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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
1905ref. 55474Berlin: S. Fischer 1905. First edition in part. Publisher's vellum. Nearly Fine. 1/20. Small quarto 19.4 by 14.6 cm. viii 115 1 colophon pp. Double-suite titles in red and black printer's device floral borders; red and black initial. Publisher's full vellum lettered in gilt; top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges deckled; silk ribbon marker. Covers with mild soiling; vellum very slightly bowed. A nearly fine copy. Limited fine press edition one of only twenty copies bound by the publisher in full vellum lettered in gilt. This German translation by Max Meyerfeld importantly includes material which did not appear in English until 1908. "Before the English version was issued an authorised translation in German. appeared in Die Neue Rundschau Berlin January and February 1905 under the title of De Profundis. Aufzeichnungen und Briefe aus dem Zuchthaus in Reading. It was printed in German characters with ornamental initials etc. by E. R. Weiss and included a translation of the Four Letters written from Reading Prison which were not published in England until 1908. Later in the year the text was issued in book form printed in Roman characters with title-page and initial letters by Walter Tiemann. Berlin: Verlag S. Fischer" Mason. Mason S. Bibliography of Oscar Wilde vol. 2 p. 445. Schneider & Sotscheck Eine Bibliographie Selbständiger Deutschsprachiger Publikationen 3068. S. Fischer unknown books
ref. 0553250817-11-1Bantam Books. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Bantam Books unknown
ref. 0553250817-7-1-13Bantam Books. Acceptable. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting as well as stains bent corners or any other major defect but the text is not obscured in any way. Bantam Books unknown
ref. SONG3700178662Austrian Academy of Sciences Press 2016-08-10. paperback. Used: Good. 6.00x2.75x8.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press paperback
1886ref. d2793bLondon: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and soiled. Eps darkened. Fold-out repaired with archive tape. 1886. First Edition. Blue hardback boards with cream vellum spine. 320mm x 240mm 13" x 9". vi 160pp plates. 9 plates 6 b/w 3 sepia 1 fold-out. With Glasgow Arts Club bookplate. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Kegan Paul, Trench & Co hardcover
1904ref. 40586London: The Mathurin Press 1904. Good with no dust jacket. 1904. Limited Edition. Hardcover FOLIO. Gravures; 15 x 19 in. FOLIO; 11 1 pp. Text. Folio 15 x 19 in. . 5 gravure plates. Some browning and light spotting. Plates and text loose as issued in original half cloth folding case ribbon ties soiling. LIMITED EDITION number 95 of an unnumbered edition with illustrations printed on plate paper and the text printed on handmade paper enclosed in a portfolio measuring 15 inches by 19 inches. Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown Cincinnati Ohio. This is undoubtedly Wildes finest and most imaginative poem and Is not included in 'Collected Poems'. Tape repair and a tear also to inside each of two inner flaps. 5 gravure plates by Althea Gyles laid in as published . The Mathurin Press, 1904. hardcover
2005ref. x-0198187726Oxford Univ Pr 2005. Hardcover. New. 465 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.25 inches. Oxford Univ Pr hardcover
1953ref. 11804LEHNING WALTER 1953. 1. softcover. LEHNING, WALTER paperback
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2002ref. 233782002 2 dessins aux Crayons gras et mine de plomb sur carton, annotations manuscrites de l'artiste autour du dessin et sous le dessin, 2002, 30.7 x 21.5 cm. (format à vue), 40 x 58 cm. (format du carton) et 30.7 x 21 cm. (format à vue), 40 x 58 cm. (format du carton).
1927ref. 11779Paris, Javal et Bourdeaux, 1927. 1 vol. in-4. En feuilles, couvertures grises imprimées et rempliées, sous chemise et étui imprimé.
1904ref. D19239London: Melmoth & Co. 1904. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy #57 of only 250 copies. Printed on hand-made paper; illustrations by Beardsley. Original blue cloth. Spine darkened but internally a sound clean copy. This edition is uncommon on the market. Melmoth & Co. hardcover
1904ref. D19239London: Melmoth & Co. 1904. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy #57 of only 250 copies. Printed on hand-made paper; illustrations by Beardsley. Original blue cloth. Spine darkened but internally a sound clean copy. This edition is uncommon on the market. Melmoth & Co. hardcover books
1869ref. 47911[No place], 1869. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers, no backstrip. Offprint from the ""Philosophical Magazine"", January 1869. With authors presentation inscription to front wrapper: ""With the author's Compliments."". Fine and clean. 9 pp.
1869ref. 47911No place 1869. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers no backstrip. Offprint from the "Philosophical Magazine" January 1869. With authors presentation inscription to front wrapper: "With the author's Compliments.". Fine and clean. 9 pp. Offprint issue with author's presentation insciption to front wrapper of Wilde's paper on how to control and render the magneto-electri current which nearly led to the discovery of the principle of self-excitation. This was however achieved by other inventors first notably Charles Wheatstone and the Siemens brothers."In 1856 Wilde established a business in Manchester as an electric-telegraph and lightning-conductor engineer and spent some years on the development of a magneto-electric alphabetic telegraph which was demonstrated at the international exhibition in London in 1862. In December 1863 he patented a twin-armature machine in which a magneto-electric generator provided excitation current for the field winding of another generator. These machines were made in quantity by Wilde & Co. but in use they had the disadvantage of becoming very hot. In 1867 Described in the present paper. he patented an entirely different type of multipolar machine which was used for electro-deposition and arc lighting. Among his other patents was one in 1875 for the making of copper rollers for calico printing.". Oxford DNB. Henry Wilde 1833 - 1919 was a wealthy individual from Manchester England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine or self-energising dynamo an invention for which Werner von Siemens is more usually credited and in fact discovered independently. At any rate Wilde was the first to publish his paper was communicated to the Royal Society by Michael Faraday in 1866. The self-energising dynamo replaces the permanent magnets of previous designs with electro-magnets and in so doing achieved an enormous increase in power. The machine was considered remarkable at the time especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt. unknown
1931ref. 46605Collins 1931. 8vo. First Edition with frontispieceand 14 plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made-slip-case an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SCARCE. Collins, hardcover
1941ref. 107269New York: Random House 1941. First edition first printing of the author's third and final novel. Scarce in the dust jacket. Octavo. Original cream cloth titles and design to spine and publisher's device to front board in blue top edge blue. With dust jacket. Spine rolled. An excellent copy in the clean dust jacket with a strip of tape-repair to head of spine verso. hardcover
