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réf. 06518London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. The Trivial Comedy for Serious People - Wilde's Masterpiece" First Edition One of 1000 Numbered Copies WILDE Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. First edition. One of 1000 numbered copies this being No. 256. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Small quarto 8 3/4 x 7 inches; 222 x 178 mm. 16 151 1 pp. Publisher's light red-brown linen over boards covers decoratively stamped in gilt spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt the design by Charles Shannon. All edges uncut. The bare minimum of rubbing to extremities free endpapers minimally browned from paste-down glue as usual; spine slightly darkened and gilt a little dulled. Still a near fine copy sound and unrestored example. The first book appearance of Wilde's most celebrated play originally performed in 1895 at the St. James's Theatre. Issued four years later by Smithers - Wilde's principal publisher during and after his fall - this edition presents the definitive text of his final and finest comedy. The Importance of Being Earnest represents the culmination of Wilde's dramatic art: a perfectly constructed satire of identity social convention and moral pretense combining epigrammatic brilliance with unmatched theatrical economy. The edition is notable for its elegant production including the Chiswick Press printing and the distinctive gilt cover design by Charles Shannon placing it among the most visually refined of Wilde's first editions. Bibliographical Reference A pleasing and well-preserved example. The slight spine darkening and mellowing of the gilt are typical; copies retaining such integrity are increasingly scarce. Mason 382. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 unknown books
réf. 06519London: John Lane. 1894. A Woman of No Importance - Wilde Before the Fall" First Edition One of 500 Copies - The Slocum Copy WILDE Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. London: John Lane 1894. First edition. One of 500 copies. Small quarto 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches; 210 x 150 mm. 16 134 1 1 blank 16 publisher's catalogue dated March 1894 pp. Publisher's light red-brown linen over boards covers decoratively stamped in gilt spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt the design by Charles Shannon. All edges uncut. Light rubbing to extremities; front inner hinge cracked but holding. Otherwise an excellent entirely unrestored example. The first edition of Wilde's third society comedy published in the same year as Salomé and on the eve of the triumph of An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest. The play explores themes of social hypocrisy gender inequality and moral duplicity - subjects that Wilde would refine and perfect in his later dramatic masterpieces. Issued in a limitation of 500 copies by John Lane at The Bodley Head the edition shares the elegant typographic and binding aesthetic of Wilde's 1890s publications with the characteristic gilt design by Charles Shannon. Complete with the publisher's catalogue dated March 1894 as called for. Provenance: The Myles Standish Slocum copy with his pencil note on the front paste-down. Myles Standish Slocum 1887-1956 was a noted American collector of first and rare editions remembered both for the quality of his library and for his encouragement of book collecting through the annual Scripps College prize bearing his name. London: John Lane., 1894 unknown books
réf. 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
réf. 06423London: Methuen & Co. 1908. First Collected Edition Handsomely Bound by Birdsall of Northampton WILDE Oscar. Works. London: Methuen & Co. 1908-1922. The Picture of Dorian Gray with imprint: Paris: Charles Carrington 1908. First collected edition including For the Love of the King which was published in 1922. One of 1000 issued on handmade paper out of a total edition of 1080 sets. Fifteen octavo volumes 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 209 x 146 mm. Handsomely bound ca. 1950 by Birdsall of Northampton and London stamp-signed in full light blue calf covers with triple ruled borders spines with five shallow raised bands decoratively tooled in compartments two red leather labels lettered in gilt gilt decorated boards edges and turn-ins pale blue marbled endpapers top edge gilt other uncut. Spines uniformly faded one volume a little less so otherwise a very fine set including the fifteenth volume For the Love of the King which was published later in 1922. The first collected edition of the works of Wilde is still the most complete and correct. "The text is taken in most instances from the last editions issued under the superintendence of the author. In some cases the volumes contain additional matter which had not previously been reprinted while some of the volumes contain matter here published for the first time" Mason. Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 Irish-born poet dramatist and novelist. "During his undergraduate years at Oxford and as a disciple of Walter Pater Wilde became the leader of an aesthetic movement that advocated art for art's sake. He attracted a great deal of attention with his aestheticism and by wearing long hair dressing eccentrically and carrying flowers in his hands while lecturing.Wilde was accused of homosexual practices was tried and found guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment 1895-97.On his release physically spiritually and financially ruined he went to Paris.where he lived in bitterness and despair until his death. Wilde's works include Poems 1881; two collections of fairy stories The Happy Prince and Other Tales 1888 and The House of Pomegranates 1891; The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 a novel; and many brilliantly witty plays including Lady Windermere's Fan 1892; A Woman of No Importance 1893; Salomé 1894 written originally in French and used as the basis for Richard Strauss's opera of the same title; An Ideal Husband 1895; and The Importance of Being Earnest 1895 often considered his masterpiece. His poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1898 and his impassioned letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas De Profundis published post-humously in 1905 were products of his imprisonment" Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia. Mason pp. 459-460. London: Methuen & Co., 1908 unknown books
réf. 06456London: T. Werner Laurie 1916. The first and still foundational bibliography of Oscar Wilde MASON Stuart pseud. of Christopher Sclater Millard. WILDE Oscar. Bibliography of Oscar Wilde. With a note by Robert Ross. Illustrated. London: T. Werner Laurie n.d. ca. 1916. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 210 x 133 mm. xxxii 605 3 pp. Numerous facsimiles throughout the text. Bound ca. 1960 in three quarter purple morocco over purple cloth boards ruled in gilt spine with five raised bands tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments marbled endpapers all edges gilt spine faded. Original pink cloth covers bound in at end. The first and still foundational bibliography of Oscar Wilde compiled by his friend and literary defender Christopher Sclater Millard writing under the pseudonym "Stuart Mason." Produced with the close cooperation of Robert Ross Wilde's literary executor this work remains indispensable for collectors scholars and the trade. Millard's bibliography is far more than a mere listing: it provides detailed descriptions of Wilde's books pamphlets periodical contributions and translations along with valuable notes on variants piracies and publication history. Issued at a time when Wilde's reputation was still in recovery following his death in 1900 the book represents an early and important effort to establish a serious scholarly framework for Wilde's oeuvre. Particularly useful are the numerous facsimiles - title-pages wrappers and documents - which give the work practical bibliographical authority and make it a key reference for identifying first editions and priority issues. A cornerstone Wilde reference here in an attractive mid-twentieth-century morocco binding well suited to the collector's shelf. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1916 unknown books
réf. 06514London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. A Play of Conscience and Corruption - Wilde at His Brilliant Peak" First Edition Limited Issue - From the Library of Esher Place WILDE Oscar. An Ideal Husband. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. First edition limited to 1000 copies. Small quarto 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 210 x 155 mm. xvi 213 1 pp. Publisher's mauve cloth covers elaborately decorated in gilt spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt top edge trimmed others uncut. With the printed Esher Place Library location label dated 1897 on the front paste-down denoting its place within a late Victorian country house library system. Housed in a red cloth chemise within a full maroon calf slipcase spine with five raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Endpapers and half-title with the lightest amount of foxing otherwise a spectacular example the binding fresh and unfaded. One of Wilde's four great society comedies An Ideal Husband premiered in 1895 at the Haymarket Theatre and stands among his most sophisticated explorations of public virtue and private compromise. Written at the height of his fame - and on the eve of his dramatic fall - the play offers a sharply observed critique of political morality reputation and the currency of secrets in late Victorian society. The 1899 Smithers edition issued in a limitation of 1000 copies following Wilde's imprisonment represents the first appearance of the play in book form and remains the preferred edition for collectors. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 unknown books
1921réf. 23766Westminster: Beaumont Press 1921. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Ethelbert White. Thin 8vo. 60pp. Cloth spine gilt. Patterned paper over boards. Finely printed letterpress on handmade paper. Woodcut cover and decorations by Ethelbert White. One of 400 numbered copies from a totla edition of 475 this is number 455. A near fine copy. "The letters included in this volume were written by Oscar Wilde to his friend Robert Ross during the summer of 1897. Wilde was released on Wednesday May 19th after completing his sentence of two years imprisonment and on that day he crossed with a friend to Dieppe where he was met by Robert Ross to whom he at once handed the manuscript of his prison letter no known as 'De Profundis'. . Beaumont Press hardcover books
1973réf. 594846New York: Samuel French 1973. Softcover. Fine. First acting edition. 12mo. 110 2 ads pp. Printed pale blue wrappers. About fine. Adaptation of Wilde's novel. Uncommon. Samuel French unknown books
1990réf. 532801Washington: Orchises 1990. Softcover. Near Fine. Offset reprint of the 1899 edition published by Leonard Smithers. Lavender cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Octavo. 152pp. Spine cocked near fine without dust jacket presumably as issued. Inscribed by "The re-publisher" to poet Daniel Hoffman on the front fly. Orchises unknown books
1961réf. 537525New York: Berkeley Publishing 1961. Softcover. Fine. First edition thus. Introduction by Granville Hicks. Discoloration at the corner of the top right edge not affecting the interior pages else fine in wrappers. A collection of excerpts from various notorious works such as Juliette by Marquis de Sade The Memoirs of Casanova "Salome by Oscar Wilde "The Taylor Shop" by Henry Miller The Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs among others. Issued as Berkeley Medallion S538. An uncommon book. Berkeley Publishing unknown books
1904réf. 429030Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. 79 2pp. Measuring 3.75" x 5.5". Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with age-toning and creases on the spine in a very good slipcase lacing the top edge with tears. One of 425 copies on Japan Vellum some pages uncut. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
1987réf. 385830New York: McGraw-Hill 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Light bumping and fading of the extremities light foxing else near fine in a nearly fine dust jacket with some light fading on front panel. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1997réf. 320072New York: Marlowe & Company 1997. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Blue printed wrappers. Light sticker offsetting on front wrapper else fine. Marlowe & Company unknown books
1991réf. 60236New York: Dell Books 1991. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Uncorrected proof. Light circular market on front wrap else fine in wrappers. Dell Books unknown books
réf. 63775NY: Modern Library nd. Hardcover. Near fine. Hardcover. Very good hardback in a price clipped and rubbed jacket. Modern Library hardcover books
1976réf. 25943New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1976. First Edition. Hardcover. price-clipped moderate wear to book at extremities; jacket a little faded and soiled along spine and adjacet edges of both panels a bit of wear along top edge including a couple of small closed tears and very shallow paper loss at top of spine. B&W photographs INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the colophon page: "For Ann and Del / My special 'Dear Hearts' / whose friendship I / treasure. / Blessings and love / Meta Wilde / March 1 1980." The author's "full story of her romance with William Faulkner which began when she was a script girl for Howard Hawks and Faulkner came to Hollywood to work on the scenario for THE ROAD TO GLORY and continued over the next thirty years whenever time and chance gave the lovers an opportunity." Wilde went on to become one of Hollywood's legendary script supervisors working well into the 1980s sometimes under the name Meta Rebner with an impressive string of credits including TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD THE GRADUATE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT SHAMPOO and TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. The inscribees of this copy were director Delbert Mann and his wife; Ms. Wilde had worked for Mann on the 1960 film THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. Signed by Author . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1979réf. 49933NY:: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0670169749 . First printing thus. Very good in a very good light foxing on verso price clipped dust jacket. . Viking, hardcover books
1945réf. 274011New York: The Heritage Press 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint. Translated from the French by Lord Alfred Douglas. New introduction by Holbrook Jackson. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Near fine copy in a very good somewhat edgeworn slipcase. The Heritage Press hardcover books
1932réf. 1397647New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons c. 1932. Hardcover. Octavo 256 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering all corners clipped. Minor chipping to edges and corners of dust jacket. Crease to spine of dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked. Foxing and age toning to text block and interior pages. With reference to "Roughy the Dog Who Ran Away" and "The Year'Round' both published in 1932 on dust jacket flaps. With four illustrations by C.M. Burd and Walter Crane. Shelved Case 2. 1397647. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1919réf. 12126London / Paris: Methuen & Co / 1919. Twelfth Edition / Second Foolscap Edition / Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good. Twelfth Edition / Second Foolscap Edition / Second Printing. Cloth. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. "It is thought that a selection from Oscar Wilde's early verses may be of interest to a large public at present familiar only with the always popular Ballad of Reading Gaol also included in this volume. The poems were first collected by their author when he was twenty-six years old."--Preface. Two other volumes of Wilde's more prolific works. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Light shelfwear and bumped corners toning throughout else tight bright and unmarred. Bound in green cloth with dark blue outlining gilt borders and deckled edges. 8vo viii 161pp. ; xix 180pp. ; xi 352pp. Methuen & Co / unknown books
réf. 12189London / New York: Harpers / Penguin / Unicorn Press / Book Collector's Association. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. Works include: Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann biography paperback The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde with an introduction and commentary by Merlin Holland 2003. DJ. De Profundis by Oscar Wilde Unicorn Press DJ. nd. HC The Satryicon of Petronius Arbiter translation acribed to Oscar Wilde. Book Collectors Assoc. 1934 From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Light shelfwear and bumped corners toning throughout else tight bright and unmarred. Harpers / Penguin / Unicorn Press / Book Collector's Association hardcover books
1929réf. 10135New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1929. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Includes sixteen full page illustrations from the imagination of John Vassos. This was the third Wilde work illustrated by renowned book illustrator and industrial designer John Vassos. This edition was limited to 200 signed and numbered copies this is copy 165. Signed by the illustrator on the limitation page. Moderate shelf/edge wear spine sunned tips through light toning to text block edges else tight bright and unmarred. Quarterbound black cloth spine green paper boards pale green endpapers. 8vo. 102pp. Illus. b/w plates. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
2022réf. 139828Tualatin OR: Clinker Press The 2022. quarter cloth over paper=covered boards. Clinker Press. 8vo. quarter cloth over paper=covered boards. 12 pages. Limited to 35 copies designed and printed by Andre Chaves. A fine copy. Printed in Intertype using Dwiggins designed Electra and bound by Mariana Blau. Features a illustrated portrait of Oscar Wilde on the title-page. Clinker Press, The unknown books
1922réf. 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
réf. TB34134London: Collins no date stated. No edition stated. No printing stated Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text on one compartment with blind embossed lines suggesting spine bands wrapped around the spine and extending to the boards. A 16mo of 7 by 4 5/8 inches with gilt on all edges of the text block. Without a dust jacket as issued. An extremely elaborate binding with gilt decorations on the turn-ins with marbled end sheets bound by Hatchards of London. 1381 pages containing a collection of works by Wilde including Stories with The Picture of Dorian Gray; Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories; A House of Pomegranates 510 pages. Plays including: Lady Windermere's Fan; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest; and Salome 391 pages Poems & Essays of 480 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates from drawings by Donia Nachshen. Collins hardcover books
