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1932Best.-Nr. 13343MY FRIENDSHIP WITH OSCAR WILDE BEING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS Coventry House 1932 first American edition fine in vg/near fine pictorial dust-wrapper save for some dustiness to the spine and rear dust-wrapper panel. Illustrated. 1/1000 copies. Coventry House unknown books
1894Best.-Nr. 13013A SIGNED COPY !!! THE GREEN CARNATION Appleton 1894 first American edition second issue with tipped in 1895 title page pencil notations on the end-papers spine just a bit soiled else a very good to very good plus copy of the authors anonymously published first book. Signed by the author on the title page. Rare thus. This book was based on the life of Oscar Wilde and at the time did the author some considerable harm. Appleton unknown books
1907Best.-Nr. 13130Salome John Lane / Bodley Head 1907 first edition thus small area of minor bubbling to the rear cloth cover else just about fine with all the Beardsley plates present and in fine condition. A large paper copy with extended uncut margins. John Lane / Bodley Head hardcover books
1907Best.-Nr. 12580SALOME complete in Poet Lore for Summer 1907 first edition thus a vg copy in wraps. Poet Lore paperback books
2000Best.-Nr. 10015THE WILDE YEARS OSCAR WILDE & THE ART OF HIS TIME Barbican Centre 2000 first edition fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper. Replete with both full color and black & white illustrations on virtually every page. Edited by Tomoko Sato & Lionel Lambourne. Barbican Centre unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 02501THE LITTLE THEATRE IN SCHOOL Dodd Mead 1930 first edition faint moisture stain to the rear panel and sections of the top and bottom page edges of the text block which have for the most part faintly bled onto the fore mentioned margins in various degrees most all of which are minor else a vg copy in a vg color pictorial dust-wrapper with some wear and tear and some tape reinforcement to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. Illustrated with photos with 2 of the 4 plays printed herein based on the works of Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. The pioneering / ground breaking book of children and the performing arts in school. Dodd Mead unknown books
1902Best.-Nr. 11348THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL Alfred Bartlett 1902 an early American edition wear and chipping to the spine and lower fore edge corner tips else a good copy with vg contents. 1/550 copies of this unauthorized edition. This copy bears the bookplate of Michigan politician Thomas Weadock on the f.p.d. whose collection of Napoleona was at one time second to none. Alfred Bartlett unknown books
1905Best.-Nr. 10914DE PROFUNDIS Putnam 1905 first American edition some slight wear and tanning to the spine else a tight vg copy in vg/vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and non-stick tape along the inside front flap fold. Scarce in dust-wrapper as any 1905 book publication would be. Putnam unknown books
1861Best.-Nr. 621012Boston: Russell & Tolman 1861. Softcover. Very Good. Sheet music. Folio. Single bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Notched and worn along the fold with page numbers stamped in the top corners from once being bound within an album as a result the insert remains attached to the bifolium light offsetting throughout and some soiling to the exterior still a complete and very good copy. Plate number 4276. OCLC locates only three physical holdings. Russell & Tolman unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 136397Cambridge Mass: The MIT Press 2001. Hardcover. VG- DJ & pages have slight tanning at edges. Azure cloth white & photographic dust jacket 22 pp. 61 four-color plates. The result of the 1977 discovery of 61 previously unknown collages prepared by German photographer and teacher Karl Blossfeldt 1865-1932 -- all reproduced here With an introduction by Swiss art historian Ulrike Meyer Stump. The MIT Press hardcover books
1928Best.-Nr. 47487New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1928. First edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. Very good/very good. John Vassos. 124pp. Small quarto 24 cm 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip and there is an ornamental design stamped in black and gilt on the lower fore edge corner of the front board. With a slight lean to the spine and mild bumping and fading at the extremities. Age-toned pages. The jacket has periodic short closed tears and chips in the edges and there is a small loss from the paper at the foot of the jacket's spine measuring 1" wide by 3/4" deep. Includes sixteen black and white illustrations with tissue guards by John Vassos. From the dust jacket- "Vassos' interpretation of Wilde's masterpiece illustrating the emotional experiences of a condemned prisoner in his last days. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover books
Best.-Nr. MA05H-00167Mitchell Kennerley. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: Mitchell Kennerley 1921. 1st thus. 8vo. 133pp. Facsimile. Limited edition #515/1000. Fair book. No dust jacket else Good. First published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in July 1889; printed from the original enlarged manuscript. Partially uncut. authorship William Shakespeare sonnets fiction Inquire if you need further information. Mitchell Kennerley unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. 147910New York: Farrar Straus And Giroux 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Farrar, Straus And Giroux hardcover books
1930Best.-Nr. 219075US: The Literary Guild of America 1930. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Name on front endpaper. Pages brown. Corners bent. Spine and edges of cover faded. Spine lean. The Literary Guild of America hardcover books
1950Best.-Nr. 190910New York: Modern 1950. Very Good. Later. Very good. Name on contents page. Modern unknown books
1907Best.-Nr. 219497Boston: Luce 1907. Hardcover. Good. Reprint. Good hardcover. Volume 3. Name on front endpaper. Pages light brown. Small stain on inside front cover and front endpaper. Corners rubbed and bent. Edges of spine rubbed and bumped. Spine brown. Light stain on front cover. Gold gilt on top edges of pages fading. Luce hardcover books
1910Best.-Nr. 217141New York: Black 1910. Very Good. Very good minus Fine edges foxing end papers browned. Cover rubbed with wear. Elaborate embossing on cover. Black unknown books
1927Best.-Nr. 219037New York: Wise 1927. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good hardcover. Vol. 7 only. Edges of pages light brown. Corners bent. Spine leather. Edges of spine chipped. Wise hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 253354Philadelphia: David McKay Company no date. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fourth edition. Near fine the book has faded pages crayon writing on back of front cover. near fine/ the Dustwrapper is worn and torn tears at top and bottom. David McKay Company hardcover books
1913Best.-Nr. 134877Portland Maine: Thomas B Mosher 1913. Softcover. Very Good. Fourth edition. About very good in wrappers. Spine Cracking. Slight browning on cover snd spine. On Japaneese Vellum. 1 of 425. Thomas B Mosher unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 152562New York: NY Univ 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in an about Very good dust jacket. Solid hardcover. Dustwrapper is price cliped with shelf rubbing. Light wear on corners and spine ends. NY Univ hardcover books
1969Best.-Nr. 255165New York: NY University 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover with similar dust jacket. Pages and cover are clean. Dustwrapper price clipped. Dustwrapper spine faded. NY University hardcover books
1909Best.-Nr. 622202New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition and first American revised edition with new material. Edited with a Prefatory Dedication by Robert Ross. Octavo. 154pp. Gray paper over blue cloth gilt-stamped topedge gilt. Faint scratches on front board spine and edges age-toned and lightly rubbed else a very good copy. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1881Best.-Nr. ST20886London: David Bogue 1881. FIRST EDITION First Issue. 192 x 126 mm. 7 1/2 x 5". ix 1 236 1 pp. EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE CRIMSON MOROCCO INTRICATELY GILT BY ZAEHNSDORF stamp-signed and dated 1909 on front turn-in covers framed in gilt with delicate pointillé cornerpieces surrounding inlaid green morocco drawer handles and oblique floral tools raised bands spine panels densely gilt in the pointillé style of Bozerian with stems of flowers radiating from pairs of inlaid green drawer handles turn-ins gilt-ruled red silk endleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original slightly soiled gilt limp vellum binding bound in at rear. Mason 304. A few trivial spots internally but A VERY FINE COPY--the leaves fresh clean and wide-margined and the binding lustrous and virtually unworn. This is a finely bound copy of the first edition of Wilde's first book of poetry and his first substantial work of any kind. The collection is made up of 61 poems 31 of which appear here for the first time. Many reflect Wilde's delight in his visit to the art towns of Italy; other poems such as the tender "Resquiescat" written in memory of Wilde's sister Isola who had died at the age of eight show a more personal emotional sentiment. According to Mason "the first printing June 1881 consisted of 750 copies of which only 250 copies were used for the first edition the remaining 500 being equally divided between the second and third editions." Wilde himself oversaw the layout and design of the book choosing the handmade Dutch paper on which it is printed and the design of prunus blossoms on the vellum binding here bound in at the rear. The only published books by Wilde to appear before the present work were his student poem "Ravenna" which was named the "Newdigate Prize Poem" at Oxford for 1878 issued in wrappers and his drama "Vera; or the Nihilists" printed in 1880 of which Mason had knowledge of only two copies. Our attractive binding is a fine example of the work of the Zaehnsdorf firm long a top-ranked English bindery. Born in Pest Hungary Joseph Zaehnsdorf 1816-86 served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman and then settled in London where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at age 33 when the senior Joseph died and the firm flourished under the son's leadership becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders including the Frenchman Louis Genth who was chief finisher from 1859-84 and trained a number of others including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947 the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill. David Bogue unknown books
Best.-Nr. 2222744Depicting Adelaide Neilson 1848-1880 promoting Mme. Marie Fontaine's complexion skin cream. Buffalo New York circa 1882. Circular portrait of Oscar Wilde with group of sun flowers and lily with larger image of actress Adelaide Neilson. Nice vintage condition short closed tear. 5 ½" x 3". Descriptive text on the verso. Wilde lectured in Buffalo New York on February 8 1882 at the Academy of Music. books