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1927ref. 58113New York: E. P. Dutton. Fair. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. B & W plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 57 pages; SIGNED by Vassos 1927 E. P. Dutton. HC. 1st trade edition. Signed by illustrator John Vassos on the half-title page. Bound in full black paper-covered boards lettered in gilt to cover and spine. Top inch and bottom three inches of the paper spine covering chipped and lost; binding shaken but sound. Decorative gilt-on-black endpapers intact with some edge fading. Complete with Vassos 13 black-and-white plates. Vassos later celebrated as a leading industrial designer brought a sharp modernist and Deco sensibility to his book illustrations well reflected here. A worn and shabby copy but complete and sound. Fair to Good only. ; Signed by Illustrator . E. P. Dutton hardcover
1945ref. 1iiEg0057Cleveland OH & New York: The World Publishing Company 1945. Book. Good. Decorative Canvas Hardcover. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 186 pp. A rare hard-to-find out-of-print scarce true collectible gem! A great copy! Solidly and well bound copy with moderate overall wear and use. Copy with clean text. Moderate browning tanning foxing or discoloration on page edges not affecting text. Stain on front cover board top and bottom edges. Dust jacket missing. . The World Publishing Company Hardcover
1986ref. 6vAi0051New York: Avon Books 1986. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 1st Avon Printing August 1986. 12mo or 12° Duodecimo: 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 600 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear crisp pages and clean text. Avon Books Paperback
1899ref. ST19154London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 1000 COPIES. 215 x 155 mm. 8 3/8 x 6". 8 p.l. 213 1 pp. Original lavender cloth decorated with gilt flourishes smooth spine with gilt lettering edges untrimmed and ENTIRELY UNOPENED. Mason 385. ◆Spine slightly sunned as virtually always but no wear to joints or hinges and in all A REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED OBVIOUSLY UNREAD COPY because unopened and without the soiling this edition is almost always found with. This is an exceptionally fine copy of Wilde's second hit play successful like his other witty comedies but with at least slightly more serious social and political content. Opening at the Haymarket Theatre in 1895 and continuing for 124 performances it features as the title character a prominent politician in danger of losing his reputation because of a potentially damaging letter that the play's villain threatens to expose if the husband refuses to support the former's corrupt political agenda. The play moves its characters toward a more ideal moral standard as they struggle with dishonesty hypocrisy double standards materialism and corruption of social and political life. But none of this weighs down Wilde's witty banter as the play suggests after all that even when there is a pretense of the embrace of moral probity nobody is ever that good or is even expected to be. The work is dedicated to the Irish-American writer Frank Harris who is said to have given Wilde the idea to use insider trading which related to Disraeli's financial machinations as part of the plot here. Covering the play for the "Saturday Review" George Bernard Shaw declared Wilde 1854-1900 "our only thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit with philosophy with drama with actors and audience with the whole theatre." On nearly all copies of this edition the publisher's binding is now encountered in unappetizing condition; finding our unopened copy--with virtually none of the soiling almost always seen with the four Wilde plays bound in this lavender cloth--is piece of very good fortune. Leonard Smithers and Co unknown
1960ref. 2060London: The Folio Society 1960. Signed by the illustrator. With 6 full-page and several text illustrations. In publisher’s green cloth. Cover somewhat rubbed at edges. Otherwise in fine condition. Signed by the illustrator. With 6 full-page and several text illustrations. In publisher’s green cloth. 78 2 p. Association copy inscribed to the American socialite and fashion icon Mona von Bismarck and her husband Count Albrecht Eduard "Eddie" von Bismarck-Schönhausen. Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton 1904–1980 was an English photographer painter illustrator writer and designer. Besides regularly working as a photographer for Condé Nast publications such as the Vogue he pursued a career as a stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He won three Academy Awards for his art directorial work as well as for his costume designs. Mona von Bismarck 1897–1983 was a long-time friend of Beaton. . The Folio Society unknown
ref. 1504389646.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 336837818X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 230621 Dec. 1899. Lawyer 1841-1931. One page 8vo good anticipating exclusion from the House of Commons but determined to serve his country nevertheless. 21 Dec. 1899, unknown
1908ref. 050153Methuen and Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1908. Hardcover. Hardcover. Limited to 1000 copies. Beautiful black 3/4 leather with blue cloth boards. Boards show light soil and edge wear. Title on spine in gold between raised bands. Hinges rubbed. Deckle edges top fore edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. Endpaper foxing. Text pages are clean occasional light foxing. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Methuen and Co. hardcover
1926ref. 259052Paris: Ye Olde Paris Booke-Shoppe. Good with no dust jacket. 1926. Third Printing. Cloth. Former owner's name and date penned to front endpaper. Pen marking to some pages. ; 12mo; 352 pages . Ye Olde Paris Booke-Shoppe hardcover
1982ref. ST16482Bayreuth: Printed by Chr. Scheufele Offizin Stuttgart for Bear Press 1982. No. 1 OF 10 COPIES ON VELLUM plus a "special" edition of 25 copies and 185 copies on Kochi Japanese paper. 223 x 148 mm. 8 7/8 x 5 3/4". 50 pp. 2 leaves.Translated and with an afterword by Wolfram Benda. Publisher's fine burgundy morocco by Erwin Lehr upper cover with gilt rose in recessed square flat spine with gilt titling turn-ins with gilt fillet frame pale yellow silk pastedowns. In the original burgundy suede slipcase. With three large initials in burnished gold and four signed and numbered original etchings by Peter Klitsch. Printed in red and black. Signed in the colophon by the artist the binder and the publisher/translator. In mint condition. This is the splendid deluxe version of a finely crafted private press edition of Wilde's fairy tales "The Nightingale and the Rose" "The Happy Prince" and "The Selfish Giant." It is the third work issued by the Bear Press founded in 1979 by literary scholar Wolfram Benda and still in operation. According to the firm's website "at a time when the craftsmanship and ethos of the artisan in bookmaking have been damaged by ever-increasing industrialization and neglect . . . The Bear Press . . . tries to achieve the highest possible degree of technical and artistic perfection in its printed works." The font used to print the text and the artist chosen to illustrate each work are carefully selected to express "the individual author's personality and intention." Even the discriminating aesthete Wilde 1854-1900 would be pleased with the choices here especially for the luxurious vellum printing: the type is set in refined Walbaum Antiqua and shown off with special effect by the creamy leaves; the etchings by Austrian artist Peter Klitsch b. 1934 are meticulous detailed and reminiscent of the work of Wilde's friend Aubrey Beardsley; and the binding is the epitome of tasteful restraint flawlessly executed with premium materials. The three tales here first appeared in 1888 and are bittersweet in their themes of love and self-sacrifice. His stories for children were one of Wilde's early successes and DNB notes "Their permanent place in child affections refutes the vulgarism that Wilde's literary reputation arose from his legal notoriety. In all cases the fairy tales are on the child's side celebrating the courage and generosity of the poor and vulnerable while their satire mocks the kind of pomposity and hypocrisy children can recognize." We have been able to trace just two other copies of the vellum printing at auction in ABPC and RBH. [Printed by Chr. Scheufele Offizin, Stuttgart, for] Bear Press unknown
1923ref. 56675München Munich: Drei Masken Verlages 1923. Limited Edition. Very good. SIGNED. 57pp. Quarto 28 cm Parchment vellum boards with a hubbed spine gilt spine title and single gilt ruled borders on the spine and boards. Top edge gilt. Patterned endpapers. Bound by Hübel & Denck in Leipzig. The front board is wavy. There is a previous owner's decorative bookplate on the front pastedown. The text is in English. Ritter C a 29. Woodcuts by Frans Masereel. This is one of the copies which have been numbered with Roman Numerals. Number XLVII of LXX the copies numbered in Roman numerals forming part of an overall edition of 340 copies. Signed by Frans Masereel on the limitation page. Masereel has additionally signed the seven full-page woodcut illustrations within. Drei Masken Verlages unknown
1906ref. 1843Düsseldorf: Schmitz & Olbertz 1906. First German edition. Numbered one of 600 copies. In unique custom made hand-painted vellum binding by Lajos Kozma. Title on spine in gilt lettering. Upper edge gilt. Paste paper endpapers. Kozma’s signet on front flyleaf’s verso and another signet supposedly of the owner: “CHW” on the additional flyleaf drawn by Kozma in black ink. Binding with slight discolorations and light stains. Inside some light and scattered foxing. Overall in fine condition. First German edition. Numbered one of 600 copies. In unique custom made hand-painted vellum binding by Lajos Kozma. Title on spine in gilt lettering. Upper edge gilt. Paste paper endpapers. Kozma’s signet on front flyleaf’s verso and another signet supposedly of the owner: “CHW” on the additional flyleaf drawn by Kozma in black ink. 44 4 p. The first German edition of The Priest and the Acolyte in Lajos Kozma’s Unique Hand-Painted Art Nouveau binding. Lajos Ludwig Kozma 1884–1948 was one of the chief Hungarian architects and interior designers of the first half of the 20th century he is also known for his graphic designs and book illustrations and binding designs. His early works were created in Art Nouveau style but later through Art Deco he found his way to International Modernism. The scandalous story of The Priest and the Acolyte here in A. W. Hiller’s translation is attributed to Oscar Wilde however its real author was John Francis Bloxam 1873–1928 an English Uranian author and churchman. The novel appeared first in The Chameleon Vol. I No. 1 December 1894. . Schmitz & Olbertz unknown
ref. 9589494978.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
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ref. alb7e3bc4e532cc413eA series of foreign classics by M. Eksmo-press 2001. Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book.�SKUalb7e3bc4e532cc413e. unknown
ref. 1517372356.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1997ref. SL-3540761292Springer 1997-05-30. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Springer paperback
ref. 0874820693.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1494247Mosher Press. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good ; Hardcover in dustjacket. This is one of 500 copies of this book on Italian Hand-Made paper privately printed by the Mosher Press for Edward Woods Sewickley and distributed in November 1919. The book is in Very Good condition with clean covers and pages sharp corners and a tight square binding. Bookplate on front pastedown. Jacket is clean with a touch of wear at spine top no rips or tears. Mylar. Laid in is a printed card from the Woods presenting the book to another individual. Photos upon request. Mosher Press hardcover
ref. 1855645262.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1477102E. P. Dutton. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. Black cloth backstrip over green paper covered boards. First Edition thus. Artwork by John Vassos. Condition is Very Good in a Good- dustjacket. Book has clean covers and pages along with a tight square binding. Lower corner bumped with rubbing to bottom edge. Bookplate on front pastedown. All plates intact. Jacket is clean with chipping at spine ends and edgewear along the top and corners. Some fading along edges. Photos upon request. E. P. Dutton hardcover
ref. 11050Cambridge MA. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Cloth; The MIT Press; 1997; First . Edition. Edited by Ann & Jurgen Wilde and Thomas Weski. Albert Renger - Patzch Photographer of Objectivity. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press 1997 1998 First American Edition 176 pp. Pictorial dust wrapper with black and white photographs on front and rear wrap. Grey cloth boards with black titles to the spine very good with light wear to the edges. Introductory text by Thomas Janzen. Black and white frontispiece of Renger - Patzch 113 black and white plates of Renger - Patzch's photographs. 176 pp with a short biography and a bibliography. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 176 pages . hardcover
