WILDE, OscarABAA
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1925réf. 609033Berlin: Th. Knaur Nachf 1925. Softcover. Very Good. Later German edition. Translated and edited by Richard Zoozmann. 16mo. 316pp. Text in German. Green cloth gilt; topedge with a red topstain and the top corners gilt a very nice effect. Spine toned with some loss at the edges ribbon marker with some sunning very good. Th. Knaur Nachf unknown books
1906réf. 515288New York: Mitchell Kennerley 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 75pp. Quarter cloth with papercovered boards paper spine label and gilt edges. About very good with ink owner name "Catherine Ten Eyck Ledyard" toned spine and some edgewear. Limited to 1000 copies. Contributors includes W.B. Yeats "Down by the Salley Gardens" and "Ephemera" Oscar Wilde "Requiescat" George Russell Fiona Macleod A. E. Housman Andrew Lang Moira O'Neill Ernest Dowson Robert Bridges et al. Mitchell Kennerley hardcover books
1962réf. 106704NY:: Macmillan. Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. Introduction by John Updike. Illustrated by Sandro Nardini and Enrico Bagnoli. First edition thus. Minor shelf wear brief gift inscription dated 1965 on front free endpaper else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Macmillan, hardcover books
1908réf. 606515London: Chappell & Co 1908. Softcover. Good. First edition. Folio. 20pp. Wrappers. Edgewear to the wrappers including chips and tears with old external tape repairs along the edges of the wrappers publisher's stamp and composer's name stamp on the title page just a good or better copy. For voice and piano no vocal melody. Oscar Wilde's story accompanied by incidental music composed by Liza Lehmann. Plate number 23793. Of course Wilde needs no introduction but Liza Lehmann was a successful singer in the late 19th century eventually leaving the stage to focus on composition. She wrote many songs and even a few pieces for theater; she was the first president of the Society of Women Musicians and a professor at Guildhall School of Music. Chappell & Co unknown books
1928réf. 1398868New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1928. Hardcover. Octavo 124 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is black with gold print. Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and blue paper to boards; wear to spine caps and corners peripheral toning to paper. Text block has name in ink on front pastedown cracked rear hinge. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates with tissue guards. Inscribed in ink by the illustration on the half-title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1398868. FP New Rockville Stock. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
1914réf. 333691London: Methuen 1914. Hardcover. 160p. first edition stated preface pocket size hardcover bound in gray cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Mason #566 Shilling Library #77. The essays and commentary of Wilde. Methuen hardcover books
2003réf. 54590Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2003. Limited edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's box and shrink wrap. Quarto 8" x 10½" 314pp. Bound in full blue leather with the 22k gold title in gilt on the spine. Features decorative gilt illustrations on both the cover and spine. Finished with gilt-edged pages silk endpapers and a silk bookmark. In the history of literature few authors match the standard for wit and wry observation as the immortal Oscar Wilde. This delightful work collects the best of the great master's short storie. Easton Press hardcover books
1919réf. 47472Hannover: Der Zweemann Verlag Robert Goldschmidt 1919. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 76/100. Signed and numbered by the artist on colophon. Quarto. Original half vellum over decorative handmade paper. Frontispiece. Second German translation of "The Priest and the Acolyte" by E. Sander with illustrations by Ernst Schütte. This short story was first published with the German translation of Wilde's "Teleny" the homoerotic story of the French dandy Camille and the Hungarian pianist René Teleny. This work was originally credited to Oscar Wilde however the presumed author is John Francis Bloxam. In his trial against Queensberry Wilde contested the authorship and deemed the story "tasteless." This work contains two stunning lithographically reproduced Art Nouveau images of Ernst Schütte's work. Text in German. Spine with some light wear small chips and closed tears. Borads slightly bent outwards. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Der Zweemann Verlag Robert Goldschmidt hardcover books
1910réf. 16692Frankfurt am Main: Franz Benjamin Auffarth 1910. Softcover. vg. 8vo. Unpaginated. Original wrappers. Minor foxing and pulling to wraps. Stamp of previous owner on title-page. "Eine Auswahl vorbildichler Entwürfe für Reihengräber. Zugleich ein Führer durch die Grabmalkunst-Ausstellung auf dem neuen Frankfurter Hauptfriedhofe." Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs by H. Collischonn. Includes 32 advertisement pages. Text in German gothic script. Very good condition. Franz Benjamin Auffarth unknown books
1920réf. 13857Otto v. Praze 1920. Limited ed. Softcover. vg. 1/300. 16mo. 28pp. Gray paper board wrappers with black illustration and lettering to cover in mylar jacket. An Oscar-Wilde-classic magnificently translated and delightfully illustrated with a b/w painting to each page. Czech. In fine condition. Otto v. Praze unknown books
1911réf. 525331London: Chappell & Co 1911. Softcover. Good. First edition. Folio. 18pp. Stapled wrappers. Lacking the wrappers edgewear including a tear at the bottom of the last page appearing to affect just a single note soiling to the exterior and a faded composer's name stamp and publisher's stamp on the front cover a good only copy. For voice and piano with pedal marks. Plate imprint 24844. A story by Oscar Wilde with incidental music by Liza Lehmann. Of course Wilde needs no introduction but Liza Lehmann was a successful singer in the late 19th century eventually leaving the stage to focus on composition. She wrote many songs and even a few pieces for theater; she was the first president of the Society of Women Musicians and a professor at Guildhall School of Music. Chappell & Co unknown books
1912réf. 604857New York: G. Schirmer 1912. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Folio. Four nested bifolia making 16 pages. Some edgewear soiling to the exterior outer most bifolium separated along the bottom half of the fold and bumping to the corners still a very good and complete copy. For voice and piano. Plate number 23604. The back cover features samples of four songs "Bohemian Cradle-Song" "La Colomba" "La Petite Anne" and "Adoration." OCLC locates only two holdings and it appears to be equally scarce in the trade. G. Schirmer unknown books
1930réf. 61005New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1930. Early printing of the edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. Very good/very good. John Vassos. 124pp. Small quarto 24 cm 1/4 black cloth with blue patterned paper over boards. The edges of the boards are a bit faded. There is a very brief gift inscription on the recto of the frontispiece and there is a semi-lengthy poem in pen on the recto of the rear free endpaper. In a very attractive dust jacket with clipped corners chipping to the ends of the spine and a small chip along the front fold of the spine. Includes sixteen black and white illustrations by the illustrator of Salome John Vassos. John Vassos was a 1930's book illustrator and long-term industrial designer. 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
1927réf. 55708New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. John Vassos. SIGNED. 57pp. Small quarto 23 cm Black boards with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Decorative endpapers. The backstrip is faded and the boards are also discolored at the edges more so the rear board. The front board is a bit marked with the most prominent mark measuring roughly 2". There is a previous owner's name in the inside margin of the terminal leaf. "Salome" was the first of nine books that would be illustrated by Vassos between 1927 and 1935. Includes thirteen black and white illustrations by John Vassos who also designed the endpapers. Number 242 in an edition limited to 500. Signed by Vassos on the limitation page. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
1929réf. 41921New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1929. 1/200. Good. John Vassos. 102pp. Small quarto 24 cm 1/2 black leather over gray illustrated boards. Title gilt stamped on backstrip. Bright pink endsheets. Heavy rubbing to extremities corners exposed 1" loss to spine at head toning and light wear to boards; hinges cracked but holding ink name on front pastedown light spotting to endpapers light foxing to half-title and rear flyleaf else interior is clean and lightly toned. Includes sixteen full page illustrations from the imagination of John Vassos. This is the third Wilde work illustrated by 1930s book illustrator and industrial designer John Vassos. This edition was limited to 200 signed and numbered copies this is copy 165. Signed by the illustrator on the limitation page. E.P. Dutton & Company unknown books
1945réf. 606783not signed on a 3/4 length scene in a large cave with Cornel Wilde holding back Phil Silvers from danger ahead in a scene from the 1945 film "A Thousand and One Nights." Photograph is on single weight stock; 10" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling; 1945. books
1988réf. 25521New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1988. Hardcover. xvii 680p. introduction index illustrations very good first US edition stated gray cloth boards and dust jacket. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
réf. 127159New York: Limited Editions Club. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Special. Very good/ Very good minus slipcase. Rubs to edges and corners of boards and slipcase. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1914réf. 165916New York: Maisel 1914. Softcover. Good. Good in stiff paper covers. Water stain tideline on rear cover and rear endpaper. Maisel unknown books
1918réf. 188003Boston: Little Brown 1918. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Front hinge cracked. Writing in ink on front endpaper and second endpaper. Pages light brown from age. Clean text. Corners rubbed and bent on cover. Spine ends bumped. Little Brown hardcover books
1908réf. 134903Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1908. Softcover. Very Good. Third edition. About very good in wrappers. Front cover has a lot of brown stains on cover. Entire cover is browning. Spine has wrinkles running the length of it. 1 of 425. On Japaneese Vellum. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
1911réf. 161437Leipzig: Erschienen Im Insel 1911. Good. Good. In German. Spine browned spine ends frayed. Erschienen Im Insel unknown books
1930réf. 12884London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1930 Red cloth with front cover design stamped in blind in an all-over design by Bearsley spine stamped in gilt. Quarto. Light shelfwear. Near fine in dust jacket. The jacket is browned at the spine and there is a tear along the front hinge rendering it in two pieces but the image of the Beardsley design on the front cover is bright and attractive. A few short tears on the jacket otherwise. John Lane the Bodley Head, hardcover books
1989réf. 330532Notre Dame ID: University of Notre Dame Press 1989. Paperback. xii 340p. wraps lightly worn spine creased else very good condition. University of Notre Dame Press paperback books
1937réf. 21585New York: The Crowell Publishing Company. Very Good. 1937. Vol. 99 No. 15. Magazine. nice clean copy light edgewear tiny nick in front cover at left end of bottom edge old subscription label at lower right corner of front cover. Undoubtedly one of the best or at least most fruitful single issues of an American popular magazine ever published by virtue of its inclusion of the first printings of two stories that became the basis for two acknowledged classics of Hollywood movie-making: "Bringing Up Baby" by Hagar Wilde filmed under that title by Howard Hawks a high-water mark of screwball comedy with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant and "Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox adapted by screenwriter Dudley Nichols for John Ford's great Western STAGECOACH which made a star of John Wayne. Additional short stories in this issue are by Matt Taylor "Loser's End" Sidney Herschel Small "Mountain of Gold" Harold Lamb "The Devil's Song" and Frederick Hazlitt Brennan "A Matter of Sentiment" a short-short. There are also installments of serials by Max Brand "Six Golden Angels" Part I and Dwight Mitchell Wiley "Castle Key" Part VII. Feature articles include a profile of actor Burgess Meredith and an article about flooding in Cincinnati. . The Crowell Publishing Company unknown books
