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1944Best.-Nr. 393142London : Unicorn Press 1944. 1944 edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Provenance: Previous owner's signature to front pastedown. Physical description: 32 p. ; 19 cm. Notes: The Ballad of Reading Gaol was first published by Leonard Smithers in 1898. This edition was printed in 1944 and reprinted twice in 1945. Subjects: County Gaol & House of Correction Reading England; Poetry; Ballads; 19th century literature. London : Unicorn Press hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 358268London: A.L. Humphreys 1914. 1st Edition. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers and dust wrapper; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. In poor case with some loss. Remains quite-well preserved overall. Physical description: 79 pages illustrations. Subjects: Epigrams English -- 19th century. Aphorisms and apothegms in literature -- 19th century. Wilde Oscar. London: A.L. Humphreys paperback
1962Best.-Nr. 342513London : R. Hart-Davis 1962. Hardback edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xxv 958 pages 31 unnumbered pages of plates : facsimiles portraits ; 25 cm. Subjects; Wilde Oscar 1854-1900. Correspondence. Wilde Oscar 1854-1900 ; Biography. Authors Irish 19th century ; Correspondence. Authors Irish 19th century ; Biography. London : R. Hart-Davis hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 325177London: Castle Press 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Minor browning to the pages. Includes previous owner's inscription. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 63 pages: illustrations black and white; 23 cm. Subjects: Wilde Oscar 1854-1900 Imprisonment; Poetry. Wilde Oscar 1854-1900. Works. 1948. Reading Prison Reading England; Poetry. Imprisonment; Poetry. Prisoners; Poetry. Genre: Poetry. London: Castle Press hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. 325471Emmas Pennsylvania: Story Classics 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with a slip-case. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Minor browning to the pages. Includes previous owner's inscription. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 99 1 p.: col. ill.; 25 cm. Subjects: Short stories English 19th century. English literature 19th century. Illustrated books British Isles 1954. Genre: Short Story. Emmas, Pennsylvania: Story Classics hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 325467New York: NBM Publishing 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge- torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical Description: unnumbered pages; illustrations. Subjects: Fairy tale; Comic books strips etc. Genre: Fiction. Illustrated. New York: NBM Publishing hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 333217London: Journeyman Press 1980. Reprint. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: review copy. Physical description: 64 pages: illustrations; 20 cm. Subjects: Prisons; Poetry. Prisoners; Poetry. Prisoners. Prisons. English poetry. Poetry in English 1837-1900 Texts. WILDE Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills – poetry. Genre: Illustrated. Poetry. London: Journeyman Press paperback
1962Best.-Nr. 328076Soho Square / London: Rupert Hart Davis Ltd 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Provenance; bookplate of Eric S. Quayle. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; clean and strong. Physical description; 432 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliography and index. Subjects; Wilde Oscar 1854-1900. Correspondence. Authors Irish 19th century. Biography. English literature. Soho Square / London: Rupert Hart Davis Ltd hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. 333862Aldershot : Lund Humphries 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 144 p. : ill. mostly col. ; 29 cm. Oscar Wilde. Aesthetic Interiors. Genre; Illustrated. Aldershot : Lund Humphries hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 333848London : Black Cat 1989. First Edition reprinted. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 487 pages. Notes; First published in 1982 by Orbis. Includes index to introductions and annotations. Subjects; Wilde Oscar 1854-1900. London : Black Cat hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. 312132Edinburgh : University of Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Library copy. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: xix 573p. : ill. ; 24cm. Subjects: Arachnida Ixodida -- Vectors Medical zoology. Edinburgh : University of Edinburgh, Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine hardcover
1894Best.-Nr. 151353London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1894. In the original vellum decorated by Charles Ricketts First edition one of 200 unnumbered copies. Wilde's poem together with Charles Ricketts's art nouveau illustrations was described by W. E. Henley Wilde's harshest critic as "about as fin-de-Siecle a business as you ever saw" Frankel p. 155. Wilde first met Ricketts in 1889 and in the two years that followed the artist designed either parts or the entirety of several of Wilde's works. Now celebrated for his book illustration and design Ricketts is also noted for his theatre designs and costumes and he contributed to the first English production of Wilde's Salomé in 1906. James G. Nelson records that alongside the 200 copies published in the limited edition a further 103 copies were printed though most of these were left unbound. Small quarto. Title page design one half-page illustration and eight full-page illustrations by Charles Ricketts. Original full vellum pictorial decorations by Ricketts to spine and covers in gilt all edges untrimmed printed throughout in black green and red. Ownership signature to front free endpaper and ownership inscription to preliminary blank. Vellum lightly soiled as usual and some occasional internal foxing; a fresh and very good copy with bright gilt to the covers. Nicholas Frankel Oscar Wilde's Decorated Books 2003; Mason 361; James G. Nelson A Checklist of Early Bodley Head Books: 1889-1894. hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 316233Leipzig : Insel-Verlag 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 100 pages 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 25cm. Subjects: English stories -- Translations into German. Leipzig : Insel-Verlag hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. 308025London : Hart-Davis 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: xxv 958p. : ill. ; 25cm. Subjects: Wilde Oscar 1854-1900 -- Correspondence. London : Hart-Davis hardcover
1919Best.-Nr. 291332London : Methuen 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Library marks remain. Front board starting. Physical description; vi 218 p. ; 18 cm. Subjects; Dobson Austin 1840-1921 Criticism and interpretation. Essays Great Britain 19th century. English literature 19th century. Authors Irish 19th century. Essays English 19th century. Books ; Reviews. Literature History and criticism. Books. Literature. Genres; Criticism interpretation etc. Reviews. London : Methuen hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 252961New York Philadelphia Chicago : The Nottingham Society 1907. Edition de luxe. Hardcover. Good copies in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 3 volumes plates : illustrations facsimiles ; 22 cm. Contents; v. 1. The Duchess of Padua. An ideal husband. v. 2. Salome. The importance of being earnest. v. 10. Dorian Gray. Subject; English literature. New York Philadelphia Chicago : The Nottingham Society hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 252644New York Philadelphia Chicago : The Nottingham Society 1907. Edition de luxe. Hardcover. Good copies in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 6 volumes plates : illustrations facsimiles ; 22 cm. Subject; English literature. Contents; Reviews. Miscellanies The House of Pomegranates & De Profundis Lord Arthur Saville's Crimes Intentions Lady Windermere's Fan & A Woman of No Importance. New York Philadelphia Chicago : The Nottingham Society hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 240867New York : E. P. Dutton & company 1930. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges with general wear to the spine bands. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 3 p.l. 3-57 p. : front. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Oscar Wilde 1854-1900. Drame. One-act plays. Irish theatre. 19th century. Genre; Illustrated. New York : E. P. Dutton & company hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 238105Secaucus : Chartwell Books 1977. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 160 pages; Description: 160 p. : ill. chiefly col. ports. 1 col. ; 35 cm. Subjects: Hell's Angels. Motorcyclists. Gangs. Secaucus : Chartwell Books hardcover
1995Best.-Nr. 232838Zweitausendeins 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 2 vols.: 1- 685 pp. 2- 648 pp. Subjects; Oscar Wilde. Collected writings. poems. tales. short stories. essays. aphorisms. Genre; collected works. Zweitausendeins hardcover
1922Best.-Nr. 208060Berlin : Deutsche Bibliothek 1922. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copies in the original leather-backed boards. Gilt-blocked leather labels and gilt-tooled compartments to spines. Gilt motif to front panels. Some surface staining evident to boards mainly vols. 1 2 & 5. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. There is a small chip between the top of the spine cover and front board of volume 1. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: From the library of Edmund Stossl with his bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Description: 5 v. ; 18 cm. Summary: 5-volume German edition of Oscar Wilde's collected works. Contents: Oscar Wilde sein Leben und Lebenswerk von Philipp Aronstein. Gedichte ubers. von Otto Haufer. --Bd. 2. Lady Windermeres Facher ubers. von Alfred Brieger. Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung ubers. von Felix Paul Greve. Ein idealer Gatte u¨bers. von Alfred Neumann. Bunbury oder Die Bedeutung des Ernstseins ubers. von Felix Paul Greve. --Bd. 3. Vera oder Die Nihilisten ubers. von Alfred Neumann. Die Herzogin von Padua ubers. von Max Meyerfeld. Salome ubers. von Frieda Uhl. Das Granatapfelhaus ubers. von Frieda Uhl. Der gluckliche Prinz und andere Marchen ubers. von Rudolph Lothar. Gedichte in Prosa ubers. von Rudolph Lothar. --Bd. 4. Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray ubers. von W. Fred. Lord Artur Saviles Verbrechen und andere Geschichten ubers. von Frieda Uhl. --Bd. 5. Vortrage uber Kunst. Stickerei und Spitzenkunst. Ziele ubers. von Paul Wertheimer. Die Seele des Menschen unter dem Sozialismus ubers. von Paul Wertheimer. Aus dem Gefangnis ubers. von Emanuela Mattl-Lowenkreuz. Satze und Lehren zum Gebrauch fur die Jugend. Subjects: English literature -- Drama -- Prose -- Poetry -- Novels -- 19th century -- Translations into German. Language: German. Berlin : Deutsche Bibliothek hardcover
1918Best.-Nr. 199720Weimar : Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag 1918. First Edition. Hardback. Fair to good copy bound in cloth-backed boards. Spine cover is torn and frayed with binding intact. Gilt motif to front panel. Panel edges slight dulled and rubbed. With protective clear plastic wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 66 pages; Physical description: 8 11-66 4 p. : illus. ; 25 cm. Notes: Translated by Felix B. Greve. ""Mit original-Lithographien Vignetten und Initialen von Charlotte Christine Engelhorn"" -- Half-title. Series: Graphischen Bucher ; Bd. 2. Genre: Children's books - English fairy tales - Lithographs - Germany - 1919. Language: German. Weimar : Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 116845Secaucus : Chartwell Books 1977. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 160 pages; Description: 160 p. : ill. chiefly col. ports. 1 col. ; 35 cm. Subjects: Hell's Angels. Motorcyclists. Gangs. Secaucus : Chartwell Books hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 81986Dublin: Royal Irish Academy 1863. First Thus. . Half-Leather. Reading copy/No Jacket as issued. A Collection of articles dating 1856-63. Library markings; boards present but detached; backstrip missing; leather worn esp at corners; foxing to prelims; textblock sound; contents vg; 14 7 13 31 19 17p illus. Includes: 'On the Ancient & Modern Races of Oxen in Ireland' 'An Essay on the Unmanutactured Animal Remains in the Royal Irish Academy illustrative of the Ancient Animals of Ireland' 'An Inquiry into the Time of the Introduction and general use of the Potato in Ireland.& Notice of 'Bog Butter' 'Account of A Manuscript of Dr Willoughby's 'On The Climate and Disease of Ireland''. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Royal Irish Academy hardcover
1904Best.-Nr. 071990Boston: Alfred Bartlett 1904. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gray buckram lettered in black string binding. Cover cloth lightly soiled. Firm binding clean interior. 32 pp. Early printing of one the first American editions of Wilde's classic poem. Alfred Bartlett Hardcover