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1878rif. 178974Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton and Son 1878. His debut First edition of Wilde's first independent publication a poetic evocation of the historic Italian city composed while a student at Oxford and awarded the University's prestigious Newdigate Prize; "its laments for the sufferings of Dante and Byron proclaimed admiration and anticipation" ODNB. The inspiration for the poem came on a "vacation ramble" to Italy in 1877. Wilde recited the poem at the Sheldonian Theatre on 26 June where according to the review published the next day in The Oxford and Cambridge Undergraduate's Journal he was "listened to with rapt attention and frequently applauded" Ellman p. 94. Provenance: Alfred Sutro 1869-1945 with his bookplate. Sutro was a San Francisco lawyer and bibliophile who served as president of the Book Club of California from 1925 to 1945. Octavo pp. 16. Original grey-green printed wrappers lettered in black. Housed in a custom red cloth chemise lettered in gilt. Bookseller's ticket on verso of front wrapper. Wrappers rubbed front wrapper professionally reattached small chips to edges small loss to lower outer corner of rear wrapper browning to title page from bookplate: a very good copy. Richard Ellmann Oscar Wilde 1987; Mason 301. hardcover
1926rif. 190158Paris: F.-L. Schmied 1926. In a superb art deco Schmied binding Signed limited edition number 59 of 162 copies only signed by Schmied on the original drawing of these two French translations of Wilde's The Happy Prince and The Nightingale and the Rose originally published in 1888. François-Louis Schmied 1873-1941 a Swiss-born French painter engraver and printer incarnated the art deco style in the 1920s which he brought to its peak in the bibliophile-oriented publishing field. Quarto 273 x 222mm. Finely bound by Creuzevault in contemporary blue crushed morocco titles to spine in red morocco onlay and blind tooling pictorial onlays in blue red brown white and black morocco heightened in silver after two of Schmied's in-text ornamental designs blue patterned silk endpapers original colour pictorial wrappers preserved blue silk bookmark untrimmed. Housed in a custom plush-lined patterned-paper slipcase light rubbing to extremities. Original gouache signed by Schmied mounted before limitation page 60 colour woodcuts heightened in silver and gilt including 4 full-page suite of woodcuts all but one on Japan title page in red and black with Schmied's device in similar colours. Light sunning and rubbing to spine the binding otherwise sharp occasional light offsetting else internally fresh and clean; a near-fine copy. unknown
1899rif. 183655London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. The truth is rarely pure and never simple First edition signed limited issue number 17 of 100 copies signed by the author and printed on large handmade paper. Wilde's last and greatest play opened to huge acclaim on Valentine's Day 1895 but was withdrawn after Wilde's failed libel suit against Lord Queensberry led to his arrest. The play was not published in book form until February 1899 after Wilde's release from prison. The total edition comprised 1000 unsigned copies 100 signed large paper copies and 12 signed copies on japon for presentation. Quarto. Original pink cloth spine lettered in gilt stylized leaf motifs by Charles Shannon in gilt to spine and covers edges untrimmed. Housed in a custom red quarter morocco folding box. Spine sunned and rubbed tiny spots of wear to extremities light browning to endpapers as usual. A very good copy. hardcover
1973rif. ZB1354648Easton Press 1973. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Nov 2 SALE item Gilt-stamped full green leather hardcover moire endpapers and pastedowns a.e.g. fine. Includes Notes from the Archives and an unused Easton Press bookplate laid in. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Easton Press hardcover
rif. 116015The Heritage Press New York. 1937. The Heritage Press New York. 1937. First edition thus. Hardback in slipcase. NO DW. Tall quarto. Illustrated. Dark grey textured boards with gilt type to spine. Small splits to upper hinge. A lovely clean copy in a worn and soiled red slipcase. hardcover
rif. P13O-01071Barnes & Noble Classics. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Barnes & Noble Classics unknown
2026rif. x-1608888150Clearview Editions 2026. Hardcover. New. 418 pages. 7.00x0.94x10.00 inches. Clearview Editions hardcover
2024rif. x-0128229519Academic Pr 2024. Paperback. New. 360 pages. 9.25x7.50x9.25 inches. Academic Pr paperback
rif. RED6IPAMKTPKGreat Books Foundation. paperback. Like New. in x in x in. Great Books Foundation paperback
2023rif. 9866Newburgh NY: Thornwillow Press 2023. First Thus. Paperback. Fine/Fine. Duodecimo. 5 x 7.25 in. 69 pp. Fine in original plain sewn-wrappers and a fine pictorial dust jacket. From a limited edition of 600 copies with ephemera from the press including a handsomely printed William Johnson Cory broadside. Thornwillow Press paperback
1891rif. 69675London: Ward Lock and Co 1891. Full Description: WILDE Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward Lock and Co. 1891. First edition in book form this being the Edition de Luxe limited to 250 copies numbered by hand and signed by Oscar Wilde this being number 52. Royal octavo 8 1/2 x 7 inches; 215 x 180 mm. vii 1 334 pp. Printed on Dutch hand-made paper watermarked Van Gelder. Publisher's quarter parchment over rough grey bevelled boards possibly rebacked retaining the original spine. Front cover with gilt lettering atop a pattern of fifty-five gilt butterflies designed by Charles Ricketts spine lettered in gilt at base top edge gilt rest uncut. Newer endpapers. Previous owner's penciled poem in German to half-title. Some dust-soiling to deckle edges. Some rubbing to bevelled edges. A small slit at the bottom of the front hinge. Overall a very good copy in the publisher's binding. The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's first novel and was first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine July 1890. Six new chapters are added to this first appearance in book form with many other additions and variations. On its first appearance this book was violently attacked by the critics and its publication did Wilde a great deal of harm. Mason 329. HBS 69675. $55000. Ward Lock and Co unknown
rif. 15586bBendix & Krakau Berlin 1893. 32 Tafeln in Original-Leineneinband-Flügelmappe etwas fleckig. unknown
rif. 45222LONDON FOLIO SOCIETY 2009. A FINE COPY IN A NEAR FINE CLIPCASE. INTRODUCTION BY SIMON CALLOW AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY EMMA CHICHESTER CLARK. LONDON, FOLIO SOCIETY, 2009 unknown
2000rif. BN75421Michael Neugebauer Verlag 2000. Hardcover. mit feinsten Kratzern fast neuwertig! Michael Neugebauer Verlag hardcover
2026rif. x-9376467345Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 331 pages. 5.74x1.02x8.74 inches. Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd hardcover
1891rif. 195705London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co. 1891. Wilde as critic First edition of Wilde's collected essays on aesthetics and criticism originally published in journals from 1885 to 1890. Wilde revised the essays for this edition setting out his ideas "in a gorgeous profusion of epigram and paradox ostentation and learning frivolity and wisdom" ODNB. This is one of 900 copies for publication in Britain from a total edition of 1500. Octavo. Original green cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt edges untrimmed. Bookseller's stamp in blind of Palmer Howe & Co. Manchester. Small bumps to extremities faint marks to p. 229. A near-fine copy. Mason 341. hardcover
rif. 76342Paris: Charles Carrington 1908. Psychological thriller FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto 26 x 20cm pp.312. Illustrated with seven full-page wood engravings by Eugene Dété from drawings by Paul Thiriat of Paris with titled tissue guards tanned. The publisher's note on the illustrations is tipped onto the half title although dated 1908 the book was issued in 1910 due to the artist's health. Bound in half Japanese vellum gilt lettering to spine sewn endbands grey paper covered boards top edge gilt. Discreet gift inscription to endpaper a few light reading marks within else generally clean edges toned vellum is bright paper covered boards have browned some rubs. Decidedly scarce. The most popular of Wilde's books The Picture of Dorian Gray appeared first in Lippincott's magazine in 1890. The story as published in book-form contains six new chapters many alterations and much additional matter. After the famous trial the publishers although inundated with orders for copies withdrew the book from circulation. The unforgettable dark and brooding chiller set in high-society late-Victorian London; a coded and epigrammatic melodrama inspired by his Wilde's own tortured homosexuality. Mason 335 p.349. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908 unknown
1925rif. 50305London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited 1925. Very Good Condition/Very Good Condition. London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited 1925. First Edition Thus. Octavo; publisher's cloth dark green topstain pictorial endpapers in black pictorial dust jacket printed in green and matching paper-covered slipcase; xvi250pp.; frontispiece and eleven leaves of plates collated complete. Corners nudged jacket margins a bit chipped with one-inch loss at spine crown moderate wear to slipcase margins and paper scar to rear panel briefly affecting text of the list of the Ebony Library series. Still in Very Good condition in the rare jacket and slipcase. John Lane the Bodley Head Limited unknown
rif. 0458934208-7-1-29Methuen. n. Acceptable. With dust jacket. 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. Methuen unknown
2013rif. 117225The Folio Society London. 2013. The Folio Society London. 2013. Hardback NO DW in slipcase. Blu spine with silver type and design. Silver slipcase. Still in shrink wrap so a lovely clean and fresh copy. hardcover
1898rif. 183485London: Leonard Smithers 1898. For he who lives more lives than one more deaths than one must die First edition one of 800 unnumbered copies printed on handmade paper; a further 30 copies on japon were published simultaneously. The first edition sold out rapidly and a second edition was issued within weeks. Octavo. Original white quarter cloth spine lettered in gilt light brown cloth sides edges untrimmed leaves mostly unopened. Housed in a custom yellow cloth chemise and quarter calf with yellow cloth slipcase. Spine lightly toned a little soiling and bubbling to covers browning to endpapers. A very good copy. Mason 371. hardcover
1905rif. 000022800London: Methuen and Co. 1905. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Octavo approx. 5 1/4" wide by 7 5/8" tall ix1 11-151 1 40 pages of publisher's ads dated February 1905. Dark blue cloth covers with gilt titles and emblem. Top edge gilt. Light wear at cover edges. Preface by Robert Ross. Some light foxing on last couple of leaves. Former owner name on half-title page. Wilde's letter to Lord Alfred Douglas "Bosie" written in prison. It was published by Wilde's executor Ross five years after Wilde's death but the autobiographical elements were withheld and the entirety not published in full until 1962. Studio Methuen and Co. hardcover
rif. 4377ABBerlin Deutsche Bibliothek 1922. OHld. m. Rückenschild u. reicher Rvg. Goldschnitt. Bd. 1 m. Frontispiz u. Einleitung zu Leben u. Werk v. Philipp Aronstein. Berlin, Deutsche Bibliothek (1922). unknown
2017rif. x-1526411725Sage Pubns Ltd 2017. Paperback. New. 5th pap/psc edition. 291 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. Sage Pubns Ltd paperback
2017rif. x-1526411717Sage Pubns Ltd 2017. Hardcover. New. 5th har/psc edition. 291 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Sage Pubns Ltd hardcover
