edition Limited edition of only 240 sets. Octavo 22 x 14 cm. Bound in contemporary 3/4 morocco over cloth boards. Bindings generally sound. One volume has loss/ modern restoration to the head of the spine A House of Pomegranates. Gilt stamped spine compartments. Top edges gilt. Marbled end pages. Color frontispieces with tissue guards and illustrated plates. Includes the following volumes: v. 2 A house of pomegranates; The happy prince and other tales; v. 4 The picture of Dorian Gray; v. 5 Lord Arthur Savile's crime and other prose pieces; v. 6 Salome; A Florentime tragedy; Vera; v. 7 Lady Windermere's fan and The importance of being earnest; v. 8 A woman of no importance; v. 9 An ideal husband; v. 11 De profundis; v. 12-13 Reviews; v. 14 Miscellanies. Lacking the following three volumes: v. 1 Poems; v. 3 Intentions and The soul of man; v. 10 The duchess of Padua. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. London: The Edinburgh Society, [n.d., ca. 1911] hardcover
1926rif. 1018Paris, Editions de la Banderole, 1926. 1 vol. in-8 de 152 p. broché, couverture rempliée.
rif. 73340London: The Pall Mall Gazette 1st July to 31st December 1887. Miscellaneous Articles FIRST APPEARANCES. Folio 37 x 26cm including 26 weekly parts pp.32 each with the Index to the Pall Mall Gazette pp.xx. With occasional in-text illustrations. Recently re-backed in burgundy calf with the original spine showing gilt titles laid over the top and marbled paper over original half calf boards. All edges speckled red. Mild spotting to first and final few leaves otherwise internally crisp and clean. Moderate general wear to boards with heavy wear to original spine. Now restored to a robust attractive condition. Very good. A six-monthly compendium of the weekly digest of the Pall Mall Gazette including numerous contemporary political and cultural articles. This volume contains seven mostly anonymous articles by the great Oscar Wilde. Mason 130-36. London: The Pall Mall Gazette, 1st July to 31st December 1887 unknown
1907rif. 183957London: E. Grant Richards 1907. First edition signed limited issue number 6 of 25 copies signed by the bibliographer printed on larger hand-made paper and with the illustrations on Japanese vellum. A further 450 unsigned trade copies were also issued. Provenance: Alfred Sutro 1863-1933 dramatist and associate of Wilde with his morocco bookplate. Quarto. halftone portrait frontispiece 8 plates on Japanese vellum. With 2 pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original white cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt edges uncut. Cloth soiled spine toned ends and corners lightly bumped free endpapers browned: a very good copy. hardcover
1894rif. 12118London: John Lane 1894. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 1st edition newly rebound in brown leather with a gilt-stamped red leather title piece and Florentine marbled endpapers. New binding fine; the text pages are about good plus. All are toned brown near the edges. The first blank of 2 before the title page bears a gift inscr. in French; that page also chipped at the corners. An owner's name is upside down on the final blank. 154 pp. 16-p. publisher's catalog. John Lane hardcover
2002rif. 38034Paris Les Bibliophiles de 2002 In-4, en feuilles, couverture imprime (embotage de l'diteur).40 gravures originales d'Yves-Marie de Malleray, dont 38 en noir (5 hors-texte, 27 in-texte et 6 sur double page) et 2 en couleurs (un in-texte et une sur double page). Tirage unique limit 105 exemplaires numrots sur vlin de Rives.
1840rif. 1002Y49Dublin: William Curry Jun. and Company 1840. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated . The complete first edition of this travelogue from Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde with illustrations. First edition. Complete in two volumes.In the original cloth binding. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven vignettes.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece two hand coloured plates two maps and fourteen vignettes.Collated complete.A compelling account of a voyage to Madeira Teneriffe and the shores of the Mediterranean including visits to Algiers Egypt Palestine Tyre Rhodes Telmessus Cyprus and Greece. With the author's keen observations on the climate natural history antiquities and prospects of the countries visited.From William Wilde an Irish ophthalmogic surgeon and the author of important works on medicine archaeology and folklore. He was the father of influential author and poet Oscar Wilde.Wilde travelled for nine months as medical attendant to Robert Meiklam the owner of the yacht Crusader who made the sketches for the plates. In the original cloth binding. Externally with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading and marks to the cloth. Split to the cloth to Vol II rear joint which remains firm. Internally generally firmly bound with pp. 5-12 coming away to Vol II. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot or handling mark. Contemporary ownership inscription to each front free endpaper. Good William Curry, Jun. and Company hardcover
1931rif. mon0000103978Rudolph Field Inc 1931-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. 1931. Rudolph Field Inc. Hardcover. NO DUST JACKET. Some surface and edge wear to cover. 270 Pages. Rudolph Field, Inc hardcover
1938rif. 148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937. Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1938rif. 148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937. Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1918rif. 2222511First edition thus. Small 4to. Illustrated with 17 hand colored lithographs by Charlotte Christine Engelhorn. Tan leather spine over purple silk boards. No dust jacket. Very good. 67 pages. One of 100 deluxe copies signed by Engelhorn with hand colored plates. Translated by Felix B. Greve of Oscar Wilde's "The Young King" a short story from his "A House of Pomegranates." With erotic bookplate of Otto Feistmann. Gustav Kiepenheuer hardcover
1928rif. 6248Paris: Black Sun Press / Editions Narcisse 1928. Limited Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Quarto 30pp. illustrated. A quite crisp clean copy near fine with some scrunching to the the front interior fold of the glassine dust jacket else a very nice indeed with just a hint of scattered foxing. In the original silver chemise and slipcase. The chemise is in near fine condition with a modest marginal stain and the slipcase is missing one thin side panel thus good only. An entirely unrestored copy of this beautiful publication. An errata slip is apparently called for but none is present in this copy. This is number 26 of 100 limited copies on Van Gelder Zonen paper of a total limitation of 113. Black Sun Press / Editions Narcisse unknown
1918rif. 2222511First edition thus. Small 4to. Illustrated with 17 hand colored lithographs by Charlotte Christine Engelhorn. Tan leather spine over purple silk boards. No dust jacket. Very good. 67 pages. One of 100 deluxe copies signed by Engelhorn with hand colored plates. Translated by Felix B. Greve of Oscar Wilde's "The Young King" a short story from his "A House of Pomegranates." With erotic bookplate of Otto Feistmann. Gustav Kiepenheuer hardcover books
1908rif. 27966Première édition intégrale London, Methuen & Co., [1908]. 1 vol. (140 x 210 mm) de 211 p. Toile éditeur, titre doré au dos et sur les plats, tête dorée. Edition en partie originale et première édition complète. Tirage limité à 1 000 exemplaires sur handmade paper.
rif. 27966London Methuen & Co. 1908. 1 vol. 140 x 210 mm de 211 p. Toile éditeur titre doré au dos et sur les plats tête dorée. . Edition en partie originale et première édition complète. Tirage limité à 1 000 exemplaires sur handmade paper. . La première édition des oeuvres de Wilde a été publiée par Methuen en 1908 et le De Profundis connaît ici sa deuxième édition en partie originale. Le texte de ce long poème avait été rédigé par Wilde depuis la prison de Reading. London, Methuen & Co., [1908]. 1 vol. (140 x 210 mm) de 211 p. Toile éditeur, titre doré au dos et sur les plats, tête dorée unknown
rif. 6501716Clarendon Press . Hardback. New. pp. 544 Clarendon Press hardcover
1907rif. 13130Salome John Lane / Bodley Head 1907 first edition thus small area of minor bubbling to the rear cloth cover else just about fine with all the Beardsley plates present and in fine condition. A large paper copy with extended uncut margins. John Lane / Bodley Head hardcover
1907rif. 13130Salome John Lane / Bodley Head 1907 first edition thus small area of minor bubbling to the rear cloth cover else just about fine with all the Beardsley plates present and in fine condition. A large paper copy with extended uncut margins. John Lane / Bodley Head hardcover books