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1871réf. 190902Glasgow: Cameron & Ferguson 1871. Second edition of this collection of poetry by Jane Francesca Wilde 1821-1896 the mother of Oscar Wilde. Prior to the publication of the first edition in 1864 Lady Wilde contributed pro-Irish independence poetry to The Nation under the nom-de-plume "Speranza". Octavo. Engraved frontispiece of the poet after Bernard Mulrenin. With 10 pp. of publisher's ads at rear. Original green cloth spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt brown coated endpapers. Bookplate of Jeremy J. Mason. Extremities a little worn cockling to rear cover binding shaken foxing to outer leaves. A good copy. hardcover
1918réf. 191157New York: Printed and published by the author 1918. Second privately printed edition presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Clarence E. Thompson from his friend the author in token of immediate sympathy Frank Harris Oct. 1920". Thompson c.1876-1945 was a writer and political publicist. He worked on the Presidential campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. The Irish-born journalist Frank Harris 1855-1931 led a dissolute life that some observers believed to have been redeemed only in his loyal support of the disgraced Wilde as demonstrated by this biography of "impressionistic value despite factual vagaries" ODNB. George Bernard Shaw in his appended letter to the author Memories of Oscar Wilde writes: "Now that you have written the best life of Oscar Wilde let us have the best life of Frank Harris" p. 32. The first private and trade editions were published two years earlier. 2 vols octavo. Frontispieces and 4 halftone photographic plates. Original green cloth spines and front covers lettered in gilt front covers ruled in blind. Bookplate of Frederick W. Skiff 1867-1947 designed by W. F. Hopson. Occasional marks extremities gently bumped front inner hinges split but sound small abrasion to front pastedown of vol. I. A very good set. Mason 694. hardcover
1918réf. 191149New York: Printed and published by the author 1918. Second privately printed edition presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Arthur Humphreys good friend and good fellow from the author Frank Harris with many pleasant memories. Berlin 18.12.22". Humphreys 1865-1946 was a close friend of Oscar and Constance Wilde and published Oscariana in 1895. Humphreys was a writer and senior partner at Hatchards Books. The Irish-born journalist Frank Harris 1855-1931 led a dissolute life that some observers believed to have been redeemed only in his loyal support of the disgraced Wilde as demonstrated by this biography of "impressionistic value despite factual vagaries" ODNB. George Bernard Shaw in his appended letter to the author Memories of Oscar Wilde writes: "Now that you have written the best life of Oscar Wilde let us have the best life of Frank Harris" p. 32. The first private and trade editions were published two years earlier. 2 vols octavo. Frontispieces and 4 halftone photographic plates. Original green cloth spines and front covers lettered in gilt front covers ruled in blind. Bookplate of Jeremy J. Mason; invitation to a 1907 Coefficients club dinner RSVP'd and signed by Halford Mackinder 1861-1947 loosely inserted. Spines toned and foxed extremities bumped vol. 1 front inner hinge split but sound light damp stain to list of illustrations. A very good set. Mason 694. hardcover
1899réf. 182530London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. I really think it reads the best of my plays First edition trade issue one of 1000 copies. Wilde's political comedy premiered at the Haymarket on 3 January 1895 and ran until 6 April. His arrest the day before the production closed precipitated his "utter social destruction" ODNB and the play was not published in book form until two years after his release from prison. An Ideal Husband led George Bernard Shaw to hail Wilde as "our only thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit with philosophy with drama with actors and audience with the whole theatre" Saturday Review 12 January 1895. Wilde himself wrote to the publisher stating that "I really think it reads the best of my plays" cited in Nelson p. 392. The edition also included 100 signed copies on large paper and 12 on Japanese vellum reserved for presentation. Small quarto. Original pink linen with gilt floral motifs after designs by Charles Shannon spine lettered in gilt fore and bottom edges uncut. Bookplate of the collector and Steinbeck bibliographer Adrian Homer Goldstone 1897-1977. Spine cocked and sunned extremities bumped occasional patches of rubbing contents foxed. A very good copy. Mason 385. James G. Nelson Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley Wilde Dowson 2000. hardcover
1903réf. 66558Portland Maine 1903. Liten 4to. Orginalt hvitt kartonasjebind med smussomslag. Ubeskåret. vii 1 296 4 s. Thomas B. Mosher Engelsk. “Six hundred copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper and the type distributed”. Sjelden med smussomslaget. unknown
1899réf. 70468Ldn. 1899. Høy 8vo. Originalt shirtingbind. Ubeskåret. 31 s. VEDLAGT : André Gide : Oscar Wilde. In memoriam Souvenirs. Le “de profundis”. Paris. 1947. 8vo. Originalt typografisk omslag. Ubeskåret og uoppskåret. 75 s. Leonard Smithers Engelsk. Hilsen på fribladet. Senere enn 7. utgave men før 1907.Svake indre og ytre falser noe løs. unknown
1915réf. 52233New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1915. Flexible Cloth. very good . 141p 32mo. No date but circa 1915. A very good copy in red flexible cloth. Rubbing and light wear to spine ends and corners. Top edge of textblock gilt. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1921réf. 016018Westminster: Beaumont Press 1921. This being one of 75 printed on vellum numbered signed by Ethelbert White copies. Book measures 22x15.5.cm. 591pp plus 3 single page illustrations. Bound in original publishers quarter vellum with patterned boards and gilt lettering. Spine gouged worn with loss possibley rodent wear. Binding in good clean firm conditioon. Internally pages clean. A good clean copy in a worn binding. . Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Quarter Vellum. Good Plus. 8vo. Beaumont Press Hardcover
1908réf. 108275Methuen and Co. London. 1908. Methuen and Co. London. 1908. First edition thus. LIMITED to 1000 copies in the UK and USA. Hardback NO DW. Cream gilt cloth boards with gilt illustrations to upper. Boards are browned and soiled especially the spine and corners are crumpled. Top page edges gilt. Fore edges are slightly foxed and browned. Overall a lovely copy. hardcover
réf. 119720London John Lane 1894. . First edition one of 50 large paper copies; 4to; printed on hand-made paper contemporary ownership inscription to limitation endpapers browned; publisher's straw coloured buckram with gilt decorations by Charles Ricketts gilt lettering to spine spine browned a couple of trivial marks to covers else very good plus; housed in custom purple cloth chemise and matching quarter morocco slip-case. One of only 50 large paper copies. This play contains some of Wilde's most famous epigrams. First performed in April 1893 prior to being published in book form A Woman of No Importance addresses many social issues with Wilde's wit and dark humour. The run of the play was cut short as a result of Wilde's arrest and prosecution. The scandal dampened enthusiasm for Wilde's work until after his death in 1900 when interest in his work began to revive. Mason 402. London, John Lane, 1894. hardcover
2025réf. x-1041148453Routledge 2025. Hardcover. New. 144 pages. 8.50x5.43x8.50 inches. Routledge hardcover
1894réf. 185053London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1894. A sublime production by the enfants terribles of Victorian Britain First edition in English the first to feature Beardsley's elegant art nouveau illustrations. "If Le Morte Darthur made Beardsley known his designs for the first edition in English of Wilde's Salomé made him notorious and it remains the book of which most people think when his name is mentioned" Ray. Salomé was published in French in 1893. This English translation by Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas was published the following year in a run of 500 trade copies as here and 100 on large paper. The premiere took place on 11 February 1896 at the Comédie-Parisienne; the Lord Chamberlain cited Protestant Reformation laws banning religious plays to restrict the public staging in Britain. An opera version was sanctioned for performance in 1910 though the play itself had to be staged privately until the first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in 1931. Small quarto. Frontispiece illustrated title list of illustrations pages 9 plates and tailpiece all by Beardsley; publisher's unopened 16-page advertisements at end. Original blue canvas boards spine lettered in gilt decorations designed by Beardsley to covers in gilt edges untrimmed. Cloth slightly rubbed gutter cracked between a couple of gatherings a couple of plates discreetly reinserted. A very good copy. Mason 350; Ray 315A. hardcover
1899réf. 182434London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. An unusual binding First edition number 373 of 1000 copies. This copy is in a contemporary vellum binding in a style that was popular at the end of the nineteenth century similar to those produced by both the Kelmscott Press and the Riccardi Press. This copy was part of the standard issue in cloth; a further 100 signed large paper copies and 12 signed copies on japon were produced. Wilde's last play opened to great acclaim on Valentine's Day 1895 but was withdrawn after Wilde's failed libel suit against Lord Queensberry led to his arrest in April of that year. The play was not published in book form until February 1899 after Wilde's release from prison. Quarto 210 x 155 mm. Contemporary limp vellum spine lettered in gilt green silk ties top edge gilt others untrimmed. Natural variation to vellum light foxing mostly to edges. A very good copy. Mason 381. hardcover
1894réf. 79809London: Reeves and Turner 1894. Volume 2 only. Near Fine condition. In very nice condition. Unfortunately we have been unable to locate volume 1. Lady Wilde was the mother of Oscar Wilde. Reeves and Turner unknown
1893réf. 371134Oxford: published for the Proprietor by James Thornton High Street 1893. 100 pp. Squarish 8vo. Blue printed paper wrappers. Some chipping and loss to covers; toning to pages. 100 pp. Squarish 8vo. Featuring "The Disciple" by Oscar Wilde and pieces by Lord Alfred Douglas H. M. Beerbohm and John Addington Symonds. published for the Proprietor by James Thornton, High Street unknown
2024réf. x-1038320682FriesenPress 2024. Hardcover. New. 348 pages. 6.00x0.94x9.00 inches. FriesenPress hardcover
1928réf. 178757New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1928. First Vassos trade edition first printing inscribed on the half-title by the illustrator "To Josephine Allen in symbolism John Vassos" and with Allen's signature on the front pastedown. Vassos's art-deco illustrations poignantly complement Wilde's famous poem. Vassos 1898-1985 was an American industrial and graphic designer famous for designing the first commercially available television sets and many popular logos. In 1926 Vassos's design for a cover illustration for a stage production of Salomé caught the attention of the publishers E. P. Dutton resulting in a Vassos-illustrated edition of the play published in 1927. He illustrated eight further books of which this is the second. Octavo. Monochrome frontispiece 15 plates by Vassos all with tissue guards. Original blue boards black cloth backstrip lettered in gilt front board with illustration in black and gilt pale grey endpapers top edge blue fore and bottom edges uncut. With dust jacket. Spine a little cocked top edge toned closed tear to outer margin of pp. 35-6; jacket unclipped nicks chips and short closed tears to extremities spine sunned: a very good copy in like jacket. hardcover
réf. 48313554like new. unknown
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1994réf. BN68166Michael Neugebauer Verlag 1994. Hardcover. fast wie neu! Michael Neugebauer Verlag hardcover
1938réf. 222434The Limited Editions Club 1938. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Beardsley Aubrey; Derain Andre. 2 books. Both are limited editions number 168/1500. Salome hardcover illustrated by Beardsley tight clean book; very good shape; minimal wear and discloring. Salome softcover illustrated by Derain. Small tear on the spine pages toned the plastic covering is torn else very good. Signed by Derain inside. The slipcase has some wear and tear. Illustrator: Beardsley Aubrey; Derain Andre. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literary Classics; Inventory No: 222434. . The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1908réf. 51952London: Methuen & Co 1908. vellum. Very good. Octavo Incomplete set. Five of the Fourteen volumes issued in the first collected edition. This is the very scarce vellum edition printed on Japanese vellum and bound in limp vellum gilt titled. Titles are as follows "The Duchess of Padua" "Lady Windermere's Fan" "Miscellanies" "Reviews" "Salome A Florentine Tragedy and Vera". Very good in limp vellum withlight foxing to the exterior. Bookplate in each. One of 80 sets bound in vellum Mason p460. Methuen & Co hardcover
2025réf. x-103249302XRoutledge 2025. Hardcover. New. 3rd edition. 336 pages. 9.68x6.87x9.61 inches. Routledge hardcover
2025réf. x-1032487003Routledge 2025. Paperback. New. 3rd edition. 336 pages. 10.00x7.25x0.75 inches. Routledge paperback
1898réf. 180349London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Unusual in a fine contemporary binding First edition one of 800 copies printed on handmade paper. This copy is beautifully presented and includes the well-preserved wrappers at the rear. At the insistence of his publishers Wilde employed a pseudonym for fear of the negative effect his name would have on the poem's sales. "C.3.3." derives from Wilde's cell in Reading Gaol - the third cell on the third landing of Gallery C. The first edition of which another 30 copies on japon were also issued sold out rapidly. A second edition was printed within weeks. Octavo 220 x 135 mm. Contemporary brown crushed morocco by Rivière spine lettered in gilt with raised bands compartments tooled with floral design French fillet to boards gilt inner dentelles dark green coated endpapers top edge gilt fore and bottom edges uncut original wrappers bound in. Label sometime removed from front pastedown rear blanks lightly toned from wrappers. A fine copy. Mason 371. hardcover
