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2018rif. 21264San Francisco: The Arion Press 2018. Decorative Boards. Fine. Sandow Birk. An immaculate copy of this 2018 offering by the Arion Press of San Francisco. #90 OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST SANDOW BIRK at the colophon. Clean and Fine in its light-green cloth over beige boards. Tall quarto also includes an all-but-pristine example of the publisher's printed slipcase. The Arion Press unknown books
1928rif. 19589New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1928. Decorative Boards. Very Good/Very Good. John Vassos. A solid copy of the 1928 1st trade edition of this John Vassos-illustrated edition. Tight and VG light offsetting at the panel edges very light abrading to the rear panel in a bright price-clipped VG dustjacket with light chipping at the panel edges. Octavo wonderfully illustrated thruout by John Vassos with each illustration including its original tissue-guard. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1921rif. 18951Paris: Calmann-Levy Editeurs 1921. An elegant copy of the 1921 1st French edition complete unto itself. Professionally bound in a handsome 3/4 morocco over marbled boards with the binder's stamp at the first blank endpaper. Solid and VG with very light offsetting along the top-edges and just a touch of light wear at the spine crown. 5 raised bands fine gilt-tooling within the compartments offsetting dark-leather title label in gilt. 12mo top-edge gilt as well. Lovely matching marbled endpapers lacking the original wrappers. Calmann-Levy, Editeurs unknown books
1923rif. 18815Paris: Les Editions G. Cres 1923. 1/4 leather. Near Fine. Alastair. Sumptuous 1923 edition with Alastair's remarkable illustrations --en coulour-- complementing Oscar Wilde's text. Handsomely bound in a 1/4 dark leather over marbled boards. 5 raised bands decorative gilt devices within the compartments. Solid and VG to Near Fine. Very clean internally as well. 12mo top-edge gilt matching marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Les Editions G. Cres unknown books
rif. 06517London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1922. The Infamous Fifteenth Volume - Wilde's 'Lost' Play That Wasn't" WILDE Oscar. For Love of the King. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1922. Limited to 1000 copies. Small quarto 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 213 x 146 mm. vi blank xiv 1-39 1 blank 4 blank pp. Handsomely bound in three-quarter black morocco over gray marbled boards covers ruled in gilt spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in compartments gray marbled endpapers top edge gilt others uncut. With the Ex Libris bookplate of Charles Bauman on the front paste-down. Housed in a black morocco edged cloth slipcase. An unusually fine well-preserved copy enhanced by an attractive later morocco binding. The notorious "fifteenth volume" of the Methuen collected works of Wilde. Originally issued in 1908 in fourteen volumes the set was unexpectedly augmented in 1922 by the addition of For Love of the King presented by the publisher as a newly discovered Wilde play. The claim was quickly met with skepticism and the work is now generally regarded as spurious or at best of highly doubtful attribution. Despite this Methuen produced the volume in uniform style with the earlier set encouraging its assimilation into complete runs. The text itself - a "Burmese Masque" - differs markedly in tone and quality from Wilde's authenticated dramatic works further contributing to the controversy surrounding its authorship. Long considered one of the more curious episodes in Wilde bibliography An essential - and somewhat mischievous - addition for collectors of the Methuen Wilde. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1922 unknown books
rif. 06518London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. The Trivial Comedy for Serious People - Wilde's Masterpiece" First Edition One of 1000 Numbered Copies WILDE Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. First edition. One of 1000 numbered copies this being No. 256. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Small quarto 8 3/4 x 7 inches; 222 x 178 mm. 16 151 1 pp. Publisher's light red-brown linen over boards covers decoratively stamped in gilt spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt the design by Charles Shannon. All edges uncut. The bare minimum of rubbing to extremities free endpapers minimally browned from paste-down glue as usual; spine slightly darkened and gilt a little dulled. Still a near fine copy sound and unrestored example. The first book appearance of Wilde's most celebrated play originally performed in 1895 at the St. James's Theatre. Issued four years later by Smithers - Wilde's principal publisher during and after his fall - this edition presents the definitive text of his final and finest comedy. The Importance of Being Earnest represents the culmination of Wilde's dramatic art: a perfectly constructed satire of identity social convention and moral pretense combining epigrammatic brilliance with unmatched theatrical economy. The edition is notable for its elegant production including the Chiswick Press printing and the distinctive gilt cover design by Charles Shannon placing it among the most visually refined of Wilde's first editions. Bibliographical Reference A pleasing and well-preserved example. The slight spine darkening and mellowing of the gilt are typical; copies retaining such integrity are increasingly scarce. Mason 382. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 unknown books
rif. 06516Oxford & London: J. Vincent & Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. 1894. Wilde at Oxford - A Lifetime Edition Issued on the Eve of Scandal" Limited to 750 Copies - Published May 1894 WILDE Oscar. Aristophanes at Oxford By Oscar Wilde. O.W. by Y.T.O. all rights reseved. Oxford & London: J. Vincent & Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. May 1894. One of 750 copies printed. Small quarto 7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 194 x 130 mm. viii 1 2-85 1 blank pp. Publisher's stiff tan/gray wrappers front cover lettered in green. Wrapper edges a little chipped as usual; otherwise an excellent example internally clean and well preserved. Housed in a green cloth clamshell case spine lettered in gilt. A lifetime edition of Wilde's early Oxford satire originally composed in 1879 here issued anonymously "O.W. by Y.T.O." in a limited printing of 750 copies. Published in May 1894 at the height of Wilde's literary success and just one year before his dramatic fall this edition represents the first substantial reappearance of the text in expanded form extending to 85 pages. It offers a rare glimpse of Wilde's formative wit - rooted in classical parody and undergraduate satire - reissued for a contemporary audience during his most celebrated period. Mason 685. Oxford [&] London: J. Vincent [&] Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1894 unknown books
rif. 06519London: John Lane. 1894. A Woman of No Importance - Wilde Before the Fall" First Edition One of 500 Copies - The Slocum Copy WILDE Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. London: John Lane 1894. First edition. One of 500 copies. Small quarto 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches; 210 x 150 mm. 16 134 1 1 blank 16 publisher's catalogue dated March 1894 pp. Publisher's light red-brown linen over boards covers decoratively stamped in gilt spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt the design by Charles Shannon. All edges uncut. Light rubbing to extremities; front inner hinge cracked but holding. Otherwise an excellent entirely unrestored example. The first edition of Wilde's third society comedy published in the same year as Salomé and on the eve of the triumph of An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest. The play explores themes of social hypocrisy gender inequality and moral duplicity - subjects that Wilde would refine and perfect in his later dramatic masterpieces. Issued in a limitation of 500 copies by John Lane at The Bodley Head the edition shares the elegant typographic and binding aesthetic of Wilde's 1890s publications with the characteristic gilt design by Charles Shannon. Complete with the publisher's catalogue dated March 1894 as called for. Provenance: The Myles Standish Slocum copy with his pencil note on the front paste-down. Myles Standish Slocum 1887-1956 was a noted American collector of first and rare editions remembered both for the quality of his library and for his encouragement of book collecting through the annual Scripps College prize bearing his name. London: John Lane., 1894 unknown books
rif. 06548Reading Berkshire: The Carpathian Press 1999. Wilde's Greatest Poem in a Modern Private Press Masterpiece One of Only 25 Copies on Velin Arches Blanc WILDE Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Engravings by Peter Forster. Introduction by Bryan Forbes. Reading Berkshire: The Carpathian Press 1999. One of 25 copies printed on Velin Arches Blanc from a total edition of 125 signed by Bryan Forbes. Large octavo 9 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 251 x 184 mm. 1-16 17-103 1 blank 1 limitation pp. Six engravings by Peter Forster. Elegantly bound by Anthony Wessely in full green morocco. Spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments olive-green endpapers. Housed in the original green cloth slipcase. A fine copy. A finely produced private press edition of Wilde's most powerful and enduring poem written in the aftermath of his imprisonment in Reading Gaol 1895-97. First published in 1898 under the pseudonym "C.3.3." Wilde's prison number the poem stands as a profound meditation on justice punishment and human suffering and remains one of the great poetic responses to incarceration in English literature. This Carpathian Press edition is among the most desirable modern fine press interpretations of the text distinguished by its restrained yet expressive engravings by Peter Forster which echo the stark emotional landscape of Wilde's poem. The use of Velin Arches Blanc paper - reserved here for just 25 copies - provides a luxurious surface that complements both the typography and the engraved plates. A beautifully conceived and executed modern private press book - uniting Wilde's most haunting work with accomplished illustration and binding of the highest order. Reading, Berkshire: The Carpathian Press, 1999 unknown books
rif. 06423London: Methuen & Co. 1908. First Collected Edition Handsomely Bound by Birdsall of Northampton WILDE Oscar. Works. London: Methuen & Co. 1908-1922. The Picture of Dorian Gray with imprint: Paris: Charles Carrington 1908. First collected edition including For the Love of the King which was published in 1922. One of 1000 issued on handmade paper out of a total edition of 1080 sets. Fifteen octavo volumes 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 209 x 146 mm. Handsomely bound ca. 1950 by Birdsall of Northampton and London stamp-signed in full light blue calf covers with triple ruled borders spines with five shallow raised bands decoratively tooled in compartments two red leather labels lettered in gilt gilt decorated boards edges and turn-ins pale blue marbled endpapers top edge gilt other uncut. Spines uniformly faded one volume a little less so otherwise a very fine set including the fifteenth volume For the Love of the King which was published later in 1922. The first collected edition of the works of Wilde is still the most complete and correct. "The text is taken in most instances from the last editions issued under the superintendence of the author. In some cases the volumes contain additional matter which had not previously been reprinted while some of the volumes contain matter here published for the first time" Mason. Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 Irish-born poet dramatist and novelist. "During his undergraduate years at Oxford and as a disciple of Walter Pater Wilde became the leader of an aesthetic movement that advocated art for art's sake. He attracted a great deal of attention with his aestheticism and by wearing long hair dressing eccentrically and carrying flowers in his hands while lecturing.Wilde was accused of homosexual practices was tried and found guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment 1895-97.On his release physically spiritually and financially ruined he went to Paris.where he lived in bitterness and despair until his death. Wilde's works include Poems 1881; two collections of fairy stories The Happy Prince and Other Tales 1888 and The House of Pomegranates 1891; The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 a novel; and many brilliantly witty plays including Lady Windermere's Fan 1892; A Woman of No Importance 1893; Salomé 1894 written originally in French and used as the basis for Richard Strauss's opera of the same title; An Ideal Husband 1895; and The Importance of Being Earnest 1895 often considered his masterpiece. His poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1898 and his impassioned letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas De Profundis published post-humously in 1905 were products of his imprisonment" Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia. Mason pp. 459-460. London: Methuen & Co., 1908 unknown books
rif. 06456London: T. Werner Laurie 1916. The first and still foundational bibliography of Oscar Wilde MASON Stuart pseud. of Christopher Sclater Millard. WILDE Oscar. Bibliography of Oscar Wilde. With a note by Robert Ross. Illustrated. London: T. Werner Laurie n.d. ca. 1916. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 210 x 133 mm. xxxii 605 3 pp. Numerous facsimiles throughout the text. Bound ca. 1960 in three quarter purple morocco over purple cloth boards ruled in gilt spine with five raised bands tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments marbled endpapers all edges gilt spine faded. Original pink cloth covers bound in at end. The first and still foundational bibliography of Oscar Wilde compiled by his friend and literary defender Christopher Sclater Millard writing under the pseudonym "Stuart Mason." Produced with the close cooperation of Robert Ross Wilde's literary executor this work remains indispensable for collectors scholars and the trade. Millard's bibliography is far more than a mere listing: it provides detailed descriptions of Wilde's books pamphlets periodical contributions and translations along with valuable notes on variants piracies and publication history. Issued at a time when Wilde's reputation was still in recovery following his death in 1900 the book represents an early and important effort to establish a serious scholarly framework for Wilde's oeuvre. Particularly useful are the numerous facsimiles - title-pages wrappers and documents - which give the work practical bibliographical authority and make it a key reference for identifying first editions and priority issues. A cornerstone Wilde reference here in an attractive mid-twentieth-century morocco binding well suited to the collector's shelf. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1916 unknown books
rif. 06515London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co Ltd 1913. Dorian Gray on the Stage - A Rare Early Dramatic Adaptation" WILDE Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Play in Three Acts and Prologue. Dramatized by G. Constant Lounsbery from the romance of Oscar Wilde. London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co Ltd. 1913. First edition thus. Printed at the Ballantyne Press. Octavo 8 7/8 x 6 inches; 225 x 152 mm. 1-10 11-94 95 1 blank pp. Publisher's white buckram front cover decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt spine lettered in gilt top edge gilt others uncut. A near fine copy the binding clean and unusually bright for this fragile white buckram issue. An uncommon early stage adaptation of Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray prepared by G. Constant Lounsbery for theatrical performance. While Wilde himself had explored dramatization during his lifetime no authorized stage version achieved lasting success leaving later playwrights to reinterpret the novel for the stage. This 1913 adaptation reflects the continued fascination with Wilde's most controversial work in the years following his death translating the novel's themes of aestheticism morality and duplicity into a dramatic format. London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co Ltd, 1913 unknown books
rif. 06514London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. A Play of Conscience and Corruption - Wilde at His Brilliant Peak" First Edition Limited Issue - From the Library of Esher Place WILDE Oscar. An Ideal Husband. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. First edition limited to 1000 copies. Small quarto 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 210 x 155 mm. xvi 213 1 pp. Publisher's mauve cloth covers elaborately decorated in gilt spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt top edge trimmed others uncut. With the printed Esher Place Library location label dated 1897 on the front paste-down denoting its place within a late Victorian country house library system. Housed in a red cloth chemise within a full maroon calf slipcase spine with five raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Endpapers and half-title with the lightest amount of foxing otherwise a spectacular example the binding fresh and unfaded. One of Wilde's four great society comedies An Ideal Husband premiered in 1895 at the Haymarket Theatre and stands among his most sophisticated explorations of public virtue and private compromise. Written at the height of his fame - and on the eve of his dramatic fall - the play offers a sharply observed critique of political morality reputation and the currency of secrets in late Victorian society. The 1899 Smithers edition issued in a limitation of 1000 copies following Wilde's imprisonment represents the first appearance of the play in book form and remains the preferred edition for collectors. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 unknown books
1921rif. 23766Westminster: Beaumont Press 1921. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Ethelbert White. Thin 8vo. 60pp. Cloth spine gilt. Patterned paper over boards. Finely printed letterpress on handmade paper. Woodcut cover and decorations by Ethelbert White. One of 400 numbered copies from a totla edition of 475 this is number 455. A near fine copy. "The letters included in this volume were written by Oscar Wilde to his friend Robert Ross during the summer of 1897. Wilde was released on Wednesday May 19th after completing his sentence of two years imprisonment and on that day he crossed with a friend to Dieppe where he was met by Robert Ross to whom he at once handed the manuscript of his prison letter no known as 'De Profundis'. . Beaumont Press hardcover books
1925rif. 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
1973rif. 594846New York: Samuel French 1973. Softcover. Fine. First acting edition. 12mo. 110 2 ads pp. Printed pale blue wrappers. About fine. Adaptation of Wilde's novel. Uncommon. Samuel French unknown books
1990rif. 532801Washington: Orchises 1990. Softcover. Near Fine. Offset reprint of the 1899 edition published by Leonard Smithers. Lavender cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Octavo. 152pp. Spine cocked near fine without dust jacket presumably as issued. Inscribed by "The re-publisher" to poet Daniel Hoffman on the front fly. Orchises unknown books
1961rif. 537525New York: Berkeley Publishing 1961. Softcover. Fine. First edition thus. Introduction by Granville Hicks. Discoloration at the corner of the top right edge not affecting the interior pages else fine in wrappers. A collection of excerpts from various notorious works such as Juliette by Marquis de Sade The Memoirs of Casanova "Salome by Oscar Wilde "The Taylor Shop" by Henry Miller The Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs among others. Issued as Berkeley Medallion S538. An uncommon book. Berkeley Publishing unknown books
1904rif. 429030Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. 79 2pp. Measuring 3.75" x 5.5". Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with age-toning and creases on the spine in a very good slipcase lacing the top edge with tears. One of 425 copies on Japan Vellum some pages uncut. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
1987rif. 385830New York: McGraw-Hill 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Light bumping and fading of the extremities light foxing else near fine in a nearly fine dust jacket with some light fading on front panel. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1997rif. 320072New York: Marlowe & Company 1997. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Blue printed wrappers. Light sticker offsetting on front wrapper else fine. Marlowe & Company unknown books
1991rif. 60236New York: Dell Books 1991. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Uncorrected proof. Light circular market on front wrap else fine in wrappers. Dell Books unknown books
1976rif. 2353650Norwalk Connecticut: The Heritage Press 1976. Reissue. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 18x13x2. Hill James. Includes publisher's slipcase and Sandglass insert. Spine a bit faded and lightly soiled edges foxed. Binding tight and square text clean bright and unmarked. 1976 Large Hardcover. xii 313 pp. Red cloth gilt titles color illustrations from paintings by James Hill introduction by Robert Gorham Davis. A collection of short stories by the poet playwright and humorist best known for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. Includes: Introduction; The Portrait of Mr. W.H.; Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Sphinx Without a Secret; The Canterville Ghost; The Model Millionaire; A House of Pomegranates: The Young King The Birthday of the Infanta The Fisherman and His Soul The Star-Child; The Happy Prince and Other Tales: The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Devoted Friend The Selfish Giant The Remarkable Rocket. The Heritage Press hardcover books
1973rif. 2353963Norwalk Connecticut: The Heritage Press 1973. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Walton Tony. Includes publisher's slipcase and Sandglass insert. Slipcase edges a bit faded otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1973 Hard Cover. 125; 114 pp. Bound in imitation of the dos-a-dos style binding the reader can flip the book over to read the second of the two books included in the volume though there is no middle board present as would be the case in an actual dos-a-dos. Introduction by Sir John Gielgud color plates and woodcut illustrations by Tony Walton. Oscar Wilde was already one of the best-known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today. This collection offers newly edited texts of Lady Windermere's Fan A Woman of No Importance Salome An Ideal Husband and arguably the greatest farcical comedy in English The Importance of Being Earnest. The Heritage Press hardcover books
rif. 17933Larchmont NY: Peter Pauper Press n.d. One of fifty copies reserved for F. Kay Kaplan and André Durenceau out of a total edition of 750 copies. This copy is inscribed by Kaplan and Durenceau to prominent Los Angeles bookseller Jake Zeitlin and his wife Josephine: "to Mr. and Mrs. Jake Zeitlin. Memories of a pleasant evening. Red cloth spine decorative paper over boards. Front cover blocked in silver with title printed in black borders. White paper dust-jacket perhaps added by a former owner. . Twelvemo. 7 x 5 in. . Illustrations by André Durenceau on title-page and colophon. Printed in red gray-green and black. Upper corners of pages lightly creased. Near fine. Peter Beilenson founded Peter Pauper Press in his parents' basement in 1928. Originally focused on reprinting classic literature in the public domain the press would gradually shift towards fine press works and later gift books. During its heyday Peter Pauper was co-run with Beilenson's wife Edna who also served as the press's typesetter and binder. See the Peter Pauper Press in Blumenthal's The Printed Book in America. Peter Pauper Press hardcover books
