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1908Best.-Nr. 3482London: Methuen and Co 1908. Near Fine. 8vo. Single volume of the collected works from the set of 80 copies bound in full vellum. Gilt lettering and designs by Charles Ricketts to the front board with gilt lettered spine. Top edge gilt other edges untrimmed yapp edges. Housed in a black cloth slipcase. Methuen and Co unknown
1908Best.-Nr. 005410London: Methuen and Co. 1908. Written in 1882-83 and first produced in 1891. The first edition consisted of twenty prompt copies. This is a Very Good copy of a new edition LIMITED to 1000 copies on handmade paper. Scarce. White cloth binding titling and decorations on the front cover in gilt. Clean text; 210 pages. Spotting to the endpapers but the textblock is bright and fresh with no foxing. Top-edge is gilt others rough-cut. Contains a tipped-in notice of American copyright protection. Corners are bumped. Front gutter is partially cracked; the spine is darkened and there is soiling to the white covers. Still a solid copy of a hard-to-find edition. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Methuen and Co. Hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 005406New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1909. This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Edition stated "Second Edition with Additional Matter". A publisher's note states that the new material is "aggregating some eighty pages." Gray-green paper-covered boards with gilt titling on spine and front cover. Clean text; xiii 154 pages. Frontis portrait of Wilde by J.E. Kelly from 1882. Edited with a Prefatory Dedication By Robert Ross. There are previous-owner stamps on both front and rear endpapers. Some rather faint darkening around the margins. The dustjacket has some edgewear with chipping along the top edges and one at the foot of the spine. In an archival plastic protector. Second American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by J.E. Kelly. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. G.P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
1908Best.-Nr. 005194Boston and London: John W. Luce & Company 1908. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Reddish-brown cloth binding with gilt deoration and titling on the front cover; titling on spine is gilt. Clean text; x 66 pages. Top edge is gilt. The Introductory Note is by Robert Ross Wilde's executor and relates how the play was lost and then found but incomplete. To complete the play the opening scene was written by Sturge Moore 1870-1944. Some rubbing at the margins; small crease bottom of front cover; spine darkened. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John W. Luce & Company Hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. 005212New York: E.J. Clode 1903. Perhaps Wilde's most well-known poem originally published with his prisoner number "C.3.3." as a pseudonym by the publication of this version his name had been revealed and used by other publishers. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition which was LIMITED to 259 copies. An uncommon to scarce edition. Bound in vellum with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; printed in red and black with edges deckle. Not paginated; Quercus counts 57 and the limitation page. Period 1906 previous-owner signature on FFEP with the notation "her wedding day." Rubbed at the margins with soiling or darkening definitely showing due to nature of the binding. The spine is darkened and has some tiny tears; while the gilt is bright it is a bit of a chore to read without a squint or two. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. E.J. Clode Hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 004739New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1909. First published in 1905; this is the "Second Edition with Additional Matter" First Edition Thus. Light green paper-covered boards with gilt titling on the front cover; the spine is black cloth with a full-length paper label with gilt titling. Clean text; xii 154 pages. Frontis portrait of Wilde from an etching 1882 by J.E. Kelly. Rubbing and darkening at the margins. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J.E. Kelly. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. G.P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 004431New York: Brentano's 1905. This is a Very Good Plus copy of an early printing 1905 of Wilde's poem. Gray-green paper-covered boards with paper labels on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 39 pages. Nicely bright and clear printed on quality laid paper. There is some rubbing and darkening around the margins. The fragile spine label is chipped vertically with about 50% loss. In an archival plastic protector. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Brentano's Hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 004441London: Leonard Smithers 1899. First published in 1898 anonymously under Wilde's Prisoner identification number this is a copy of the Seventh Printing which was the first to identify him by name. This copy also states "Entered at the Library of Congress Washington U.S.A." indicating an American issue; a bit uncommon thus. Ochre cloth binding with gilt lettering on a linen spine. Clean text; 31 pages. This is a Very Good copy but there are some issues. The corners are bumped; there is a spot on the front cover and a few stains on the rear. Some cracking to the hingesgive it a shaken feel. Also there is a long inscription in Latin also done into English on the FFEP and a signature on the Dedication Page. A decent-enough place-holder but certainly not for the advanced collector. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leonard Smithers Hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 004339London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Wilde used his prisoner's number as his nom de plume for the early printings. This is a Very Good copy of the "Fourth Edition" Printing. Tan and cream-coloured binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 31 pages text printed only on the recto. There is a contemporary 22 May 1898 previous-owner signature only three letters on the front free endpaper. There is a tiny bookseller label Brentano's Paris on the rear paste-down. The paste-downs and free endpapers are typically tanned. The corners are bumped; surfaces soiled; and there is a crease on the rear cover. The spine has darkened but the lettering remains readable. Within this rather used-looking exterior the textblock is wonderfully fresh and bright. A solid copy of this rare edition. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leonard Smithers Hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 002530Boston & London: John W. Luce & Company 1905. This is a Very Good Plus copy of Volume One from the First American Edition of Wilde's Plays. This volume contains "Lady Windermere's Fan" and "A Woman of No Importance." Red-brown cloth binding with titling in gilt; floral motif decoration on the front cover. Clean text; the pagination is not continuous: 78 pages and 94 pages. Gilt topedge others rough deckle. Bumped lower corners and the spine faded but readable. Uncommon. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John W. Luce & Company Hardcover
1911Best.-Nr. 002170London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1911. An important omnibus of Wilde's poetry. Includes the complete "Poems" 1881 "Uncollected Poems" 1876-1893 "The Sphinx" 1894 "Ravenna" 1878 and "Reading Gaol" 1898. Uncommon. First issued by Methuen in 1908; this is a Near Fine copy of the Eleventh Edition stated from December 1911. Notes by his friend and literary executor Robert Ross 1869-1918. Clean text; 320 pages. Gilt on the top other edges deckle. It has been rebound in a light green cloth. A very nice little volume rather too "sophisticated" for the advanced collector but a great reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Eleventh Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Methuen & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
Best.-Nr. PrakashN-9781606600870Dover Publications. HC-Trade Cloth. New. ENGLISH Dover Publications hardcover
Best.-Nr. PrakashN-9781606600870Dover Publications. HC-Trade Cloth. New. ENGLISH Dover Publications hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1643365991.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. Harper-9781400344161HARPER MUSE. New. HARPER MUSE unknown
Best.-Nr. Harper-9781400344161HARPER MUSE. New. HARPER MUSE unknown
Best.-Nr. 9353837847.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1888Best.-Nr. 024406Cassell 1888. No Binding. Near Fine. Assorted. 1st edition Volume I 4to 12¼ x 9½ ins. Original 3/4 leather and cloth boards. Quite worn with spine missing and both covers loose. First 4 1/2 3/4 pages torn along bottom right-hand edge & Final 2 pages 571/2 torn along center. Pp. iv 572 pages v-viii. All other contents are very good and better Many illustrations and color plates. NOTE: This is NOT a reprint it is the Original Printing from 1888. Cassell unknown
Best.-Nr. 0192541951.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1915Best.-Nr. F - 21The first edition in Russian of the famous fairy tale by Oscar Wilde. Published by the Moscow publishing house Knebel specializing in the production of literature for children. A publication with colorful illustrations. Knebel hardcover
Best.-Nr. 059306500X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 000470472X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1891Best.-Nr. 260London: Ward Lock & Co 1891. First Edition. First printing without Bowden's name added to the title page imprint the Preface with Wilde's name at the end in larger bolder type and with "nd" for "and" beginning the eighth line from the bottom on page 208. The error was corrected for the second printing which included the 250 signed copies of the limited edition-copies that in addition to being the second issue are literally the second printing. This trade edition is not only earlier than the limited but when it has its dust jacket many times rarer. Original white vellum parchment-backed boards former owner's neat name to endpaper spine slightly faded from light not dust else near fine in the rare dust jacket with small tears and chips to the spine tips and corners neatly repaired a bit short an irregularity with nineteenth-century hand-trimmed jackets but a charismatic jacket still-integral clean and one to be owned with pride. An unequivocal Victorian classic as great a short novel as has ever been written and copies in dustjacket must have been dumped in the Bermuda Triangle because they never show up at auction or in the trade. Full morocco case. Wilde was from that atypical minority of great men those who do not remind us of anyone else. He wrote the best comedies since Shakespeare mastered paradox and was the reigning wit of the 1890s but he became a victim when society forgot that the mouse should never be a juror at the cat's trial. Dorian Gray was his only novel and why not When you write one like this one is sufficient. It's undeniably a modern Gothic and a self-evident Victorian classic unique in the delicacy of its grim and melancholy metaphor and it continues to maintain it's appeal even in our 21st century. Ward Lock & Co unknown
1867Best.-Nr. 737441867. WILDE Richard Henry. Hesperia: A Poem. By Richard Henry Wilde. Edited by His Son. Original cloth A.e.g. Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1867. First edition. Scarce in the trade. Epic poetic narrative in four cantos in ottavo rima. Light wear to head of spine faint scattered foxing to exterior leaves else very good. unknown
2020Best.-Nr. Gyan-9789357137256Facsimile Publisher 2020. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 3.63 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
