WILDE, OscarABAA
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1968réf. 015448Burlington VT: Limited Editions Club 1968. Hardcover. Small bookplate of Stuart B. Schimmel on the front pastedown. Spine slightly sunned with a small abrasion to the label. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a small nick. James Hill. Small quarto 7-3/4" x 10-1/8" bound in full red silk cloth. With an introduction by Robert Gorham Davis and 12 full-page and 2 double-spread color reproductions of paintings by James Hill. Copy #1229 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1969réf. 108102New York: Grosset and Dunlap 1969. First edition. The simultaneous softcover issue. Text by Wilde and photographs by Don Christie John R. Hamilton and Dennis Stock. A clean and tight very near fine copy in photo illustrated wrappers. Grosset and Dunlap unknown books
1922réf. 228889First edition. Octavo. Original gilt stamped white cloth t.e.g. uncut. Dust jacket unclipped; 3" chip on spine; few small chips; some separation at fold on flap. Very good. 39 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Jarrold & Sons Norwich. One of 1000 copies on handmade paper. Methuen & Co., Ltd. hardcover books
1949réf. 92475New York: Philosophical Library 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First complete edition. Edited with an introduction by Vyvyan Holland. Foxing to the foredge and endpapers a sound very good copy in a modestly spotted and age-toned about very good dustwrapper. James Jones's copy with his ownership and address stamp in Marshall Iowa. Philosophical Library hardcover books
1937réf. 012329New York: Limited Editions Club 1937. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a few mild scratches. Zhenya Gay. Quarto 7-1/2" x 11" bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #1205 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more unusual bindings of the press rarely found in such nice condition as the spine is often badly rubbed or worse Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1984réf. 144628Gay Sunshine Press 1984. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A. Parker's Books Offering antique books vintage books and rare books for over 43 years View our other listings: A.Parker's Books Wilde Oscar Teleny San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press 1984. 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches illustrated softcover 182 pages. Light shelving wear and foxing to edges of block. PH I4 V. Gay Sunshine Press paperback books
1931réf. 25817Boston: Little Brown and Company. Fair. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket FAIR condition only although solidly bound and internally clean except for the initials of I guess a one-time owner on the front pastedown; externally though it's kind of a mess with a number of small paper bits stuck to the front cover which is also quite soiled and a large ugly stain on the rear cover I suspect the paper bits are remnants of the no-longer-present dust jacket which was probably moisture-adhered to the book at some point. Novel about a sophisticated New York marriage that turns sour. The first of only two published novels by Ms. Wilde a prolific short story writer and sometime playwright who later became better known as a screenwriter notably of the classic screwball comedies BRINGING UP BABY she had also written the original magazine story and shared the screenplay credit with with Dudley Nichols and I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE both directed by Howard Hawks and for what it's worth both featuring Cary Grant in drag. For those who are interested in such minutae the dedicatee of this novel "E.V.H." was undoubtedly her second of four husbands Ernest Victor Heyn. This novel was her first entree to Hollywood as it was announced that Paramount had purchased the movie rights although no movie was ever made but it was RKO's later purchase of the Collier's story that became BRINGING UP BABY that firmly established her screenwriting career. . Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1945réf. 109297New York: The Heritage Press 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Translated from the French by Lord Alfred Douglas with a new introduction by Holbrook Jackson. Decorated and hand-illuminated by Valenti Angelo. A mildly sunned spine thus near fine in a near fine publisher's cardstock box with moderate rubbing. The Heritage Press hardcover books
1952réf. 170434Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1952. Collection of 36 vintage reference photographs from the 1952 film including 35 bordered and one borderless. Most with provenance stamps and labels on the versos and four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to same. Based on Carson McCullers' beloved 1946 novel which McCullers also adapted for Broadway in 1950 starring actors Ethel Waters and Julie Harris who reprised their roles for the film. A young lonely tomboy dreams of escaping her small southern town with her brother and his fiancée. Harris was 27 more than double the age of the fictional Frankie Addams at the time of the film's production. Set in the American South. 35 photographs 10 x 8 inches one 7.5 x 9.25 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine a couple with annotations in manuscript ink on the margins. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1952réf. 172539Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1952. Eight vintage hand-tinted color British front-of-house cards from the 1952 film here under the alternate title "Sons of the Musketeers." in 1648 Queen Anne of France calls on the Four Musketeers for help but they send their children instead. Set in France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1891réf. 69675London: Ward Lock and Co 1891. Full Description: WILDE Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward Lock and Co. 1891. First edition in book form this being the Edition de Luxe limited to 250 copies numbered by hand and signed by Oscar Wilde this being number 52. Royal octavo 8 1/2 x 7 inches; 215 x 180 mm. vii 1 334 pp. Printed on Dutch hand-made paper watermarked Van Gelder. Publisher's quarter parchment over rough grey bevelled boards possibly rebacked retaining the original spine. Front cover with gilt lettering atop a pattern of fifty-five gilt butterflies designed by Charles Ricketts spine lettered in gilt at base top edge gilt rest uncut. Newer endpapers. Previous owner's penciled poem in German to half-title. Some dust-soiling to deckle edges. Some rubbing to bevelled edges. A small slit at the bottom of the front hinge. Overall a very good copy in the publisher's binding. The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's first novel and was first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine July 1890. Six new chapters are added to this first appearance in book form with many other additions and variations. On its first appearance this book was violently attacked by the critics and its publication did Wilde a great deal of harm. Mason 329. HBS 69675. $55000. Ward Lock and Co unknown books
1968réf. 69253London: Petersburg Press 1968. DINE Jim. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Petersburg Press 1968. Full Description: WILDE Oscar. DINE Jim artist. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Petersburg Press 1968. Limited edition signed and numbered by the artist Jim Dine on the limitation page in green ink. This being number 11 of 200 in Edition B. Folio 17 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches; 440 x 310 mm. Complete with frontispiece and twelve lithographs in color with a set of an additional 4 loose lithographs issued in a portfolio each annotated "Edition B" on the reverse and numbered 11/200 and signed by the artist in pencil on the front lower margin. Original full green velvet boards. Front board lettered in silver. Pictorial patterned endpapers. Housed in a black cloth slipcase. With additional black cloth portfolio. Cloth portfolio with a small split at top of hinge. A fine copy. "A working script for the stage from the novel by Oscar Wilde with original images and notes on the text by Jim Dine" From the title page. "The original colour lithographs etchings and text pages comprising this book were prepared on zinc and aluminum plates by the artist at Bath Academy of Art Corsham ini February 1968; and subsequently printed on Velin Arches at the Atelier Desjobert and Atelier Leblanc in Paris." Colophon HBS 69253. $4500. Petersburg Press unknown books
1945réf. 161539Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1945. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film. A fictionalized account of Polish pianist Frederic Chopin. As a young child Chopin is playing a piece by Mozart when he notices Polish people being taken prisoner by Russian authorities. Years later he works in secret for Polish patriotism including coming late to an important concert because of a secret meeting then stops his performance when the Russian Governor of Poland enters declaring that he does not play for Czarist butchers. He flees to Paris where Franz Liszt recognizes his genius and George Sand takes him in. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Actor. Set in Poland and Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and some creasing at the corners. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1945réf. 161627Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Vintage reference photograph of actors Angela Lansbury and Hurd Hatfield from the 1945 film. Based on the 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde about a man whose portrait magically takes on the ability to absorb the sins of his debauched life while he remains unaged. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Cinematography. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing at the corners. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1953réf. 159017Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film. Based on the 1941 novel "Benjamin Blake" by Edison Marshall. A Frenchman is denied his fortune by his uncle so he goes to Guatemala to find a hidden treasure. Set and shot on location in Guatemala. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1907réf. 68900London and New York: A. R. Keller & Co 1907. Full Description: WILDE Oscar. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. London and New York: A. R. Keller & Co. 1907. The University Edition of the Uniform Edition. One of 800 numbered copies this being number 15. Complete in fifteen octavo volumes 8 x 5 1/2 inches; 205 x 140 mm. Illustrated with plates in black and white 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. Half red morocco over green cloth. Spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spines uniformly a bit darkened. Some minor occasional rubbing the worst of it to the top edge of "Lady Windemere's Fan." Still a near fine set. The Uniform Edition comprises the Edition De Luxe of 200 copies. the Oxford edition of 250 copies and the University Edition present copy of 800 copies. This very early edition precedes the 1908 Ross edition of Wilde's works often described as the first collected edition. HBS 68900. $4250. A. R. Keller & Co unknown books
1945réf. 158794Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1945 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde about a man whose portrait magically takes on the ability to absorb the sins of his debauched life while he remains unaged. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Cinematography. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1955réf. 158962Glendale CA: Allied Artists Pictures 1955. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1955 film noir. A police lieutenant is ordered by his boss to stop trying to catch a sadistic gangster but finds himself increasingly obsessed with catching the man-and increasingly bewitched by the man's girlfriend. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pin holes at the corners and one small chip missing from the top left corner. Grant US. Olive Films. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Allied Artists Pictures unknown books
1952réf. 156679Amsterdam: Institut voor Filmdocumentatie 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film showing director Cecil B. DeMille on a camera crane. Mimeo snipe and the stamps of a Dutch film institute on the verso. The manager of a traveling circus hires a flashy new trapeze performer but the new hire soon begins to butt heads with the manager's girlfriend the former trapeze star. Nominated for five Academy Awards winning two for Best Picture and Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Utah Pennsylvania Florida and Washington DC. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing on the edges. Institut voor Filmdocumentatie unknown books
1925réf. 148204Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1925. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1925 film showing actress Irene Rich. With the stamp of American Weekly and a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on Oscar Wilde's 1893 play about a society woman determined to unveil her husband's imagined affair. Set in London. One 8 x 10 inches one 7 x 9 inches . Very Good plus. Warner Brothers unknown books
1952réf. 150903Santa Monica CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 film showing actors Blanche Yurka Cornel Wilde Alan Hale Jr. and Dan O'Herlihy. Loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel following the adventures of the children of the original Three Musketeers. Set in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1943réf. 156715Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1943. Draft script for the 1945 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their manuscript annotations in pencil on several pages. Based on the 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde about a man whose portrait magically takes on the ability to absorb the sins of his debauched life while he remains unaged. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Cinematography. Set in London. Goldenrod studio wrappers rubber-stamped FILE COPY and COMPLETE on the front wrapper noted as copy No. 67 and production No. 5069 dated 11-5-43 with credits for director Albert Lewin. Title page integral with the first page of the text. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with a single pink revision page dated 3-13-44. Pages about Near Fine wrapper Good only with a tear on the bottom right portion of the front wrapper and rear wrapper split from the binding bound with two gold brads. Selby US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1949réf. 154500Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1949 film showing actor Cary Grant attempting to sleep in a bathtub. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with a date stamp reading JUL 1949. After marrying an American lieutenant in postwar Germany a French captain tries to find a way to immigrate under the War Bride Act in order to join her in the US. Shot on location in Germany and England. 7.5 x 9.25 inches. About Fine. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1938réf. 148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937. Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1956réf. 149312Culver City CA: Hemisphere Productions 1956. Vintage reference photograph taken on location during production of the 1956 film showing director George Marshall cinematographer Freddie Young and other crew members. With manuscript pencil annotations to the verso. Seeking an explanation for his brother's disappearance an American travels to Kenya where he learns his brother has been killed by members of the mysterious "Leopard Men" cult. Set and shot on location in Kenya. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased to the top right corner. Hemisphere Productions unknown books
