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1891rif. 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 books
1927rif. 49809New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1927. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1927. First Trade Edition. Small Quarto; black boards stamped in gilt; decorative endpapers; illustrated dust jacket; 57pp. Thirteen plates featuring illustrations by Vassos including frontispiece complete. Mild shelfwear to boards and spine very slightly cocked; binding sound and pages unmarked. Dust jacket chipped with several tears and tape mending to verso; colors remain bright; still about a Very Good copy. E.P. Dutton & Company unknown books
1928rif. 49810New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1928. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1928. First Trade Edition. Small Quarto; black cloth-backed boards; illustrated dust jacket; 124pp. Sixteen plates with tissue guards featuring illustrations by Vassos including frontispiece complete. Mild shelfwear and rubbing to boards; binding sound; contemporary gift inscription to preliminaries. Dust jacket lightly worn and chipped along edges and folds with some general rubbing; a Very Good copy. The rear panel reads "Vassos' interpretation of Wilde's masterpiece illustrating the emotional experiences of a condemned prisoner in his last days. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc unknown books
1882rif. List3658Boston Massachusetts: W. A. Evans & Bro 1882. Folio illustrated wraps. Pages detached from each other small chip to corner images and music fine remains good to very good and quite attractive. Good to very good. A visually striking example of Oscar Wilde-related ephemera issued during the height of the writer's American lecture tour of 1882. Though lacking a printed date the title strongly suggests publication in connection with Wilde's appearance at the Boston Music Hall on January 31 1882 where he delivered his lecture "The English Renaissance" as part of his widely publicized tour across the United States. Contemporary accounts describe the event as a notable cultural moment including the presence of Harvard students dressed in exaggerated aesthetic costume who occupied the front rows of the hall reflecting both the fascination with and satirical reception of Wilde's aesthetic persona.1 The lithographic cover prominently depicts a figure carrying an oversized sunflower an image closely associated with Wilde and the broader Aesthetic Movement. Such illustrated sheet music functioned not only as musical publications but also as collectible artifacts capitalizing on the figure of Wilde. Over the course of several months he traveled widely across the United States and Canada delivering lectures on art decoration and cultural taste and quickly became a subject of both admiration and parody in the American press. Although he never returned for a comparable national tour Wilde maintained a lasting connection to American audiences. We know of a variant edition of the Evans imprint with a different illustration as well as a different version published in Boston by Ditson the same year. OCLC 500491189 specifying this edition with the large sunflower illustration locating five copies. 1 "Freshmen at Oscar Wilde's Lecture" The Harvard Crimson February 1 1882. W. A. Evans & Bro unknown books
1932rif. 574421New York: The Review of Reviews 1932. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 97-192pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes. Printed wrappers. Covers lightly soiled with modest general wear spine slightly sunned very good. Prints "The First and the Last" by John Galsworthy; additional contributions by Anton Chekhov A.A. Milne Oscar Wilde George Du Maurier George Eliot Emily Dickinson Lewis Carroll and more. The Review of Reviews unknown books
1931rif. 574426New York: The Review of Reviews 1931. Softcover. Good. First edition. 1-96pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes. Printed wrappers. First few pages and front wrap creased at top corner with tears at edges wrappers with moderate general wear small chip on rear wrap spine ends with some loss good only. Prints "The Second Bet" by Anton Chekhov in English for the first time and "The Apple Tree" by John Galsworthy; additional contributions by O. Henry Christopher Morley Oscar Wilde John Donne Katherine Mansfield Mark Twain John Keats Alexandre Dumas and more. The Review of Reviews unknown books
1932rif. 574422New York: The Review of Reviews 1932. Softcover. Good. First edition. 481-574pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes. Printed wrappers. Wrappers detached but present separated at rear flap fold bottom ¼ of spine lacking still good or better. Prints "The Portrait of Mr. W.H." by Oscar Wilde; additional contributions by W. Somerset Maugham O. Henry Honoré de Balzac Katherine Mansfield William M. Thackeray "Saki" and more. The Review of Reviews unknown books
2012rif. 570907Cambridge Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2012. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Edited by Nicholas Frankel. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press unknown books
1935rif. WB18285London: Duckworth 1935. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated in colour and black and white by Charles Robinson. Reprint edition of this popular book of stories. Original tan cloth faded in patches. Internally a sound copy - although a previous owner has colored in a few of the black and white drawings. As far as uncalled-for-coloring in a modern book goes I've seen a lot worse. Duckworth hardcover books
1934rif. 2351516New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1934. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 80x80x80. Lewis Allen. Reissue. Lacks jacket. Spine faded boards lightly soiled. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1934 Hard Cover. lxxxv 1 408 4 pp. 8vo. Original orange cloth blue titles. Translation attributed to Oscar Wilde with an introduction by 'S.W.' and illustrations by Allen Lewis. Notes bibliography and index follow text. "Satyricon or Satyrica is a Latin novel believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius though the manuscript text of the Satyricon calls him Titus Petronius. The surviving text a mixture of prose and poetry details the misadventures of the narrator Encolpius and his lover a handsome sixteen year old boy named Giton. Throughout the novel Encolpius has a hard time keeping his lover faithful to him as he is constantly being enticed away by others. Encolpius' friend Ascyltus who seems to have previously been in a relationship with Encolpius is another major character but he disappears from the narrative half way through the surviving text. It is a rare example of a Roman novel the only other surviving example quite different in style and plot being Metamorphoses written by Lucius Apuleius. It is also extremely important evidence for the reconstruction of what everyday life must have been like for the lower classes during the early Roman Empire. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover books
2025rif. 2350782New York: DK Classics 2025. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 5x0x8. First thus. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2025 Hard Cover. 223 pp. A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Oscar Wilde's decadent and disturbing novel with foiled covers marbled edges and endpapers and a silk ribbon bookmark. Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous glamorous world of selfish luxury he apparently remains physically unchanged by the stresses of his corrupt lifestyle and untouched by age. But up in his attic hidden behind a curtain his portrait tells a different story. DK Classics hardcover books
1954rif. 2347030Emmaus Pennsylvania: Story Classics 1954. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 0x0x0. Braby Dorothea. Limited edition #1558 of 3000 copies. Includes publisher's slipcase and original clear acetate jacket. Jacket fair slipcase good: Large chip from rear jacket panel jacket slipcase and endpapers foxed. 1954 Hard Cover. 99 pp. Includes afterword by Edward J. Fluck woodcut illustrations by Dorothea Braby frontispiece and four plates in text. A novella by the author of The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray also notorious as the focus of one of the first celebrity trials in which he was convicted of gross indecency for homosexual acts. Originally published as part of a collection of four short works. Story Classics hardcover books
2023rif. 2339850New York: Wednesday Books 2023. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x0x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on publisher bookplate adhered to additional titles page. Top edge of jacket lightly bumped. 2023 Hard Cover. 266 pp. Author's first novel. As an autistic scholarship student at the prestigious Webber Academy in New York City Waverly is used to masking to fit in—in more ways than one. While her classmates are the children of the one percent Waverly is getting by on tutoring gigs and the generosity of the school’s charming and enigmatic dean. So when her tutoring student and resident “it girl” asks Waverly to attend the school’s annual fundraising Masquerade disguised as her Waverly jumps at the chance—especially once she finds out that Ash the dean’s daughter and her secret ex-girlfriend will be there. The Masquerade is everything Waverly dreamed of complete with extravagant gowns wealthy parents writing checks and flowing champagne. Most importantly there’s Ash. All Waverly wants to do is shed her mask and be with her but the evening takes a sinister turn when Waverly stumbles into a secret meeting between the dean and the school’s top donors—and witnesses a brutal murder. This gala is harboring far more malevolent plots than just opening parents’ pocketbooks. Before she can escape or contact the authorities a mysterious global blackout puts the entire party on lockdown. Waverly’s fairy tale has turned into a nightmare and she Ash and her friends must navigate through a dizzying maze of freight elevators secret passageways and back rooms if they’re going to survive the night. Wednesday Books hardcover books
1993rif. 2333246Sydney Australia: Nacson & Sons 1993. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 1x5x8. First printing. Near fine. 1993 Trade Paperback. 310 pp. This subliminal tape is especially designed to assist in opening yourself to receive and give more love. The subliminal affirmations are to help you pull that "special" person into your life or develop a greater sense of love & caring for those who are already around you. Nacson & Sons paperback books
1894rif. OW056London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head 1894 First edition limited large paper copy with "Of this edition 50 copies have been printed" statement on the verso of the fourth preliminary page and no publisher's catalogue at the back of the book. Publisher's yellow buckram boards with gilt decorations by Charles Shannon to covers and spine spine lettered in gilt. Near fine with some toning to spine and board edges light wear to spine ends with a very shallow chip to cloth at foot of spine bottom right corner of front board worn to boards and heavy offsetting to endpapers. Overall a beautiful copy of one of Wilde's four celebrated drawing-room plays. Mason 365. A Woman of No Importance is a four-act play that was first produced in London at the Haymarket Theatre on April 19 1893. Like many of Wilde's plays it satirizes the English upper-class and criticizes Victorian society. The title "a woman of no importance" refers to the character Mrs. Arbuthnot who bears the illegitimate son of Lord Illingworth. Although societal conventions deem her a sinful woman Wilde proves Arbuthnot a respectable widow who is rewarded with a son who treats women respectfully. In contrast Illingworth one of Wilde's archetypal dandy figures is rejected by his son and many of the women in the play making him a "man of no importance." A Woman of No Importance was published simultaneously in two formats: small octavo the standard edition of 500 copies and quarto the "Large Paper" issue of 50 copies. While both constitute the first edition of A Woman of No Importance the large paper copies are decidedly rarer than the octavos; intended to be more exclusive and deluxe publications large paper formats were typically produced using higher quality materials lacked the publisher's advertisements and were printed in small print runs. Because they were intended as collectibles from publication large paper copies of Wilde's plays are exceedingly scarce. First Edition Limited Large Paper Copy. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head hardcover books
1976rif. 58165New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671223232 . A Nearly Fine first Printing of the First Edition that has minimal edgewear in a shelfworn dust-jacket in the same condition; Wilde Meta Carpenter and Orin Borsten tell the story of William Faulkner and Meta Carpenter from their courtship in the 1930s to their final days together in the 1950s. The book is full of insights into Faulkner's character his writing and his relationship with Meta Carpenter.; 8vo; 334 pages . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1937rif. 52410New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good. c1937. Hardcover. Very Good condition with mild sunning to the upper board edges and some shelfwear; The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a beautiful and heartbreaking poem about Oscar Wilde's time spent in prison. Wilde writes about the loneliness and sadness he feels while incarcerated and how reading and writing can keep him sane. The poem is a great reminder that even though life can be difficult it's always worth trying to find beauty in the world.; 4to ; 42 pages . The Heritage Press hardcover books
1980rif. 106377New York: Lippincott & Crowell. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. Advance Review Copy. Hardcover. If Birds Are Free is an informational children's book about the lives of free-living birds. It includes detailed descriptions of the birds' habitats how they live and how they feed themselves. The book also includes information about the threats to free-living birds and how people can help protect them.; 8vo; $6.00 . Lippincott & Crowell hardcover books
1987rif. 30503New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0070702160 . A lovely first edition/first printing in Very Good condition in alike dust-jacket with light damp staining to lower front; This book is about a woman who loses her slipper and has to go on a quest to find it. Along the way she meets different people who help her on her quest.; 8vo; 425 pages . McGraw-Hill Book Company hardcover books
1921rif. 96099Westminster a central borough in London: Beaumont Press 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. Ethelbert White. a few illustrations by Ethelbert White 59p. Originial cloth backed board. 22 cm. Moderate cover soiling. No jacket. Copy # 355 of 400 numbered 75-450 on handmade paper; 75 copies on Japanese vellum signed by the publisher and artist were also published. The 12th book published by the Beaumont Press. Beaumont Press hardcover books
2005rif. 170268New York: Basic Books 2005. xiv 539p. foreword select bibliography notes index 16 glossy pages of b&w photos first edition first printing stated in boards and unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Basic Books unknown books
1898rif. 23069London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Orig. cream cloth and light brown cloth spine darkened. Very good. 31 pages. 23 x 14 cm. One of a 1000 copies on handmade paper. The last edition to identify the author as "C.3.3." -- Wilde was imprisoned in cell block C landing C Cell 3. This narrative a tale of Charles Thomas Woodbridge's 1896 execution at Reading for the murder of his wife. Small owner signature free front endpaper free endpapers toned. Leonard Smithers hardcover books
1903rif. 55532Paris: Publisher not identified 1903. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good to very good condition. 1/250 unnumbered out of series. Octavo. 14 132pp. Bound in pink cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Bound script for the performance at the St. James Theatre London starring George Alexander and Lily Hanbury as Lady and Lord Windermere. Pirated copy by the London bookseller and publisher Leonard Smithers. The original was published without subtitle Nelson 1903.2. Spine sunned covers lightly worn along edges and rubbed. Block lightly age-toned. Publisher not identified hardcover books
1904rif. 55531Berlin: Karl Schnabel Axel Junckers Buchhandlung 1904. First German edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. 146 6pp. Bound in three-quarter leather over burgundy cloth with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering ruling and tooling on spine with raised bands retaining original wraps. Marbled endpapers. In addition to the three essays named in the title the publication contains the "Sonnet to Liberty" at rear and three pages of publisher's advertisements. Text in German. Cover with very light wear along edges and some light water staining to bottom front cover. Karl Schnabel Axel Junckers Buchhandlung hardcover books
rif. 41901Berlin: Guido Moriell 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Signed by the artist on each etching and colophon. A15/50. Small Folio. 55 1pp. Original hand bound blue Morocco with geometric cover design by bookbinder Guido Moriell and black-stamped lettering on spine housed in blue cloth clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. Every binding of the deluxe edition is a unique copy. Includes the video documenting the production of this anniversary edition housed in separate compartment of clamshell box as issued. Bibliophile edition on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the bookbinder Guido Moriell Radolfzell released in two Deluxe Editions A and B of 50 copies each and a standard edition of 100. This is No. 15 of the deluxe edition A printed on handmade paper. With 10 signed and hand colored original etchings by Rudolf Stuckert printed on the hand press of the artist. Top edge blue. Blue shaded endpapers. Blue initials. Text revised by John Loram based on the translation by Wilhelm Cremer 1922. Beautiful hand press production on firm handmade paper by the Steinort paper mill. An artistic masterpiece of modern hand press printing and bookbinding. Rudolf Stuckert 1912-2002 was a German painter and gallerist. He studied at the Academies in Kassel and Düsseldorf and was a master student of Oskar Moll. Stuckert opened his first gallery in 1936 in Düsseldorf with an exhibitions of Bruno Goller. In 1949 Stuckert became a cofounder of the New Rhine Secession Neue Rheinische Sezession in Düsseldorf. He had moved to Lake Constance in 1947 where he became a cofounder of the artist group "Der kleine Kreis" and was considered one of the so-called Höri-Painters. His paintings are an interplay of figurative and abstract elements. Landscapes ballplayers and acrobats are his favorite motifs. Guido Moriell is a film enthusiast and bookbinder in Radolfzell Lake Constance. In 2008 his work as a bookbinder was featured in the prestigious exhibition "Kunst des Bucheinbandes Art of Bookbinding" at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar. Emphasis of the exhibition was the bookbinding in historic fashion showing a video of Guido Moriell at work as an example of traditional bookbinding. Guido Moriell hardcover books
