Wilde, OscarABAA
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1891réf. 7941London: James R. Osgood 1891. First edition. Very Good . One of 1000 copies. A Very Good copy fresh and clean throughout. Publisher's pictorial tan cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth a bit faded and foxed. Gilt very bright and attractive. Dent to edge of lower board at bottom corner. Modern bookplate D. Chisholm Simpson and ink ownership stamp Yew Tree Cottage to upper endpapers. A some toning to upper free endpaper otherwise very fresh and clean internally. Complete with the four plates illustrated by Charles Shannon which have faded but are somewhat clearer than is usually seen. A collection of fairytales from the famed writer wit and aesthete A House of Pomegranates compiles four stories of mermaids hunchbacks kings and princesses. This was actually Wilde's second collection of fairy tales - he had been writing such stories for years - after The Happy Prince and Other Tales published in 1888. A House of Pomegranates was met with some controversy with many reviewers finding the stories too complex and morally ambiguous for children. Wilde clearly had more wide-ranging ambitions than the standard children's tale however and found it absurd that "the extremely limited vocabulary at the disposal of the British child is the standard by which the prose of an artist is to be judged.in building this House of Pomegranates I had about as much intention of pleasing the British child as I had of pleasing the British public." Very Good . James R. Osgood unknown books
1909réf. 11870London: Methuen & Co 1909. Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Third Edition. Cloth. A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales written by Oscar Wilde that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales 1892. 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. Shelfwear and bumped corners foxing throughout else tight bright and unmarred. Bound in green cloth with gilt decorations and deckled edges. 8vo 179pp. Former owner signed on fep inscription on half title. Methuen & Co unknown books
1925réf. UB-17848New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1925. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good /very good. First Thus. Hardcover. Descend into 7 morbid fairy tales full of enchantment death sacrifice and "the wounds of love" by the great Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 who once declared these tales "intended neither for the British child nor the British public." In these pages you'll find a fisherman who falls in love with a mermaid with a magical voice and must strike a deal with a cave-dwelling witch to rid himself of his human soul to have her a beauty-loving king who would rather wear rags than raiment a falling star and a sinister babe abandoned in a wood a giant and his beautiful walled garden beset by children and so much more here illustrated in 16 striking and otherworldly plates by the Jewish Ukrainian-American artist Ben Kutcher 1895-1967. This is the first edition published with pictorial endpapers gilt-stamped pictorial binding and uncommon dust jacket all designed by Kutcher. 9 5/8" X 6 1/2". Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket with small open tears at all edges and extremities 3" neat tear to rear panel sunning to spine and scattered rubbing and soiling. Publisher's cloth binding by Ben Kutcher with artist's monogram BK to rear board. Bound in black cloth over boards with boards and spine stamped in gilt: rose bush and nightingale to upper board nightingale and heart motif continued to spine with star and candle and starry cloudy night sky scene to rear all bright. Edgewear to binding with slight lean to spine and scattered rubbing to cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Binding is firm and sound. Scattered foxing to pages and plates throughout else unmarked. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1900réf. 33763London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co 1900. Unbound. Very Good. Unbound. Cover of "A Long Time Ago" featuring a chromolithograph illustration from "Robinson Crusoe." Minor wear to corners and edges of boards. Minor soiling. Light dampstain to bottom corner. Size: about 9 x 7 inches. PRINT/123019. Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1900réf. 33756London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co 1900. Unbound. Very Good. Unbound. Chromolithograph illustration of Chrismas Eve. A few chips to edges of print light dampstaining to bottom corner not affecting image and light speckles of foxing. Size: about 9 x 7 inches. PRINT/123019. Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1900réf. 33758London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co 1900. Unbound. Very Good. Unbound. Chromolithograph illustration from the story "the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe." A large crease to bottom corner of print light dampstaining to bottom corner not affecting image and light speckles of foxing. Size: about 9 x 7 inches. PRINT/123019. Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1900réf. 33759London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co 1900. Unbound. Very Good. Unbound. Chromolithograph illustration from the story "Aladdin." Small chip to bottom corner light dampstaining to bottom corner not affecting image light soiling to margins and light speckles of foxing. Size: about 9 x 7 inches. PRINT/123019. Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1900réf. 33761London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co 1900. Unbound. Very Good. Unbound. Chromolithograph illustration from a poem "Robinson Crusoe." Small chip to bottom corner light dampstaining to bottom corner not affecting image light browning to margins and light speckles of foxing. A few lines from the rhyme are included on the print. Includes a seperate page of text including the full text of the poem. Size: about 9 x 7 inches. PRINT/123019. Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1900réf. 33760London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co 1900. Unbound. Very Good. Unbound. Chromolithograph illustration from the nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue." Small chip to bottom corner light dampstaining to bottom corner not affecting image light browning to margins and light speckles of foxing. A few lines from the rhyme are included on the print. Includes a seperate page of text including the poem. Size: about 9 x 7 inches. PRINT/123019. Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1900réf. 33757London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co 1900. Unbound. Very Good. Unbound. Chromolithograph illustration of Jack and the Beanstalk. A large chip to bottom corner of print light dampstaining and streak of soiling to bottom corner not affecting image and light speckles of foxing. Also includes part of story on seperate page. Size: about 9 x 7 inches. PRINT/123019. Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1976réf. 582788New York: Simon and Schuster 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1976réf. 58165New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671223232 . A Nearly Fine first Printing of the First Edition that has minimal edgewear in a shelfworn dust-jacket in the same condition; Wilde Meta Carpenter and Orin Borsten tell the story of William Faulkner and Meta Carpenter from their courtship in the 1930s to their final days together in the 1950s. The book is full of insights into Faulkner's character his writing and his relationship with Meta Carpenter.; 8vo; 334 pages . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1976réf. 25943New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1976. First Edition. Hardcover. price-clipped moderate wear to book at extremities; jacket a little faded and soiled along spine and adjacet edges of both panels a bit of wear along top edge including a couple of small closed tears and very shallow paper loss at top of spine. B&W photographs INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the colophon page: "For Ann and Del / My special 'Dear Hearts' / whose friendship I / treasure. / Blessings and love / Meta Wilde / March 1 1980." The author's "full story of her romance with William Faulkner which began when she was a script girl for Howard Hawks and Faulkner came to Hollywood to work on the scenario for THE ROAD TO GLORY and continued over the next thirty years whenever time and chance gave the lovers an opportunity." Wilde went on to become one of Hollywood's legendary script supervisors working well into the 1980s sometimes under the name Meta Rebner with an impressive string of credits including TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD THE GRADUATE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT SHAMPOO and TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. The inscribees of this copy were director Delbert Mann and his wife; Ms. Wilde had worked for Mann on the 1960 film THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. Signed by Author . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
réf. B243967-1N.p. Privately Printed 1923. 16pp. Printed on rectos only. Two color illus. Sm. 4to. Boards 1/4 cloth. Spine label. Dec. paper label on front board. Slipcase back panel loose. A piracy of a manuscript parody of Oscar Wilde originally written for inclusion in The Yellow Book. The unsigned introduction is by Ernest Boyd. Edition limited to 300 copies. N.p. (Privately Printed), 1923. hardcover books
1945réf. 161539Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1945. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film. A fictionalized account of Polish pianist Frederic Chopin. As a young child Chopin is playing a piece by Mozart when he notices Polish people being taken prisoner by Russian authorities. Years later he works in secret for Polish patriotism including coming late to an important concert because of a secret meeting then stops his performance when the Russian Governor of Poland enters declaring that he does not play for Czarist butchers. He flees to Paris where Franz Liszt recognizes his genius and George Sand takes him in. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Actor. Set in Poland and Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes and some creasing at the corners. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1973réf. 326514Chatsworth CA: GX Inc 1973. Paperback. 153p. softcover in very good condition. PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Spartan Classic SP 112. GX, Inc paperback books
1973réf. 326521Chatsworth CA: GX Inc 1973. Paperback. 153p. softcover in very good condition; first printing PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Spartan Classic SP 112. GX, Inc paperback books
1894réf. OW056London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head 1894 First edition limited large paper copy with "Of this edition 50 copies have been printed" statement on the verso of the fourth preliminary page and no publisher's catalogue at the back of the book. Publisher's yellow buckram boards with gilt decorations by Charles Shannon to covers and spine spine lettered in gilt. Near fine with some toning to spine and board edges light wear to spine ends with a very shallow chip to cloth at foot of spine bottom right corner of front board worn to boards and heavy offsetting to endpapers. Overall a beautiful copy of one of Wilde's four celebrated drawing-room plays. Mason 365. A Woman of No Importance is a four-act play that was first produced in London at the Haymarket Theatre on April 19 1893. Like many of Wilde's plays it satirizes the English upper-class and criticizes Victorian society. The title "a woman of no importance" refers to the character Mrs. Arbuthnot who bears the illegitimate son of Lord Illingworth. Although societal conventions deem her a sinful woman Wilde proves Arbuthnot a respectable widow who is rewarded with a son who treats women respectfully. In contrast Illingworth one of Wilde's archetypal dandy figures is rejected by his son and many of the women in the play making him a "man of no importance." A Woman of No Importance was published simultaneously in two formats: small octavo the standard edition of 500 copies and quarto the "Large Paper" issue of 50 copies. While both constitute the first edition of A Woman of No Importance the large paper copies are decidedly rarer than the octavos; intended to be more exclusive and deluxe publications large paper formats were typically produced using higher quality materials lacked the publisher's advertisements and were printed in small print runs. Because they were intended as collectibles from publication large paper copies of Wilde's plays are exceedingly scarce. First Edition Limited Large Paper Copy. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head hardcover books
1894réf. 22263London: John Lane 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Publisher's full mauve cloth stamped in gilt spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Very good. 154 pages. 27.5 x 16 cm. Limited edition one of 500 with 16 pages of advertisements at end dated March 1894 Cover gilt design florets by Charles Shannon considerably influenced by his lifetime partner Charles Ricketts both of whom produced work for the Doves Press. MASON 364. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre satirizing English upper-class society. Spine dulled spine extremities creased binding tight; a sound copy. John Lane hardcover books
1894réf. 282902London: John Lane 1894. Limited. hardcover. very good. Tall 8vo lavender cloth faded to tan with gilt designs considerably browned on the spine and edges; pages untrimmed London: John Lane 1894. Limited First Edition. Mason 365. One of only 50 copies printed simultaneously with the first trade edition. Internally fine and clean. John Lane unknown books
1894réf. 304822London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh 1894. First edition one of 500 copies. 154 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original mauve cloth decorated in gilt. Spine faded cloth at extremities frayed corners bumped some soiling to cloth front flyelaf and first blank torn at gutter. Good. First edition one of 500 copies. 154 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Mason 365 John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh unknown books
1894réf. 256986London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street 1894. First edition one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154 1 pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. Original buckram gilt. Spine and extremities darkened endleaves with some paste darkening else fine in a custom purple half-morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154 1 pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. An attractive large paper copy. Wilde's witty and urbane satire of the English upper class. This was written and produced in 1893 near the height of Wilde's career between Salome 1891 and his masterpiece The Importance of Being Ernest 1895. Mason 365. Provenance: Arthur Chester Rhodes John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street unknown books
1979réf. 574036Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. Advance excerpt. Slim octavo. 51pp. Just about fine with very light wear and soil. Prints the first two chapters of this novel about a young woman with Down Syndrome as well as a brief letter from the publisher. J. B. Lippincott Company unknown books
1921réf. ST12330bWestminster: Beaumont Press 1921-22. FIRST EDITIONS. EACH ONE OF 75 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM OF THE EDITION DE LUXE SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND ARTIST of a total of 475 copies. 222 x 152 mm. 8 3/4 x 6". Two separately issued but companion volumes. Original vellum-backed decorative paper boards. Reading with vignette on title in orange and green two plates in the same colors one facsimile of writing in text device on final page stylized illustration of a tree on front and rear endpapers; "Berneval" with woodcuts of Naples and Paris printed in blue on the front and rear endpapers two-color title page woodcut one plate a facsimile of a Wilde letter and printer's woodcut device; our special deluxe version WITH THREE ADDITIONAL WOODCUTS at the back of each volume all the woodcuts as well as the cover design by Randolph Schwabe. Ransom p. 211; Tomkinson p. 17. ◆Berneval spine just a bit darkened otherwise FINE UNWORN COPIES that have obviously been little used as they open stiffly and are immaculate inside and out. Here "After Berneval" is offered with "After Reading" its earlier companion volume both of them in their deluxe form on Japanese vellum and including an extra suite of the illustrations. "Reading" comprises a set of letters also written to Ross by Wilde during the summer of 1897 after having just been released from two years' imprisonment in Reading Gaol. The preface to its sequel "After Berneval" says that the earlier collection "was unprocurable almost as soon as it was published." The letters in these volumes tell the story of a tragic literary figure who fell from a precipitous height. Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 was born and raised in Ireland studied classics at Trinity College Dublin and at Magdalen College Oxford before settling in London. There he became famous for his unmatched wit and infamous for his personal eccentricities--long hair décor at his lodgings that included peacock feathers and blue china and ultimately sexual behavior that was deemed both intolerable and criminal. During the first half of the 1890s he was enjoying remarkable social prominence and literary success with the staging of "Lady Windermere's Fan" 1892 "A Woman of No Importance" 1893 "An Ideal Husband" 1894 and the incomparable "The Importance of Being Earnest" 1895. But two months after the staging of this last play he brought a defamation suit against the Marquess of Queensbury the father of his intimate friend Lord Alfred Douglas. The suit backfired: in the course of the litigation Wilde was investigated by police and his homosexuality was exposed leaving his reputation destroyed. He was sentenced in May of 1895 to two years of hard labor spending part of his time behind bars at Reading Gaol where he produced his powerful poem "De Profundis." After release he moved to the Continent and died three years later in Paris of meningitis. As Day says "Among English men of letters only Byron and Shaw have surpassed Wilde in the craft of conscious posing and self-publicizing" a fact that has made succeeding generations suspicious of the reality behind the legend that the author helped to establish. But after a period when he was treated as a kind of martyr because of his suffering at the hands of squeamish Victorianism "it is at last possible to evaluate Wilde as the capable literary artist he actually was." In physical terms these are modest but nevertheless pleasing products of the Beaumont Press founded by Cyril W. Beaumont in 1917. A special feature of the Press is its patterned paper bindings each with a design created for one title only. Beaumont Press unknown books
1921réf. 96099Westminster a central borough in London: Beaumont Press 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. Ethelbert White. a few illustrations by Ethelbert White 59p. Originial cloth backed board. 22 cm. Moderate cover soiling. No jacket. Copy # 355 of 400 numbered 75-450 on handmade paper; 75 copies on Japanese vellum signed by the publisher and artist were also published. The 12th book published by the Beaumont Press. Beaumont Press hardcover books
