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1922réf. 27887Leipzig: Hesse & Becker 1922. First edition of this selection. Portrait frontispiece. 176 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Mustard cloth stamped in brown. Bookplate of Francis Kettaneh. Minor toning of textblock. Fine in glassine dust wrapper. First edition of this selection. Portrait frontispiece. 176 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Poems by the prolific German-born author George Sylvester Viereck 1884-1962 who first gained renown for The House of the Vampire and Nineveh and other Poems both 1907 which showed the strong influence of Oscar Wilde. Viereck became notorious for his pro-German propaganda during the first world war and later for his pro-Nazi propaganda before and during the second world war for which he was imprisoned. This is a German-language selection of his early verse including Nineveh 1907 with some pieces translated by other hands. Viereck's free German translation "frei verdeutscht" of The Ballad of Reading Gaol appears here at pages 151-175; his English translation of the Deutschlandslied "Deutschland Deutschland Land of All Lands" which appears here on p. 176 remained standard for many years. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Hesse & Becker unknown books
1962réf. 511128London: The Times Bookshop 1962. Softcover. Fine. Original bookseller's catalogue. 23pp. Illustrated. Stapled wrappers. A fine copy. Prints offerings of 100 rare books and manuscripts including a detailed description offering nine autograph letters from Oscar Wilde to Leonard Smithers reproducing in holograph facsimile two pages of one of the Oscar Wilde letters. Also offers a Lawrence Durrell manuscript of Cities Plains and People reproducing in holograph facsimile a page of the manuscript. The Times Bookshop unknown books
réf. 99982Paris, Librairie Gallimard, Nrf Bibliothèque de la Pléiade 1996, 175x110mm, 266pages, reliure d'éditeur sous jaquette. Jaquette en rhodoïde. Etui illustré de l’éditeur conservé. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf.
1938réf. 588406New York: New York Theatre Program Program Corporation 1938. Softcover. Very Good. Theater program. Slim tall octavo. 16pp. Staples oxidized and lower wrap a bit rubbed very good and sound. Cover portrait of Morley who was here making his Broadway debut at the Fulton Theatre. New York Theatre Program Program Corporation unknown books
1997réf. 568305Los Angeles: Dove Books 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Square octavo. 239pp. Heavily illustrated in color. Near fine in lightly spine-toned near fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear at the spine base. Dove Books hardcover books
1909réf. 513071East Orange NJ: The Papyrus 1909. Softcover. Fine. Periodical. 12mo. 32pp. plus advertisements. Stapled wrappers. Staples oxidized else a fine copy. Prints "Taedium Vitae" by Oscar Wilde "The Passing of Meredith" by J.M. Barrie "Stranger than Fiction" by Lafcadio Hearn and more. The Papyrus unknown books
1932réf. 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
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
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
1997réf. B13NS1017The Victorian Newsletter Kentucky University No. 91 Spring 1997. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER. A4 size card covered journal. Noon gives an interesting angle on Wilde's appreciation of social and class distinctions and barriers. Signed by Noon on title page __CONDITION : NEW unread copy. . __To see more of our Literary monographs biographies etc type DbbLBIOG in the Keywords search box __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS The Victorian Newsletter, Kentucky University, No. 91 paperback
1996réf. 866511996 Paris, NRF, Gallimard (Album de la Pléiade n°35), 1996, in 12 relié plein cuir de l'éditeur, jaquette rhodoïd, étui illustré, 272 pages ; 267 illustrations dont 18 en couleurs.
1906réf. 62620London: Privately Printed by Leonard Smithers 1906. Tall 8vo. 6 x 9.25 in. 20 4 pp. Title in red & black. Tan printed softcovers minor chipping to foot of spine darkening to fore-edges minor shelfwear still a VG- unopened & uncut copy. First edition one of “400 copies on small quarto paper.” There was also issued one hundred large paper copies on demy octavo paper. This rather acerbic exchange of ideas and concepts of art between Whistler & Wilde was kicked off by Whistler’s famed “Ten O’Clock Lecture” delivered Feb. 10 1885 in London with biting review by Wilde. Privately Printed [by Leonard Smithers], paperback
1920réf. 147351920 P., Edition à petit nombre réservée aux souscripteurs et non mise dans le commerce [Librairie des Bibliophiles Parisiens, d'après Carteret], 1920, 1 vol. in-4° (285 x 198 mm) broché sous couverture mauve rempliée, étiquette de titre collée au plat supérieur, de 84 pp. - (2) ff. (cul-de-lampe et achevé d'imprimer).Couverture insolée, assez fortement au dos, comme toujours, très bel exemplaire par ailleurs.
1946réf. 755611946 Paris, Hazan, 1946, petit in 8° broché, 59 pages ; couverture rempliée imprimée.
1942réf. 012873Saint-Maurice d'Etelan Pierre Bettencourt 1942 In-8 broché, couverture illutrée
réf. 201008372Monaco, Anatolia - editions du rocher, 2000 ; in-8, 310 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Très bon état.
réf. 201602268Paris, Les Editions G. Grès et cie, 1922 ; in-8, 89 pp., br. Broché très bon état -Broché, couverture illustrée rempliée. Premier tirage. Illustré de 9 dessins hors texte en 2 tons d"Alastair.
réf. 201214102Paris, Gallimard, 1979 ; in-8, 274 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Traduit de l'anglais par Georges Magnane.
1906réf. 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
Paris, Robert Laffont, 1946. In-4, 82 pp., en feuilles, sous couverture imprimée et rempliée, chemise et étui bleu de l'éditeur. Ouvrage illustré de 10 fines gravures sur cuivre. Un des 465 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin blanc, n° 190. Bel exemplaire.
réf. 22574Paris, Robert Laffont, 1946. In-4, 82 pp., en feuilles, sous couverture imprimée et rempliée, chemise et étui bleu de l'éditeur.
1952réf. 54030Paris Editions Falaize 1952 In-12, broch, couverture imprime.Edition originale du texte d'Albert Camus servant de prface cette nouvelle traduction par Jacques Bour de la Ballade de la gele de Reading d'Oscar Wilde. Un des 50 premiers exemplaires numrots sur vlin de Madagascar, bien complet du feuillet volant d'erratum. Neuf, non coup.
1957réf. 73202AB1957. Fifth Impression. London Faber and Faber 1957. 13 cm x 19 cm. 360 Pages. Original clothbound hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand J. Sheridan Le Fanu / The Dream Woman Wilkie Collins / Who Knows Guy de Maupassant / The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde / The Open Window Saki / The Apple Tree Wlizabeth Bowen / etc. hardcover
1968réf. 29200New York:: Random House 1968. First Printing of the First US Edition. A fine copy in maroon cloth binding in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a closed edge tear to the spine fold. Although known primarily as the irreverent but dazzlingly witty playwright Oscar Wilde was also an able and farsighted critic. He was an early advocate of criticism as an independent branch of literature and stressed its vital role in the creative process. Included in Richard Ellmann's impressive collection of Wilde's criticism The Artist as Critic is a wide selection of Wilde's book reviews as well as such famous longer works as "The Portrait of Mr. W.H." "The Soul Man under Socialism" and the four essays which make up Intentions. The Artist as Critic will satisfy any Wilde fan's yearning for an essential reading of his critical work. Random House, hardcover
Paris, Librairie Marceau, 1942. Grand in-8, broché, couverture imprimée et rempliée, 69 pp. Tirage à 1200 exemplaires numérotés sur Vélin d'Arches. Un des 1000. 7 hors-texte en couleurs, et nombreux dessins en couleurs dans le texte.