Wilde, OscarABAA
8 573 résultats
1928réf. 2221806First edition thus. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4". 16 illustrations by John Vassos. Original black cloth over blue boards t.e.g. Dust jacket clipped; small chips. Very good. 124 pages. No signatures or bookplates. No. 33 of 200 copies. This copy is not signed. Printed by Knudsen Process. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. hardcover books
1937réf. 52410New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good. c1937. Hardcover. Very Good condition with mild sunning to the upper board edges and some shelfwear; The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a beautiful and heartbreaking poem about Oscar Wilde's time spent in prison. Wilde writes about the loneliness and sadness he feels while incarcerated and how reading and writing can keep him sane. The poem is a great reminder that even though life can be difficult it's always worth trying to find beauty in the world.; 4to ; 42 pages . The Heritage Press hardcover books
1930réf. 4964to. New York. E.P. Dutton and Co. 1930. Uncut bright and clean copy includes DJ in fine condition. Quarterbound coated black cloth spine gilt lettering and decorative elements patterned blue paper boards frontispiece tissue guards. 124pp. Illus. b/w plates. Conceptions by John Vassos. Vassos second work following his breakthrough work with Salome in 1927. E.P. Dutton and Co books
1904réf. 30594Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Limited edition 16mo pp. 6 33 2; title-page vignette printed in red; original gray cloth paper-covered boards printed paper spine and cover labels printed in red and black plain paper wrapper chipped with a fairly large ink stain joints and hinges cracked internally fine. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
1937réf. 012329New York: Limited Editions Club 1937. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a few mild scratches. Zhenya Gay. Quarto 7-1/2" x 11" bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #1205 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more unusual bindings of the press rarely found in such nice condition as the spine is often badly rubbed or worse Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1898réf. 282548London: Smithers 1898. First. hardcover. very good. Slim 8vo mustard cloth backed in white with gilt lettering. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Limited First Edition. One of 800 copies printed on hand-made paper on one side only. Inscribed on title page; "I.O. from F.A.S. Guilsborough Hall." A very good copy with some bubbling of the cloth and light soil. Irene Osgood later the wife of R.H. Sherard author of the life of Oscar Wilde was a novelist. This book was given to her by Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham Preserved in an attractive1/4 leather slipcase with an elaborately gilt spine. Smithers unknown books
1963réf. 40563New York: Ernest Rathenau 1963. First edition. Hardcover. vg to fine. 385/600. Large Quarto. Unpaginated. Original gray cloth with black reproduction of Erich Heckel's title page on cover and black lettering on spine housed in a plain cardboard slipcase. Second title page woodcut by Erich Heckel with German text. Wilde wrote this ballad in Berneval-le-Grand France where he spent time with Robert Ross. The poem narrates the execution of Charles Thomas Wooldridge who had been a trooper of the Royal Horse Guards and was convicted of murdering his wife. Illustrated with 12 impressive etchings including title page after woodcuts by Erich Heckel from 1907. Printed in Walbaum Antiqua on Hahnemühlen handmade paper at the letterpress of the Brothers Hartmann Berlin. Text in English. Light sunning of slipcase and spine. Slipcase and binding in very good interior in fine condition. Ernest Rathenau hardcover books
réf. B114150-1New York Limited Editions Club 1937. xii 42pp. 9 plates. 4to. Decorative embossed sheepskin binding resembling jail cell. Slipcase. Edition printed by John S. Fass at the Harbor Press New York and limited to 1500 copies hand-numbered and signed Zhenya in the colophon. New York (Limited Editions Club), 1937. unknown books
1947réf. 1000009London: Castle Press 1947 First edition thus. Cloth. Octavo. Black and white illustratioins. Very good in dust jacket with several chips around the edges and a couple of short tears. The illustrations are grim and excellent. The illustrator contributes an introduction. Castle Press, hardcover books
1899réf. 140938501London: Leonard Smithers 1899. First Edition. Very Good. First Edition first printing. One of 800 copies originally printed which sold out immediately. Very Good. Covers soiled corners and spine ends softened. Endsheets offset from binder's glue. Previous owner name partially effaced from front paste down. Slight odor to pages. Clipping with apparently forged signature of Oscar Wilde tipped in on recto of final blank sheet by no means assumed to be authentic. Leonard Smithers unknown books
1979réf. 37989NY: Viking 1979. First Edition. Leonard Lubin. Horizontal 8vo pp. 55. Illustrated by Leonard Lubin. A nice copy in little scuffed and chipped dj. A children's book. Viking unknown books
1929réf. 001190New York: The Macmillan Company 1929. Cloth is faded to tan on spine and corners. Erasure marks at top of front free endpaper. Illustrated by PAMELA BIANCO. Frontispiece and three double-page illustrations in color. Additional full-page black and white plates. 58pp. First Edition. Gray Cloth. Minor Edge Wear./Lightly Chipped Price-Clipped. Octavo. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
189019pp plus three blank leaves at back. 20 x 12.5cm. Illustrations on front cover, inside each cover, and upon title page. Undated but appears to be circa 1890. Unmarked. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
réf. 9780194790536Oxford University Press
réf. 74855New York: Grosset & Dunlap No date. Softcover. Very Good. Trade paperback. Very good plus with light overall wear. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
réf. 9780451531070Signet USA
1927réf. 219037New York: Wise 1927. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good hardcover. Vol. 7 only. Edges of pages light brown. Corners bent. Spine leather. Edges of spine chipped. Wise hardcover books
1993réf. 105605NY:: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0805010092 . Book club edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Henry Holt and Company, hardcover books
1930réf. 219075US: The Literary Guild of America 1930. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Name on front endpaper. Pages brown. Corners bent. Spine and edges of cover faded. Spine lean. The Literary Guild of America hardcover books
1912réf. 510022Riverside Connecticut: The Hillacre Bookhouse 1912. Softcover. Near Fine. First separate American edition. 16mo. 34pp. Sewn printed wrappers. Binding a touch loose with very light toning and wear printed paper label with a bit of light soil close to near fine. One of 1000 copies printed. Not in Mason; collected editions of The Happy Prince and Other Tales were published prior to this edition but Mason does not seem to list any earlier separate editions. An attractive little volume published by Frederick C. Bursch surprisingly uncommon given the limitation; OCLC locates two copies NYPL University of Tulsa. The Hillacre Bookhouse unknown books
1932réf. 1397647New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons c. 1932. Hardcover. Octavo 256 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering all corners clipped. Minor chipping to edges and corners of dust jacket. Crease to spine of dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked. Foxing and age toning to text block and interior pages. With reference to "Roughy the Dog Who Ran Away" and "The Year'Round' both published in 1932 on dust jacket flaps. With four illustrations by C.M. Burd and Walter Crane. Shelved Case 2. 1397647. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1913réf. 9026788New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1913. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Illustratd in color by Spencer Baird Nichols. Spine dulled by the sun and shows wear at head and heel. Still a very good copy. Frederick A. Stokes hardcover books
1913réf. 9026848New York: Stokes 1913. Hardcover. Very good. Spencer Baird Nichols. Bound in publisher's original blue green cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. Cover and text illustrated by Spencer Baird Nichols. Wear at top and bottom of spine. Text is tight. 8 x 5 1/4 inches. 204 pages. Stokes hardcover books
réf. 9780241776285Puffin UK
1935réf. WB18285London: Duckworth 1935. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated in colour and black and white by Charles Robinson. Reprint edition of this popular book of stories. Original tan cloth faded in patches. Internally a sound copy - although a previous owner has colored in a few of the black and white drawings. As far as uncalled-for-coloring in a modern book goes I've seen a lot worse. Duckworth hardcover books
