Wilde, OscarABAA
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1878réf. 2178Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton and Son 1878. First edition. First edition. 12mo. 16pp. Original grey-green printed wrapers. Exceedingly scarce first edition with the publisher's printed crest appearing on the cover of the wrappers as well as on the title page and a vignette woodcut appears on the last page. The prestigious Newdigate Prize Oxford's top award for poetry dates to early 1800's and the winner for 1878 was the young Oscar Wilde. The pamphlet was issued in the same year as was common with many of the early prize winners and is considered Wilde's first publication in book form. He worked on the poem a few years earlier while touring Greece as a student at Oxford. An exemplary copy with no wrinkling or central creases as was commonly seen from folding to place in a pocket. Very small nick out of two corners very slight barely detectable browning to covers else extremely clean and bright. 16pp. Thos. Shrimpton and Son unknown books
1944réf. 4265London: The Unicorn Press 1944. First edition thus. First edition thus. Beige and brown two-tone cloth. A scarce minor editiion. The Unicorn Press unknown books
réf. 06423London: Methuen & Co. 1908. First Collected Edition Handsomely Bound by Birdsall of Northampton WILDE Oscar. Works. London: Methuen & Co. 1908-1922. The Picture of Dorian Gray with imprint: Paris: Charles Carrington 1908. First collected edition including For the Love of the King which was published in 1922. One of 1000 issued on handmade paper out of a total edition of 1080 sets. Fifteen octavo volumes 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 209 x 146 mm. Handsomely bound ca. 1950 by Birdsall of Northampton and London stamp-signed in full light blue calf covers with triple ruled borders spines with five shallow raised bands decoratively tooled in compartments two red leather labels lettered in gilt gilt decorated boards edges and turn-ins pale blue marbled endpapers top edge gilt other uncut. Spines uniformly faded one volume a little less so otherwise a very fine set including the fifteenth volume For the Love of the King which was published later in 1922. The first collected edition of the works of Wilde is still the most complete and correct. "The text is taken in most instances from the last editions issued under the superintendence of the author. In some cases the volumes contain additional matter which had not previously been reprinted while some of the volumes contain matter here published for the first time" Mason. Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 Irish-born poet dramatist and novelist. "During his undergraduate years at Oxford and as a disciple of Walter Pater Wilde became the leader of an aesthetic movement that advocated art for art's sake. He attracted a great deal of attention with his aestheticism and by wearing long hair dressing eccentrically and carrying flowers in his hands while lecturing.Wilde was accused of homosexual practices was tried and found guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment 1895-97.On his release physically spiritually and financially ruined he went to Paris.where he lived in bitterness and despair until his death. Wilde's works include Poems 1881; two collections of fairy stories The Happy Prince and Other Tales 1888 and The House of Pomegranates 1891; The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 a novel; and many brilliantly witty plays including Lady Windermere's Fan 1892; A Woman of No Importance 1893; Salomé 1894 written originally in French and used as the basis for Richard Strauss's opera of the same title; An Ideal Husband 1895; and The Importance of Being Earnest 1895 often considered his masterpiece. His poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1898 and his impassioned letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas De Profundis published post-humously in 1905 were products of his imprisonment" Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia. Mason pp. 459-460. London: Methuen & Co., 1908 unknown books
1907réf. 67715London: A. R. Keller & Co 1907. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. Illustrated. London: A. R. Keller & Co. 1907. Edition de Luxe of the Uniform Edition. One of 200 numbered copies of which this is number 14. Complete in fifteen octavo volumes. Measures 7 1/4 x 5 in. Illustrated in black and white with plates in two states 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. Finely bound in modern full green levant morocco. Spines tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with a red morocco gilt floral inlay four raised bands all edges gilt marbled endpapers. A fine set. This very early edition precedes the 1908 Ross edition of Wilde's works often described as the first collected edition. HBS 67715. $11500. A. R. Keller & Co 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
1902réf. 11348THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL Alfred Bartlett 1902 an early American edition wear and chipping to the spine and lower fore edge corner tips else a good copy with vg contents. 1/550 copies of this unauthorized edition. This copy bears the bookplate of Michigan politician Thomas Weadock on the f.p.d. whose collection of Napoleona was at one time second to none. Alfred Bartlett unknown books
1907réf. 13130Salome John Lane / Bodley Head 1907 first edition thus small area of minor bubbling to the rear cloth cover else just about fine with all the Beardsley plates present and in fine condition. A large paper copy with extended uncut margins. John Lane / Bodley Head 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
1906réf. 4798London: Privately Printed Leonard Smithers 1906. First edition. First edition. Original tan printed wrappers 400 copies printed. 20pp. Title printed in red and black. An unopened copy with spine worn and fragile wrappers with one corner small loss and another 2" bent and nearly separated but a nice copy of a scarce publication regarding the "acrimonious correspondence on art." between Wilde and Whistler. Smithers' next-to-last publication. Very good wrappers frayed with a few small pieces gone lower corner threatening to let go. Privately Printed [Leonard Smithers] unknown books
réf. ST17553Bayreuth: The Bear Press 1982. No. 4 OF 15 COPIES with hand-colored etchings signed by Benda Klitsch and Lehr from a total edition of 210. 226 x 146 mm. 9 x 5 7/8". 50 pp. 2 leaves.Translated and with an afterword by Wolfram Benda. Publisher's dark brown calf by Erwin Lehr covers with gilt fillet border upper cover with large gilt rose at center raised bands spine in gilt-ruled compartments gilt lettering. In the original slipcase covers with ivory handmade paper. With four signed and hand-colored etchings by Peter Klitsch all with original tissue guards. Printed on Kochi-Japan paper. ◆In pristine condition. This is a lovely special version of a finely crafted private press edition of Wilde's fairy tales "The Nightingale and the Rose" "The Happy Prince" and "The Selfish Giant." It is the third work issued by the Bear Press founded in 1979 by literary scholar Wolfram Benda and still in operation. According to the firm's website "at a time when the craftsmanship and ethos of the artisan in bookmaking have been damaged by ever-increasing industrialization and neglect . . . The Bear Press . . . tries to achieve the highest possible degree of technical and artistic perfection in its printed works." The font used to print the text and the artist chosen to illustrate each work have been carefully selected to express "the individual author's personality and intention." Even the discriminating aesthete Wilde 1854-1900 would be pleased with the choices here: the type is set in refined Walbaum Antiqua; the etchings by Austrian artist Peter Klitsch b. 1934 are meticulous detailed and reminiscent of the work of Wilde's friend Aubrey Beardsley; and the binding is the epitome of tasteful restraint. First appearing in 1888 the three tales here are bittersweet in their themes of love and self-sacrifice. Wilde's stories for children were one of his early successes and DNB says that "their permanent place in child affections refutes the vulgarism that Wilde's literary reputation arose from his legal notoriety. In all cases the fairy tales are on the child's side celebrating the courage and generosity of the poor and vulnerable while their satire mocks the kind of pomposity and hypocrisy children can recognize.". The Bear Press unknown books
1962réf. 398410New York: Macmillan 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition thus with Introduction by John Updike. Illustrated by Sandro Nardini and Enrico Bagnoli. Folio. Cloth. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing along the top extremities. A nice copy of this volume of Wilde's fairy tales prepared for children. Also issued in glossy boards without jacket this issue is much less common. Macmillan hardcover books
1962réf. 593150New York: The Macmillan Company 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by John Updike. Illustrated by Sandro Nardini and Enrico Bagnoli. Folio. Glossy boards. Lightly bumped on edges else near fine. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1928réf. 483Paris. Société d'édition Le Livre Emile Chamontin 1928. Trans. into French by E. Jaloux and F. Frapereau. Large 4to 349 pp. 3/4 maroon moroccan gilt back t.e.g marbled boards and end papers with original wrappers bound in. Illus. With 23 steel engravings by Jean-Emil Laboureur. No. 61 of 230 numbered copies. Godefroy 369 Carteret IV p. 409. ORIGINAL WRAPS BOUND IN INCLUDING SPINE. Corners rubbed end paper slightly split interior fine. Fine example of Laboureur's work at the height of his stylized art deco period. Société d'édition Le Livre, hardcover books
1973réf. 526232Belfast: Crannog Press 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition by this publisher and first illustrated by Margaret McCord. Octavo. 19pp. Printed in blue ink on black paper. Dark blue cloth with publisher's printed label on front cover. Illustrated by Margaret McCord with three full-page color illustrations. Binding is slightly rubbed at tips of spine and corners front endpaper has a few abrasions from a removed bookplate else a near fine copy issued without printed dust jacket. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Contains the following 'prose' poems by Oscar Wilde: "The Master; The Disciple; The House of Judgement; The Doer of Good; and The Artist. Crannog Press hardcover books
1903réf. 013011Minden in Westf: J. C. C. Burns 1903. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First German translation of Wilde's short story "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1889. It was later added to the collection Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories 1891. The story is about an attempt to uncover the identity of Mr. W. H. the enigmatic dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets. which has led to speculation of the Bard's bisexuality. From the library of famous American art collector lawyer and bibliophile John Quinn 1870 - 1924 with his book plate designed by Yeats on the pastedown. 8vo gray cloth printed in black. 8 L 136. Art-Nouveau style endpapers. Book ticket from The Burrows Brothers Company Cleveland Ohio bottom rear pastedown. Covers moderately soiled slight lean to spine solid binding clean internals. Prelims include publisher's descriptions of its other Wilde titles. Scarce edition with a unique provenance. J. C. C. Burns hardcover books
1991réf. 1400677London: The Folio Society 1991. Hardcover. Octavo xiii 112 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's quarter black cloth and black-and-white printed paper boards with gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Top edge of textblock gilt. Fore edge of textblock deckled. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Case 9 3/4. Folio Press. 1400677. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Folio Society hardcover books
1923réf. 56675München Munich: Drei Masken Verlages 1923. Limited Edition. Very good. SIGNED. 57pp. Quarto 28 cm Parchment vellum boards with a hubbed spine gilt spine title and single gilt ruled borders on the spine and boards. Top edge gilt. Patterned endpapers. Bound by Hübel & Denck in Leipzig. The front board is wavy. There is a previous owner's decorative bookplate on the front pastedown. The text is in English. Ritter C a 29. Woodcuts by Frans Masereel. This is one of the copies which have been numbered with Roman Numerals. Number XLVII of LXX the copies numbered in Roman numerals forming part of an overall edition of 340 copies. Signed by Frans Masereel on the limitation page. Masereel has additionally signed the seven full-page woodcut illustrations within. Drei Masken Verlages unknown 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
1973réf. 159525Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1973. Hardcover. G Ex-art library with label mark on front cover; rear pocket; few marks; otherwise clean. Brown leather with gilt letters on spine gilt decorations on both covers gilt edges all around; 52 colored pp. printed in doubled Japanese fashion; color illus. A special edition of this story penned by French author Oscar Wilde after the biblical tale of Salome and the seven veils. Translated by Lord Alfred Douglas with introduction by Holbrook Jackson and primary color illustrations rendered by Valenti Angelo. The Easton Press hardcover books
1907réf. 189843Leipsig: Insel-Verlag 1907. Hardcover. Fair fading and shelfwear to boards foxing throughout binding secure text is otherwise clear. Brown leather spine with gilt lettering; tan paper boards with red lettering top edge gilt 4 preliminary leaves 3-158 pages. Text is in German. Two conversations about art and about life. Contents: Der Verfall des Lügens.--Kritik eine Kunst nebst einigen Bemerkungen wie wichtig es sei alles zu diskutiren. Insel-Verlag hardcover books
1950réf. 206516London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 298 pages. Posthumously released collection of essays from the author of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" "The Importance of Being Earnest" and numerous other books. Edited and with an introduction by Hesketh Pearson. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some slight toning to the edges and some other minor wear. A very pleasing copy. Methuen & Co. Ltd unknown books
1928réf. 207063New York: E.P. Dutton Inc 1928. Hardcover. 124 pages. Wilde's classic book inspired by his time spent in prison. Features striking illustrations by John Vassos. A very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with wear to the corners a small vintage bookstore sticker to the front pastedown an attractive vintage bookplate to the front free endpaper and some other minor internal wear. No dust jacket. A solid copy of this terrific book. E.P. Dutton, Inc unknown books
1929réf. 214084New York: The Macmillan Company 1929. First trade edition. Hardcover. 57 pages. A short work from Wilde. Features four color plates and several other black and white illustrations by Pamela Bianco. A near fine copy with some very minor wear and in a very good price clipped dust jacket with a price rubberstamped to the front flap some edge tears and small chips and other light wear. The Macmillan Company unknown books
1976réf. 195435Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1976. Limited Collector's Edition. Hardcover. VG. Hill James. Red full-leather binding with gilt illustration and lettering; there are five compartments and four raised bands on the spine; fully gilted textblock edges; cloth bookmark; xiii 313 pp.; richly illustrated. One in the series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" published by Easton Press. Gorgeous Book! Easton Press hardcover books
1982réf. 621603New York: Atheneum 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Illustrated by Beni Montresor. Quarto. Measuring 9" x 12½". Fine in lightly worn near fine dust jacket. Atheneum hardcover books
