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1928réf. 207063New York: E.P. Dutton Inc 1928. Hardcover. 124 pages. Wilde's classic book inspired by his time spent in prison. Features striking illustrations by John Vassos. A very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with wear to the corners a small vintage bookstore sticker to the front pastedown an attractive vintage bookplate to the front free endpaper and some other minor internal wear. No dust jacket. A solid copy of this terrific book. E.P. Dutton, Inc unknown books
1987réf. 601455Oxford: Oxford University Press 1987. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Edited with an introduction by Isobel Murray. 12mo. Illustrated wrappers. Wraps rubbed and bumped along the edges about near fine. Oxford University Press unknown books
1923réf. 1394604New York NY/ London UK: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1923. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 58 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Blue-green spine aged brown with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering has mild shelving wear stains on the rear cover moderate wear along the front cover and moderate age-toning along the extremities. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges light fraying along the spine corners and moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges. Textblock has moderate soiling on most pages faded pencil marks on the front pastedown a pen signature from previous owner "Mary R. Beebe" mild wear along the edges moderate foxing along the head and fore edges and mild age-toning along the edges. DL consingment. Shelved in Room Z. 1394604. Special Collections - Upstairs. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1950réf. 206516London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 298 pages. Posthumously released collection of essays from the author of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" "The Importance of Being Earnest" and numerous other books. Edited and with an introduction by Hesketh Pearson. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some slight toning to the edges and some other minor wear. A very pleasing copy. Methuen & Co. Ltd unknown books
2015réf. UWILBEA00lhNotting Hill 2015. Very Good. Wilde Oscar. Beautiful and Impossible Things: Selected Essays of Oscar Wilde. Brandreth Gyles. London: Notting Hill 2015. 202pp. Bibliography. 12mo. Purple cloth. Book condition: Very good. Notting Hill hardcover books
1925réf. 607516New York: Farlag "Die Feder 1925. Softcover. Very Good. Presumed first Yiddish-language edition. Translated by Aharon Karlin. Octavo. 32pp. Text in Yiddish bound and paginated in the Yiddish style. Stapled printed wrappers with a bit of tanning and edgewear page edges a trifle foxed and the last few leaves with a small faint stain near the spine base very good. The lower wrap prints a publisher's advertisement for a couple of "Die Feder" titles as well as their monthly art and literary magazine The Pen. Very uncommon. Farlag "Die Feder unknown books
réf. 9032252New York: Illustrated Editions Company. Hardcover. Good. Illustrations throughout by Beardsley. Bound in publisher's original quarter black cloth with red boards spine and cover stamped in gilt. Three-quarter inch closed tear to bottom of last page of text. Wear to extremities through cloth at bottom corners slight separation of quarter cloth at boards on front cover. 6 1/4 x 9 inches. 120 pages. Illustrated Editions Company hardcover books
1953réf. 2347100New York: The Folio Society 1953. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Gaastra John. First thus Nash Folio 50 #63. Jacket spine toned 2 inch closed tear on rear jacket edge 1 inch closed tear and tiny chip on front jacket edges endpapers foxed fore edge lightly foxed. 1953 Hard Cover. 156 pp. Wood engravings in color by John Gaastra. A complete collection of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales which as Oscar Wilde himself explained were written 'partly for children and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy.' Includes: The Young King; The Birthday of the Infanta; The Fisherman and His Soul; The Star-Child; The Happy Prince; The Nightingale and the Rose; The Selfish Giant; The Devoted Friend; The Remarkable Rocket. The Folio Society hardcover books
1911réf. 2222674First edition thus from British sheets. Small octavo. Introduction by Robert Ross dated Reform Club May 25 1910. Original red stamped brown boards. No dust jacket. Very good small chip at head of spine. 86 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Pages 61-86 contain a shorter early draft of the ballad. Printed by T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. Browne’s Bookstore hardcover books
1907réf. 23487Leipzig 1907. Boards. Very Good. Aubrey Beardsley. The 1907 1st German appearance with the seminal Aubrey Beardsley illustrations. Solid and VG- to VG in its gray boards over navy-blue leather spine. Mild spotting to the boards especially at the rear board a degree of chipping along the spine affecting the gilt-titling and the gilt-rule. Lovely former owner bookplate to the front pastedown offsetting at the colophon darkening along the rear blank endsheet. Still though a very presentable copy and uncommon as such with Aubrey Beardsley's 15 magnificent plates including frontispiece and title page beautifully complementing Oscar Wilde's text. #283 of 825 copies issued. unknown books
1950réf. 591270New York: Carl Fischer 1950. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Single bifolium with a single sheet insert making six pages. Music shop sticker on the front cover along with a small abrasion from a removed price sticker and the printed price canceled in black marker edgewear and toning still a very good and complete copy. For voice and piano. Plate number 30704 - 4. The back cover features short samples of "My Eternity" "My Lovely One" "My Heart is a Silent Violin" and "Listen! Do You Hear!" The lyrics for this song come from Oscar Wilde's story The Happy Prince. OCLC locates only three holdings and it appears to be equally uncommon in the trade. Carl Fischer unknown books
1909réf. 11870London: Methuen & Co 1909. Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Third Edition. Cloth. A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales written by Oscar Wilde that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales 1892. 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. Shelfwear and bumped corners foxing throughout else tight bright and unmarred. Bound in green cloth with gilt decorations and deckled edges. 8vo 179pp. Former owner signed on fep inscription on half title. Methuen & Co unknown books
1907réf. 9029442Boston: John W. Luce 1907. Fine. Aubrey Beardsley. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with front cover stamped in elaborate gilt. Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. 13 illustrations including title page and table of contents. 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches. 36 pages. John W. Luce hardcover books
1927réf. 2222501Forty-fifth edition with additional matter. Small octavo. Original gilt blind stamped green cloth uncut. No dust jacket. Very good. 156 pages. No signatures or bookplates.7 page dedication by Robert Ross.Printed by T. and A. Constable Ltd. at the University Press Edinburgh.Includes listing details for all 45 printings. Methuen & Co. Ltd. hardcover books
1937réf. 021166New York: Limited Editions Club 1937. Hardcover. Wear to spine mostly at tips and along front edge with some loss; contents clean. Near Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Zhenya Gay. Quarto 7-1/2" x 11" bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #473 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more unusual bindings of the press. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1993réf. 9028827London: Folio Society 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Ian Archie Beck. First Folio Society edition. Edited and introduced by Holland illustrations by Beck. Bound in ivory cloth with spines stamped in maroon and gilt covers in illustrated gilt. Comes in brown slipcase stamped in illustrated gilt. Beautifully illustrated by Beck and with photographs and reproductions in color and black and white. 6 x 9 1/2 inches. Folio Society hardcover books
1973réf. 014840Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1973. All edges are gilt. Covers and spine are lettered and designed in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. A copy of Notes From the Archives is laid-in. Introduced by Sir John Gielgud and illustrated by Tony Walton. A beautifully-constructed fine binding. The two plays are bound dos-a-dos or back-to-back. "The Importance of Being Earnest" was first performed in 1895 and "Lady Windermere's Fan" in 1892 both at the St. James Theatre London. Wilde 1854-1900 was an Irish poet and playwright. 125-114pp. . The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Green Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Super Royal Octavo. The Easton Press Hardcover books
1953réf. 9028355London: Trustees of the British Museum 1953. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original navy cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Indexes include an Index of Former Owners of the drawings followed by concordances of various catalogues and registries pertaining to the drawings. 153 plates. Trustees of the British Museum hardcover books
2000réf. WELLER9780679783213Modern Library 2000. New. New book. Modern Library unknown books
2001réf. 172264Cambridge MA: The MIT Press 2001. First edition. Oblong hardcover. Edited by Ann and Jurgen Wilde. Introduction by Ulrike Meyer Stump. Includes 61 plates. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. The MIT Press unknown books
réf. WELLER9781509827831New. New book. unknown books
1949réf. 9027364Socking: Bachmair 1949. Aubrey Beardsley. One of 2100 copies printed. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth with front cover elaborately stamped in gilt rear cover stamped with a smaller gilt design. Bachmair hardcover books
1904réf. 2222206N.d. Paris 1904. Pirated edition. Octavo. Original light blue wrappers stamped in dark blue with a decorative border of Tudor roses and leaves. Uncut. Very good some medium foxing; few nicks. 48 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Mason 611. Privately Printed paperback books
1920réf. 46822Boston: John W. Luce & Co 1920. Reprint. Slim octavo 19cm; dark red publisher's cloth stamped in gilt front; 53pp 12 plates missing one. Boards mildly worn and soiled some rubbing to extremities; textblock toned along edges and page margins; foxing and soiling intermittent throughout; some passages marked in pencil; gift inscription on ffep. Else Very Good scarce. Wilde's Salomé was published in 1891 originally in French. An English version came about in 1894 but not before a tiff over the translation work done by Lord Alfred Douglas who was Wilde's paramour at the time. This 1920 reprint retains the iconic artwork by Aubrey Beardsley and all sixteen original illustrations are listed in the index; however the plate with illustration 4 "The Woman in the Moon" is presumed missing with evidence of its loss between pgs. 6 and 7. John W. Luce & Co unknown books
1987réf. 9027278Perishable Press / Woodland Pattern 1987. Paperback. fine. This is the second broadside of the series limited to 200 copies. Presentation signed by Whitney. Single shet folded broadside. Perishable Press / Woodland Pattern paperback books
