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1912réf. 38770London: Lane 1912. Reprint. BEARDSLEY Aubrey illust. Small 8vo pp. 82. Original green cloth stamped in gilt; uncut. Little wear to corners sides and ends of spine o/w VG. Galletin 25. This was the first publication of Robert Ross's 16 page Note on "Salome Lane unknown books
1945réf. 24560NY: Heritage 1945. Large 8vo pp. 51. Decorated and illuminated by Valenti Angelo. Spine slightly faded o/w a nice copy. Heritage unknown books
1927réf. 12415Paris: Les Éditions G. Crès 1927. Hardcover. vg. Alastair. Small quarto 19 by 14 cm. vii 1 blank 89 5 table pp. Half title; main title in red and black; 9 duotone plates by Alastair. Text in original French. Half calf over mottled brown boards; spine lettered in gilt; marbled endleaves. Illustrated front wrapper lightly soiled retained. Clean text throughout mild rubbing/wear at extremities of covers else a very good copy. Later illustrated edition of this one-act play which tells the biblical story of Salome stepdaughter of the tetrach Herod Antipas who to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias requests the head of Jokanaan John the Baptist on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils. While the intended premier of the play was being rehearsed for production in June of 1892 at the Palace Theatre in London with Sarah Bernhardt in the leading role and Albert Darmont as Herod the lord chamberlain withheld his license invoking legislation from the protestant Reformation era which prohibited medieval miracle or otherwise religious plays. Wilde responed in print: "Personally to have my première in Paris instead of in London is a great honour and one that I appreciate sincerly. The pleasure and pride that I have experienced in the whole affair has been that Madame Sarah Bernhardt who is undoubtedly the greatest artist on any stage should have been charmed and fascinated by my play and should have wished to act in it. Every rehearsal has been a source of pleasure to me. The hear my own words spoken by the most beautiful voice in the world has been the greatest artistic jouy that it is possible to experience. So that you see as far as I am concerned I care very little about the refusal of the Lord Chamberlain to allow my play to be produced" quoted in Mason. With a seven-page bibliography of French editions and translations into fourteen languages including Yiddish. For a concise but well-documented treatment of Wilde's response to the suppression of the play in England along with a brief discussion of the early productions and a list of later productions prior to the First World War see S. Mason Bibliography of Oscar Wilde vol. 2 pp. 370-378. Les Éditions G. Crès hardcover books
1911réf. 527904Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus with a new introduction by Thomas B. Mosher and a "critical review" by Alfred Bruce Douglas. Translated from the French by Douglas. Small octavo. xxiii 79pp. Owner signature on the front fly. Boards bumped and rubbed toned along the edges and spine spine hinges split page edges toned sound but only about very good. Limited to 500 copies. Thomas B. Mosher hardcover books
1907réf. 9029442Boston: John W. Luce 1907. Fine. Aubrey Beardsley. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with front cover stamped in elaborate gilt. Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. 13 illustrations including title page and table of contents. 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches. 36 pages. John W. Luce hardcover books
1893réf. ST20128Paris and London: Librairie de l'Art Indépendant; Elkin Mathews et John Lane 1893. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 600 COPIES 500 of which were for sale. 243 x 150 mm. 8 x 5 5/8". 84 pp. 1 leaf. Pleasing red very coarse-grained morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp-signed in gilt on rear turn-in covers with gilt coat of arms surrounded by a gilt oval raised bands gilt lettering gilt-ruled turn-ins top edge gilt others untrimmed. With the original purple wrappers bound in. Housed in a deluxe suede-lined modern red morocco case by Antonio Perez-Noriega covers with elaborate twining wood onlays. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM WILDE TO ADOLPHE RETTÉ WITH WILDE'S INSCRIPTION AND SIGNATURE ON THE FRONT FLYLEAF. Mason 348. See also: Mikhail "Oscar Wilde: Interviews and Recollections" pp. 190-91. Spine faintly sunned covers with a few small bumps and dents perhaps original with the skin or intentionally made by the binder one or two negligible finger smudges but a fine clean copy with just insignificant imperfections. This is a very special presentation copy of Wilde's most controversial play inscribed to one of three writers the author invited to edit the original French script. In the Gospel of Luke Herodias the haughty wife of Antipas tetrarch of Galilee is so incensed by the preaching of John the Baptist against her sins that she determines to be revenged. She persuades her daughter Salomé to ask Antipas the girl's stepfather for John's head as the reward for her seductive dancing. Wilde's fertile imagination converts this story into a tale of juvenile infatuation scorned and turned into demented hate. Written and first published in French "Salomé" was to have been staged in London with Sarah Bernhardt in the title role but this was prevented by the Lord Chamberlain the theater censor. Thus the play was first performed in 1896 in Paris with Bernhardt in the title role but without Wilde in attendance since he was confined at the time in Reading Gaol. It was not performed in London until 1905 in a private performance and the censor's ban was not lifted until 1932. Adolphe Retté 1863-1930 was a French poet essayist and literary figure who initially was celebrated for his decadent and symbolist poetry but later experienced a profound spiritual awakening that led him to renounce his earlier works and embrace Catholicism. He was one of three French-speaking poets along with Stuart Merrill and Pierre Louÿs Wilde solicited to look over the original script and correct any overt anglicisms. Retté who had met Wilde in Paris wrote about his involvement with "Salomé" in his memoir where he describes his admiration for the work: "Not only were Wilde's ideas subtle and delightful but he knew how to enhance them seeming to caress each word with his irresistible way of speaking." Retté marveled at Wilde's "talent as a conversationalist or rather as a monopolizer of the conversation and the wonderful way he would set forth the philosophy of 'hedonism.'" Wilde presentation copies are not exceptionally rare in general but we could find few such copies of this important first edition and none any more important as this one. Librairie de l'Art Indépendant; Elkin Mathews et John Lane unknown books
1925réf. 6110Les Éditions G. Crès et Cie 14,5 x 19 Paris 1925 Broché, petit in-4, couverture rempliée illustrée d'un dessin en couleurs représentant Salomé, VII-[1]-89-[9] p., titre rouge, bibliographie et table in fine. Note des éditeurs. Dessins d'Alastair annoncés en titre, absents du volume. Couverure en bon état protégée de papier cristal, intérieur très frais.(C137)
1925réf. 6110Les Éditions G. Crès et Cie 14,5 x 19 Paris 1925 Broché, petit in-4, couverture rempliée illustrée d'un dessin en couleurs représentant Salomé, VII-[1]-89-[9] p., titre rouge, bibliographie et table in fine. Note des éditeurs. Dessins d'Alastair annoncés en titre, absents du volume. Couverure en bon état protégée de papier cristal, intérieur très frais.(C137)
réf. 9782081450769G.F.
réf. lc_91005Bachmair. Söcking 1949
1928réf. 7615NP PRIVATELY PRINTED 1928 1928. CLOTH OVER MARBLED BOARDS; #471/1200 VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NP, PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1928 hardcover books
1905réf. 45608London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1905. Softcover. g to vg. Duodecimo. 222pp. Bound in a beautiful period grey-brown morocco binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the front cover with raised bands and gilt stamped motifs and lettering on a red label on the spine. Top edge of the book block in gilt. Gilt dentelles and decorative pattered endpapers. The binding was created by acclaimed London-based firm Sangorski & Sutcliffe for sale in the book department of the famous Chicago department store Marshall Field & Company. Binder's ink stamp on the verso of the front endpaper. Reprinted from the "Fortnightly Review" by permission of Messrs Chapman & Hall. Publication in the Belles Lettres series of Humphreys's Royal Library. Contains epigrams and aphorisms and the essay "The Soul of Man" a reprint of the essay originally published with the title "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." Mason # 633. Binding with light rubbing to extremities including head and tail of spine as well as raised bands. Small stain on the front cover. Covers sunned along the edges. Interior with some smudging to the half-title. Binding in very good- interior in near fine condition overall. Arthur L. Humphreys unknown books
1905réf. 229097London Arthur L. Humphreys 1905. 1905. Later printing. 8vo. Contemporary 3/4 vellum over light blue cloth gilt stamped decorations of lines and crosses on the spine two green leather gilt stamped spine labels t.e.g. others uncut front free endpaper missing. Fine. 222 pages. No bookplates. A collection of Wilde's aphorisms and bon mots first published the previous year. See - Mason 634. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. hardcover books
1906réf. 312342London: Humphreys 1906. hardcover. Epigrams and "The Soul of Man Under Socialism". Title in red and black 222pp. untrimmed small 8vo rebound in full brown morocco black spine labels gilt-decorations raised bands. London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1911. Mint. Sebastian Melmoth was Oscar Wilde's pseudonym used after his arrest and subsequent move to the continent. Humphreys unknown books
2004réf. 81286Madrid:: Del Prado Publishers. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. 8483729709 . Part of The Miniature Classics Library series. Unabridged. First edition thus miniature - measures roughly 2" x 2.5". Fine in a brown leather binding. . Del Prado Publishers, hardcover books
1919réf. 12126London / Paris: Methuen & Co / 1919. Twelfth Edition / Second Foolscap Edition / Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good. Twelfth Edition / Second Foolscap Edition / Second Printing. Cloth. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. "It is thought that a selection from Oscar Wilde's early verses may be of interest to a large public at present familiar only with the always popular Ballad of Reading Gaol also included in this volume. The poems were first collected by their author when he was twenty-six years old."--Preface. Two other volumes of Wilde's more prolific works. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Light shelfwear and bumped corners toning throughout else tight bright and unmarred. Bound in green cloth with dark blue outlining gilt borders and deckled edges. 8vo viii 161pp. ; xix 180pp. ; xi 352pp. Methuen & Co / unknown books
1930réf. 15162SIXTEEN LETTERS FROM OSCAR WILDE Faber & Faber 1930 first edition spine faded else near fine in publishers original pink/red cloth binding with t.p.e.'s in gold-gilt and publishers g/vg box. Edited and with notes By John Rothenstein. 1/515 copies. Illustrated by Beerbohm & Rothenstein. Faber & Faber hardcover books
1930réf. 7932GILT STAMPED ROSE CLOTH GLASSINE DUST JACKET. VERY GOOD. ONE OF 550 COPIES THIS COPY "OUT OF SERIES". FABER & FABER hardcover books
1959réf. UWILSTO00hcCollins 1959. Very Good. Wilde Oscar. Stories. London: Collins 1959. 510pp. Illustrated. 16mo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with light bumping. Slightly faded spine. Few loose pages near front. Few misprinted pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with rubbing and bumping. Few short tears. Chipped spine ends. Collins hardcover books
1991réf. 452580New York: Simon & Schuster 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fourth printing. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch. Quarto. Fine in fine dust jacket. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1908réf. 43670Wien-Leipzig, Wiener Verlag, 1908. 8°. Mit einigen Tafeln u. Faksimiles. Zus. ca. 3200 S., Flex. rote OLwd.-Bde. m. goldgepr. Deckelvignetten, Rückenverg. u. Kopfgoldschnitt.
réf. 9782364906075La Musardine
réf. 144208Lynd Ward. New York: Macy-Masius: The Vanguard Press 1928. Illustrated with mezzotints by Lynd Ward. 4to 10 x 7 inches. 106 pp. Decorative title page printed in green and black. Twenty-five full-page mezzotints by Ward with historiated headpieces and side-pieces bordering the text throughout. Illustrated green pictorial endpapers. Original imitation wood-grain paper over boards brown leather spine lettered in blind. FIRST EDITION. First impression of 2000 copies. Set in Blado Italic on Aurelian Rag paper; composition and presswork by The Marchbanks Press. Signed by Lynd Ward on the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Boards lightly toned and rubbed at the extremities; rear board with some additional wear. Spine intact and secure. Page block tanning at edges else the mezzotint plates and text quite clean. Very good. Horodisch p. 106. The Ballad of Reading Gaol was written during Wilde's exile in France following his release from Reading Prison where he had served two years for gross indecency. Ward's mezzotints - his first work for a fine press book predating Gods' Man 1929 - match Wilde's poem in their atmospheric darkness rendering the prison's figures in dense velvety shadow. . unknown books
1899réf. 17881The Ballad of Reading Gaol Leonard Smithers 1899 the 7th edition with several important changes to previous editions 1 the name Oscar Wilde appears on the title page 2 The copyright date is changed from January 1898 to February 1898 and 3 a line of the poem on page 4 third stanza has been changed. A very good copy void of foxing or staining with a tanned and dust-soiled spine. Leonard Smithers unknown books
1911réf. 2222674First edition thus from British sheets. Small octavo. Introduction by Robert Ross dated Reform Club May 25 1910. Original red stamped brown boards. No dust jacket. Very good small chip at head of spine. 86 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Pages 61-86 contain a shorter early draft of the ballad. Printed by T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. Browne’s Bookstore hardcover books
