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ref. 2243NY: Dodd Mead 1894. Tan cloth. From British sheets. Cloth spotting or darkening pencil notation. G. . Good. Hardcover. NY: Dodd Mead, 1894. hardcover
1852ref. 190906Dublin: J. McGlashan 1852. First edition of this collection of essays on Irish folklore by Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde 1815-76. This book contains chapters on "The May-Day Festival in Ireland" and "Fairy Archaeology and Medico-Religious Ceremonies". Some chapters appeared in the Dublin University Magazine ahead of this collection. The elder Wilde was a respected surgeon who was appointed to treat Queen Victoria. He ran the St Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital for Diseases of the Eye and Ear and published works on medicine archaeology and folklore. Small octavo. Frontispiece. With 2 pp. of publisher's ads. Original yellow wrappers spine and covers lettered in black covers bordered in brown decorations. Housed in custom green cloth slipcase. Bookplate of Jeremy J. Mason; bookseller's address embossed on rear wrapper. Spine ends repaired with paper spine and front wrapper fore edge reinforced with tape wrappers a little chipped and soiled front pages up to p. 21 starting p. 23 loose. A good copy. hardcover
ref. 9786587034393VIA LEITURA. new. Oscar Wilde o mestre da s�tira e da elegncia deixou para a posteridade uma coleo not�vel de obras que permanecem to relevantes e intrigantes hoje quanto eram no final do s�culo XIX. Dois dos seus trabalhos mais c�lebres O Retrato de Dorian Gray e Um Marido Ideal exemplificam seu talento exuberante e sua habilidade nica em expor as nuance da sociedade vitoriana. O retrato de Dorian Gray Dorian � um homem que se encanta com a viso de mundo hedonista do aristocrata Henry Wotton que considera que a beleza e a satisfao sexual so as nicas coisas que importam na vida. Ele deseja ento vender sua alma para que apenas um retrato seu pintado a �leo envelhea e desaparea mantendo sua juventude eternamente. Como Fausto Dorian tem seu desejo atendido e parte para uma vida libertina e amoral. A obsesso est�tica e a vida de aparncias so temas centrais de O retrato de Dorian Gray. Um marido ideal Em Um marido ideal Wilde utiliza a com�dia de costumes para criticar as convenes sociais e a moralidade de sua �poca.A pea gira em torno do ministro do Gabinete Robert Chiltern e do segredo em seu passado que poderia arruinar tanto o seu casamento quanto a sua vida pblica caso fosse revelado pela intrigante Sra. Cheveley.De posse desse segredo a mulher de moral duvidosa passa a chantage�-lo e ele busca apoio no amigo Lord Goring para proteger sua reputao e o matrimnio com Lady Chiltern.Como a maior parte das peas de Wilde Um marido ideal foi sucesso instantneo em sua estreia em 1895. Kit com 02 livros e marcador VIA LEITURA unknown
1877ref. 57710THREE RARE EARLY WILDE POEMS 8vo. 4 collective volume title page & half-title 2 corrigenda ii 344 plus bound in at the beginning of each of the 12 issues 2 leaves with the original issue title page and its list of contributors contemporary half brown morocco brown cloth on sides very neatly rebacked with the original spine relaid very good. Signed on front free end paper "T. W. Rolleston" and with quite a number of manuscript corrections throughout. This magazine was first issued three issues per year as wrappered magazines. At the completion of the volume 12 issues the remaining stock was issued as a bound volumes in cloth with a general title page. However in the publisher's cloth issue the title pages and contributors lists for the individual issues were discarded as the pagination is continuous without them. Here these have most unusually been retained. This volume contains in the Trinity and Michaelmas 1876 and Hilary 1877 some of the very earliest of Oscar Wilde's published work. These are Mason Wilde Bibliography 72 73 and 74. These all predate Wilde's first separately published book Ravenna of 1878 and all three were later included in Wilde's Poems of 1881 or 1908. W. H. Rolleston was among the other contributors as was Oscar's brother William. It appears that Rolleston had these issues bound himself and so the preliminary title and list of contributor leaves for the individual issues were retained. William McGee hardcover
1876ref. 195368Dublin: William McGee 1876-79. His early writing Five issues of this literary magazine from Trinity College Dublin each containing an early work by Oscar Wilde. His contributions include poetry such as the mock-medieval "La Belle Marguerite" and the ekphrastic "Wasted Days". They also feature a translation from Euripides; he was "a great Greek scholar" ODNB. Kottabos was "the first genuine Irish example of the University Magazine" Clyde p. 28. An earlier version of Wilde's contribution to vol. III no. VIII 1879 "Ave! Maria" was first published in the Irish Monthly in July 1878. Vol. III no. II 1877 is the second edition with the printed errata slip; the rest are firsts. 5 issues octavo. Original orange printed wrappers sewn as issued. Printed cataloguing slips tipped in to versos of front wrappers or loosely inserted. Wrappers lightly soiled contents a little spotted: in very good condition. Mason 72 73 75 second edition 76 and 77. Tom Clyde Irish Literary Magazines 2003. unknown
ref. 1072321954. Upag. Plansjer. Orig. helskinnb. Bindets ytterkanter litt oppskrapet. Trykt i 350 nummererte eksemplarer hvorav dette er nummer 290 signert av Magnus Ãsgeirsson i kolofonen. . unknown
ref. 2246804760.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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ref. F22OS-00781Modernissimo. Used - Good. Good condition. books in Italian Modernissimo unknown
ref. B172350-1Paris Éditions de La Banderole 1926. 151 5pp. 8 etched plates. Sm. 4to. Wraps. Glassine d.j. One of 200 numbered copies on vélin de Rives with an extra suite of the etchings from the limited edition of 230 printed by Coulouma. Paris (Éditions de La Banderole), 1926. paperback
1926ref. H3612NP: Editions de la Banderole 1926. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. First edition 1926 with the illustrations by Charles Martin. Small quarto 8.75 inches 22 cm no. 180 of 220 on velin de rives with an extra suite of the 8 etchings by Martin. 151 5 pp 8 etchings bound for a total of 16 etchings. Very good with the wax paper covering the wrap now worn and torn book itself near fine one of the suite of eight extra etchings has tanning to it suggesting proximity with a newspaper clipping. All other plates near fine or better mildest age toning to margins. Editions de la Banderole paperback
1926ref. 15333Small 4to. All orig. wrappers in publisher's box uncut. No 148 of 230 "sur Velin de Rives" with and extra suite of the 8 fine etchings by Charles Martin. unknown
ref. 01-0487Paris: La Banderole 1926. Quarter morocco. Etchings by Charles Martin. One of 230 numbered copies. Paris: La Banderole, 1926. unknown
ref. 849764929X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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ref. 2251390162.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1973ref. ZB1354648Easton Press 1973. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Nov 2 SALE item Gilt-stamped full green leather hardcover moire endpapers and pastedowns a.e.g. fine. Includes Notes from the Archives and an unused Easton Press bookplate laid in. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Easton Press hardcover
1974ref. SBBIH-7WL5QZY4R4XCMethuen Publishing Ltd 1974. 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. Methuen Publishing Ltd paperback
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1893ref. 186770London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893. Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it First edition one of 500 trade copies of Wilde's first comedy play produced at the St James's Theatre on 20 February 1892. An instant success it is considered "revolutionary in its mingling of the vocabulary of comedy the potential of tragedy and the insistence on realism" ODNB. Cigarette in hand Wilde made his legendary curtain call on the opening night: "Your appreciation has been most intelligent. I congratulate you on the great success of your performance which persuades me that you think almost as highly of the play as I do myself." An additional 50 large-paper copies were also issued. Small quarto. With 16 pp. publisher's catalogue dated September 1893 at end. Original pink cloth spine lettered in gilt stylized flower and leaf motifs by Charles Shannon in gilt to spine and covers edges untrimmed. Partially removed catalogue note and previous ownership inscription to front endpapers. Extremities bumped faint marks to front cover a few neat pencil marks to contents. A very good copy. Mason 357. hardcover
1903ref. 55532Paris: Publisher not identified 1903. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good to very good condition. 1/250 unnumbered out of series. Octavo. 14 132pp. Bound in pink cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Bound script for the performance at the St. James Theatre London starring George Alexander and Lily Hanbury as Lady and Lord Windermere. Pirated copy by the London bookseller and publisher Leonard Smithers. The original was published without subtitle Nelson 1903.2. Spine sunned covers lightly worn along edges and rubbed. Block lightly age-toned. Publisher not identified hardcover
1893ref. 140949205London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. xiv 132 14 2 pp. with 14 advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's mauve cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good with soiling and darkening to cloth and bumping to corners and spine ends. Contents lightly toned and thumbed with foxing to endpapers and first and last few pages. One of the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde's best-known plays a comedy in four acts. Elkin Mathews and John Lane unknown
1915ref. 52233New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1915. Flexible Cloth. very good . 141p 32mo. No date but circa 1915. A very good copy in red flexible cloth. Rubbing and light wear to spine ends and corners. Top edge of textblock gilt. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover