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1973ref. 225834Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. Book is in near fine condition but lacks a slipcase. 114 and 125pp. illus.#366 of 1500 copies signed by Tony Walton. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine top and bottom edge gilt. News letter included. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1946ref. 97Limited edition: this copy is number 19 of 28 copies. SIGNED by Anibal Bargas Nigoul. Fine unbound folio sized sheets in near fine age toning illustrated wraps with glassine cover. Housed in a very good three inch tear at the top of the front joint moderate shelf wear blue cloth slipcase. ; 97 pages. Buenos Aires paperback
1893ref. 002401London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh 1893. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus. 8vo. 21.5 by 16 cm. 8.5 by 6.25 inches. 18 132 14 2 pp. With publisher's list of books in the back. In this first edition apparently only 500 copies were printed! The pages are heavily toned per the norm for the paper stock but clean otherwise. The binding is tight. A few uncut leaves in the advertisement section. FEP with small ornamental bookplate pastedown of "Carroll Atwood Wilson" who was a well-known book collector of his day as well as a lawyer and chief legal counsel to the Guggenheims. The publisher's peach-colored cloth has some blistering on the boards. Along the edges there are long narrow spots in which the color is washed out. The spine has been rebacked with most of the original spine mounted thereon with a small loss of the gilt lettering transpiring. The resulting spine also has small dark spots and one is likely not to find it prepossessing. Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh unknown
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ref. 1426466005.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. a52364Berlin 1843. In German. Hardcover. Octavo 407pp. foldout plates boards. 19th c binding of black "fingerpaint-style" boards. Binding appears old but may be a rebinding. Pages 1-248 are on Isaac Newton. Owner name stamp K. Graff on front free blank. VG light cover wear; spine paper label present but lettering has faded away. Text clean; binding very secure. Slight bit of light foxing in text but no notatin or underlining. Hinges not cracked in or out. Volume 2 only. Scarce. Pictures available on request. . hardcover
1923ref. 6000868NY: Putnam 1923. Bound in grey boards with blue cloth spine. Dustwrapper shows a bit of darkening to spine and light chipping to bottom end. Top chip 1/3" but not affecting any text. Overall in well above average condition. This is the true first U.S. edition of this title in the original dustwrapper. A three act play with an introductory note and a letter to "Mrs. Chan Toon". This copy is listed as the Second Edition F'cap 8vo . 1923" title page verso; originally published in Great Britain in a limited edition in 1922 but it is indeed the first U.S. edition. Scarce in the dustwrapper and in this protected condition. 58 pp. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good . Putnam Hardcover
2008ref. 5001036NY: School of Visual Arts 2008. Bound in artsy bright green wraps with cut-out spine in custom slipcase. A very serious production from the Art School. Over 400 pp. of art graphics from the school. Included is a separate folder that contains a CD. Scarce. First Edition. Stiff Wraps. Very Good /No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. School of Visual Arts Hardcover
1967ref. 897Philosophial Library 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardback with Dust Jacket which has a little wear no edition stated presumed first Philosophial Library hardcover
1903ref. 008870Paris: No Publisher 1903. This is a Limited/Numbered edition #190 of 250 copies. Published by Smithers in London even though it lists the publication locale as Paris. 132 pp. A tight clean copy but the spine shows typical fading readable but just barely. A pirated early printing. . Early Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. No Publisher Hardcover
1928ref. 6248Paris: Black Sun Press / Editions Narcisse 1928. Limited Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Quarto 30pp. illustrated. A quite crisp clean copy near fine with some scrunching to the the front interior fold of the glassine dust jacket else a very nice indeed with just a hint of scattered foxing. In the original silver chemise and slipcase. The chemise is in near fine condition with a modest marginal stain and the slipcase is missing one thin side panel thus good only. An entirely unrestored copy of this beautiful publication. An errata slip is apparently called for but none is present in this copy. This is number 26 of 100 limited copies on Van Gelder Zonen paper of a total limitation of 113. Black Sun Press / Editions Narcisse unknown
1913ref. GD012460BC4S4J.W. Meyer 1913. J.W. Meyer & Co. 1913 8vo. 332 pages. Book bound in a dark brown 3/4 leather with leather corners blue cloth boards top edge gilt frontispiece. Signed binding by publisher. Five ive raised bands on spine with single ruled gilt borders. Title and author name in gilt on spine. Light edgewear at board tips else book in very good condition. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J.W. Meyer Hardcover
1907ref. 67715London: A. R. Keller & Co 1907. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. Illustrated. London: A. R. Keller & Co. 1907. Edition de Luxe of the Uniform Edition. One of 200 numbered copies of which this is number 14. Complete in fifteen octavo volumes. Measures 7 1/4 x 5 in. Illustrated in black and white with plates in two states each with a descriptive tissue guard. Title and limitation pages on Japanese vellum printed in black and red with additional engraved title pages in each volume. Finely bound in modern full green levant morocco. Spines tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with a red morocco gilt floral inlay four raised bands all edges gilt marbled endpapers. A fine set. This very early edition precedes the 1908 Ross edition of Wilde's works often described as the first collected edition. HBS 67715. $11500. A. R. Keller & Co unknown
1925ref. 5131bx1301 last printed page correct for this publisher's first printing. Scarce in any condition. G/ndj with edgewear tidemarks else quite sound. Green cloth spine red paper-covered boards with holly decoration. Paste-on paper title block. eps illustrated by Edna Cooke Shoemaker. 51 pages. 7 5/8" tall D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1905ref. 142408200016Methuen and Co. : London 1905. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1905 PRINTING. "Second Edition" stated on title and copyright pages. Ex-Library with usual markings: bookplate inside front cover markings on front endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly foxed and tanned gilt top-edge shows soiling. Page edges untrimmed. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration show moderate edge wear with rubbing and light scuffing to corners and spine tips. Rubbing to spine fading along bottom. Book is slightly shelf-cocked. Front hinge is cracked binding remains tight. INCLUDES PREFACE BY ROBERT ROSS. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Methuen and Co. : London hardcover
1906ref. biblio4Very good condition. Decorated blue cloth boards front and spine panel stamped in gold gold titles gilt device on the front cover other edges untrimmed. Gilt top edge to text-block. Interior pages clean. Spine tight. All edges of text-block untrimmed. Preface by Robert Ross 151 text pages plus 40-page publishers catalogue to rear dated July 1906. 224 mm x 140 mm. Methuen & Co.
1905ref. biblio72First German edition of The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde's first published short story about a family who moves to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead nobleman who killed his wife and was starved to death by his wife's brothers. Translated by Franz Blei. Preliminary leaves 88 pages with frontispiece and plates by famed German painter and illustrator Heinrich Vogeler of the Worpspede Artist's Colony. On vellum paper. Signs of wear: Cover loose from binding. Some soiling on front and back cover; chipping on bottom edge of binding no tears no missing pages. LEIPZIG: IM INSEL paperback
ref. a99867New York 1921 first edition. Glenn Frank editor. Complete issue for December 1921. vol 103 no. 2. royal octavo wraps. Issue paginated pp. 161-320. Many illustrated advertisements. Wilde's "For Love of the King" appears on pp. 225-242 and is fully decorated with designs by W T Benda "printed in tint" illustrations are black with orange color. The pages of the play are bordered with orange line about text block. All 3 acts are included. Lovely illustrations and all in fine condition. Believed to be the very first appearance of this play. Text is Near Fine; issue cover is in Good condition with some light soiling and light edge and spine end chipping . Binding secure; no owner marks; text clean. RARE. Pictures available on request. . paperback
1909ref. 34522Leather spine and corners show wear. Gilt at top page edges. Former owner's name otherwise interior clean. This edition is limited to 1000 copies this is number 767. A few black and white illustrations. Pictures on request Lamb Publishing co hardcover
1978ref. 7082617Garland Publishing 1978. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN:0824024559 Garland Publishing hardcover
ref. 1019519894.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1580815634.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
ref. 1241694826.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1275112331.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
