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1923réf. 31615Methuen 1923. 8vo. Second Impression on laid paper some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green cloth upper board framed blocked and lettered in blind gilt back uncut a near fine copy. Published a year after the first edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Methuen, hardcover
réf. 3-26453Napoli Società Editrice Partenopea 1908. 8vo brossura edit. ill. con ritratto di Oscar Wilde lievi mende marginali alla brossura pp. 168 24 di catalogo edit. Buon es. in barbe. Seconda edizione uscita poco dopo una prima traduzione pubblicata da altro editore con il titolo originale “Il delitto di Lord Arturo Saville” e con il sottotitolo “Il dovere del Delitto” apposto dall'autore stesso e che in questa edizione viene invece utilizzato come titolo per motivi di convenienza commerciale. L'interesse maggiore della presente edizione è dovuto comunque all'ampio saggio introduttivo di Arnaldo de Lisle “Oscar Wilde nella vita e nell'arte” che come indicato nel sottotitolo prometteva strane rivelazioni sulla psiche morbosa dell'autore. Il de Lisle riporta i suoi ricordi personali sui rapporti avuti con Oscar Wilde e pur usando termini come “degenerato” mostra una sostanziale comprensione e solidarietà nei suoi confronti per la sua disavventura umana e giudiziaria criticando la repressiva legislazione inglese e il rigido moralismo dell'epoca. unknown
1906réf. mon0000207461Keystone Press 1906-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. Keystone Press Sunderland 1906. First Edition. A fair to good copy. The blue paper covers are chipped at the edges and detached. Internal foxing. Limited edition of 500 copies. 40 pages. Includes two previously unpublished poems by Wilde and a preface by Stuart Mason; cover has losses and is partially detached; rare books section Keystone Press paperback
1904réf. 042776Portland: Thomas Mosher 1904. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. A bit of rubbing at the joints spine darkened discoloration from bookplate adhesive on endpapers. Otherwise an attractive and nicely printed edition. One of 600. Hatch 286. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 042776. Thomas Mosher hardcover
réf. 3-26873Bologna “La Controcorrente” 1913 16mo cm. 175 x 12 rilegato inmezza tela con titoli dorati al dorso pp. 120-2 4 pp. pubbliciraie in fine con un ritratto in antiporta. hardcover
1954réf. SBBIH-ZZYUOL2CARW5Penguin books 1954. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Penguin books paperback
réf. 0141442182.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0582456096.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1991réf. 017073London: Everyman's Library 1991. Book measures 21x13.5.cm. xxxvii 67810pp. Bound in modern full crushed morocco gilt lines design lettering full gilt edges. Slightly discoloured and faded on spine. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally previous owners bookplate date in ink. Pages fine. Housed in publishers card slipcase. A very nice copy. . Full Calf. Very Good Plus Near Fine. 8vo. Everyman's Library Hardcover
1882réf. #8Oscar Wilde Poems. Fourth Edition. London David Bogue 1882. Octavo. ix pp. 1 blank leaf 234 pp. 2 pp. publisher's catalogue and 1 blank leaf. Publisher's binding. Full white vellum Bradel binding both covers decorated with a symmetrical gilt and blind-stamped floral panel spine likewise adorned with a large gilt floral panel title in gilt lettering top edge gilt untrimmed. Fourth edition. Copy enriched with an autograph inscription signed on the verso of the half-title: "To Alphonse Daudet the greatest novelist of our time homage from the author. Oscar Wilde May 3 83." An exceptional inscription to "the greatest novelist of our time." Having only just returned from New York Oscar Wilde spent the period from February to mid-May in Paris. It was there that he made the acquaintance of Alphonse Daudet whom he met both at his home his wife hosted a celebrated salon and at the residence of the painter Giuseppe de Nittis. Robert Harborough Sherard who was a friend of both Daudet and Wilde testified to the genuine esteem the English writer held for the French novelist. Although their aesthetics may at first appear far apart certain parallels can nevertheless be drawn between their works. Thus it has been written of L'Homme au cerveau d'or one of the tales from Lettres de mon moulin that "one might readily believe it to be the work of an Edgar Allan Poe or an Oscar Wilde." Yet Alphonse Daudet like the vast majority of French writers did not distinguish himself by his courage and even went further: in 1895 after Wilde's sentence to two years' hard labour he refused to sign a petition by Hugues Rebell calling for a reduction of his sentence accompanying his refusal with the remark: "As a father I can only express my horror and indignation." Let us recall that this exemplary family man confided to Gustave Flaubert during a dinner: "To experience pleasure against my own flesh I require the flesh of two women one whom I handle and the other who attends to the backside of the one I am fondling" Journal of Edmond de Goncourt 5 May 1876. This inscription by Oscar Wilde certainly dates from a period when he was seeking to ingratiate himself with the French intellectual milieu yet he was nonetheless fully aware of Alphonse Daudet's great talent and sincere in this fine dedication. David Bogue
1882réf. #9Oscar Wilde Poems. Fourth Edition. London David Bogue 1882. Octavo. ix pp. 1 blank leaf 234 pp. 2 pp. publisher's catalogue and 1 blank leaf. Publisher's binding. Full white vellum Bradel binding both covers decorated with a symmetrical gilt and blind-stamped floral panel spine likewise adorned with a large gilt floral panel title in gilt lettering top edge gilt untrimmed. Fourth edition. Copy enriched with an autograph inscription signed on the verso of the half-title: "To Alphonse Daudet the greatest novelist of our time homage from the author. Oscar Wilde May 3 83." An exceptional inscription to "the greatest novelist of our time." Having only just returned from New York Oscar Wilde spent the period from February to mid-May in Paris. It was there that he made the acquaintance of Alphonse Daudet whom he met both at his home his wife hosted a celebrated salon and at the residence of the painter Giuseppe de Nittis. Robert Harborough Sherard who was a friend of both Daudet and Wilde testified to the genuine esteem the English writer held for the French novelist. Although their aesthetics may at first appear far apart certain parallels can nevertheless be drawn between their works. Thus it has been written of L'Homme au cerveau d'or one of the tales from Lettres de mon moulin that "one might readily believe it to be the work of an Edgar Allan Poe or an Oscar Wilde." Yet Alphonse Daudet like the vast majority of French writers did not distinguish himself by his courage and even went further: in 1895 after Wilde's sentence to two years' hard labour he refused to sign a petition by Hugues Rebell calling for a reduction of his sentence accompanying his refusal with the remark: "As a father I can only express my horror and indignation." Let us recall that this exemplary family man confided to Gustave Flaubert during a dinner: "To experience pleasure against my own flesh I require the flesh of two women one whom I handle and the other who attends to the backside of the one I am fondling" Journal of Edmond de Goncourt 5 May 1876. This inscription by Oscar Wilde certainly dates from a period when he was seeking to ingratiate himself with the French intellectual milieu yet he was nonetheless fully aware of Alphonse Daudet's great talent and sincere in this fine dedication. David Bogue
réf. 3-30874Milano Facchi 1913 8vo cm. 185 x 12 brossura originale con copertina illustrata a colori lievi mancanze pp. 224. unknown
2004réf. 21328Sotheby's 2004. 4to. First Edition with fine portrait frontispiece and numerous reproductions and facsimiles throughout; original pictorial wrappers a fine copy. The catalogue of this notable sale lists 104 lots with many signed presentation and association items. Includes illustrated introduction index and bibliography. SCARCE. Sotheby's, unknown
1894réf. #15Oscar Wilde Salome. A Tragedy in One Act: Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde; Pictured by Aubrey Beardsley. Salomé une tragédie en un acte traduite du français illustrée par Aubrey Beardsley. London Elkin Mathews & John Lane; Boston Copeland & Day 1894. Small quarto. 5 unnumbered leaves half-title engraved title dedication to Alfred Douglas list of characters engraved list of illustrations 67 pp. and 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements. 10 engraved plates printed on Japan paper and one historiated tailpiece. A precious copy from the library of Jules Claretie accompanied by an autograph letter and a superb original photograph of Oscar Wilde. Contemporary binding signed by Gruel. Full olive morocco covers framed with a quadruple blind fillet spine with five raised bands extending onto the covers inner dentelles with gilt fillets gilt edges at the head edges ruled. First English edition printed in 500 copies. Copy enriched with: – An original photograph of Oscar Wilde 145 × 105 mm by Alfred Ellis albumen print of the period. – A press clipping announcing Wilde's death and another reporting on his funeral. – An autograph letter signed by Oscar Wilde to Jules Claretie dated "The Cottage Goring-on-Thames" 1894 4 pages 12mo in black ink on a folded vellum paper bifolium. Translation of the letter originally in French: "Dear Monsieur Claretie Pray allow me the pleasure of asking you to accept a copy of my play Salomé and permit me to assure you how highly I value the privilege of meeting the artistic director of the most artistic theatre in the world. I have retired to the country to reflect upon a new play but before the season ends I hope to return to London and to have the opportunity of seeing you again. The only hope I see for our English drama lies in the establishment of a theatre like the French Theatre. I hope we may find a director possessing as much sympathy for art as yourself. Pray accept this expression of my respect and admiration. Oscar Wilde." One year after its first appearance in French the English version of Salome was published. The dedication reads: "To my friend Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas the translator of my play." In fact the translation gave rise to a dispute between Wilde and his young protégé whose command of French was rather limited. Wilde redid the entire work and refused to allow Douglas's name to appear on the title page. Douglas saw between this dedication and the absence of his name on the title page "the difference between a tribute of admiration from an artist and a tradesman's receipt." The book is one of the masterpieces of the English illustrated book featuring the striking compositions of Aubrey Beardsley 1872–1898 who also designed two magnificent historiated borders for the title page and the list of illustrations as well as the final tailpiece. These stylized and sinuous drawings show the artist at the height of his powers playing with bold areas of deep black ink contrasted with untouched white spaces and sophisticated decorative elements inspired equally by Renaissance ornament and the then-fashionable Japanese style. For Salome the young artist created the archetype of the poisonous woman typical of Symbolism surrounded by grotesque and perverse secondary figures. Wilde paid tribute to him declaring that Beardsley was "the only artist who knew what the dance of Salome was and who could see that invisible dance." This copy belonged to the novelist playwright and critic Jules Claretie 1840–1913 who from 1885 until his death served as administrator of the Comédie-Française which Wilde here does not hesitate to call "the most artistic theatre in the world." Claretie introduced contemporary authors such as Henry Bataille and Octave Mirbeau into its repertoire. This was a bold undertaking and Wilde here pays tribute to it: "The only hope I see for our English drama lies in the establishment of a theatre like the French Theatre." The very fine portrait of Oscar Wilde mounted at the beginning of this copy was taken in 1892 by the London photographer Alfred Ellis 1854–1930. The writer is captured as he truly was at the height of his career: impeccably dressed posing in a high-buttoned double-breasted jacket flower in his buttonhole white pocket square a cigarette in his left hand and his gloves in his right the latter resting on his hip. Elkin Mathews & John Lane
réf. 61525Illustrated Editions Company New York no date 1930 print. J.J. Little & Ives Company In-8 120pp. illustr. 16 hors-texte reliure pleine toile de l'editeur dos orne filets dores sur les plats Nb-0364 unknown
réf. 8266Les Editions G. Cres & Co. Paris. 1923. French text. Reprint of the original Alastair illustrated version which was published as a limited edition in 1922. Small 4to. 7.6 x 5.8 inches. Beautifully illustrated with 9 colour plates by Alastair. Finely bound by Bumpus in contemporary half plum calf. Spine with 5 raised bands. Compartments double ruled fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Salmon pink cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Light spotting to the blank endpapers otherwise a lovely bright copy in a fine early twentieth century leather binding with just a small are of abrasion to the top raised band on the spine. This edition contains a bibliography of the various editions of Salome published prior to this one. Les Editions G. Cres & Co. Paris. 1923 hardcover
1957réf. 48391Folio Society 1957. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured frontispiece title in blue and black and full-page illustrations in the text; blue patterned cloth gilt back ivory endpapers a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Folio Society, hardcover
1893réf. #16Oscar Wilde Salomé. Drame en un acte. Paris Librairie de l'Art indépendant; London Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893. Square 12mo 196 × 145 mm. 2 blank leaves 84 numbered pages the first 8 unnumbered: half-title title dedication to Pierre Louÿs list of characters; text beginning on p. 9 and 2 unnumbered leaves 1 leaf with the colophon dated 6 February 1893 and 1 blank leaf. Modern binding. Half black morocco with small corner pieces bluish paper sides smooth spine title in gilt untrimmed top edge with matte gilt doublures and endleaves of the same paper. Original violet wrappers and spine the upper cover printed in silver lettering preserved. Excellent condition. A few small spots; upper edges of the boards slightly faded; wrappers somewhat sunned. First edition. This celebrated play was written directly in French by Wilde between 1891 and 1892; first performed in 1896 its text was revised at the author's request by Marcel Schwob Stuart Merrill and Pierre Louÿs. The first English edition appeared the following year. Limited edition of 600 copies with no special issue on large paper. The second blank leaf bears the following autograph inscription signed in black ink: "À Puvis de Chavannes / Hommage respectueux / Oscar Wilde" To Pierre Puvis de Chavannes respectful homage Oscar Wilde. The celebrated painter and muralist Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 1824–1898 like Oscar Wilde 1854–1900 lived in the cult of Beauty. Renowned for his compositions of noble and hieratic character influenced both by Greco-Roman classicism and by Symbolism his work exerted a profound fascination on late nineteenth-century painters and sculptors particularly Edgar Degas Paul Gauguin Aristide Maillol and Maurice Denis. The aesthetic connection between Oscar Wilde and Puvis de Chavannes is to be sought precisely around Salomé since the artist had painted in 1869 a Beheading of Saint John the Baptist that may well have inspired the author. Moreover it is known that when Aubrey Beardsley—who would illustrate the English version of the play in 1894—came to Paris in 1893 he was strongly encouraged by the French painter who introduced him as "a young English artist who produces astonishing things." The inscription in Salomé is therefore particularly significant and of greater import than a simple tribute. A very fine provenance for this celebrated drama written directly in French by Oscar Wilde. Librairie de l’Art indépendant
réf. 44652LONDON ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS 1911. A VERY GOOD COPY ON BROWN LEATHER BOARDS. LONDON, ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS, 1911 hardcover
2003réf. 148209London : The Folio Society. 2003. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. fifth printing three volume set original gilt decorated cloth hardcover illustrated 492 576 & 456 pages fine in near fine original slipcase. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf HU. The Folio Society. hardcover
1898réf. 6Oscar Wilde The Ballad of Reading Goal by C.3.3. Leonard Smithers Royal Arcade London W. 1898. Original white quarter cloth spine lettered in gilt yellow cloth sides. Inscribed in ink on the back of the half-title: To Louis Fabulet from the author in remembrance of a charming evening when the wine was red and the moon was silver Oscar Wilde Paris 98 Autograph note from Louis Fabulet: "This book: "The Ballad of Reading Jail" was given to me by Oscar Wilde in June 1898 a few days after the dinner that after his release from prison in England I persuaded my friend the poet Edouard Ducôté then director of the magazine "L'Ermitage" to offer in his honor. Hugues Rebell André Gide Henri Ghéon René Boylesve and I were the guests. Louis Fabulet. Attached is the business card bearing the name under which Oscar Wilde then lived in Paris. The address in pencil: "Hôtel d'Alsace rue des Beaux-Arts is in his handwriting. "Melmoth" is the man "who sold his soul for eternal youth." Louis Fabulet 1862-1933 was one of the main translators from English to French in his time notably of the works of Kipling and Thoreau. It is said that it was Oscar Wilde who introduced him to The Jungle Book. This inscription exceptionally long and colorful which is almost akin to a brief poem refers to the dinner that Louis Fabulet speaks of in his note. Wilde had arrived in Paris in March and the French literati were keen to pay him public homage with this banquet which he presided over. The inscription makes a nice reference to the event with perhaps a reminiscence of the Ballad itself where we read in the second verse: "For blood and wine are red" . Mounted in the copy is Wilde's rare card in the name of Sebastian Melmoth. The aged ruined writer abandoned by almost everyone hid himself under the name of the hero of Robert Mathurin's novel Melmoth the Wanderer. The card does not have an address. Wilde in fact lived at the Hôtel d'Alsace in Saint-Germain des Prés a shabby establishment at the time "it's so dirty so totally depressing and hopeless" he wrote. He wrote down the address of his hand in pencil. It was there that he died two years later. The hotel took the name "L'Hôtel" in 1963 and became a rather chic place. These combined elements: the poetic inscription which evokes a happy moment and the moving card which evokes his misery make this copy one of the most precious there is. Leonard Smithers
