1945rif. 158794Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1945 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde about a man whose portrait magically takes on the ability to absorb the sins of his debauched life while he remains unaged. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Cinematography. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1957rif. 108389NY:: Heritage Press. Very Good. 1957. Hardcover. Introduction by Andre Maurois. A reprint edition. "Sandglass" laid in. Fading along the spine else very good in a very good small spot of wear on top edge slipcase. ; 287 pages . Heritage Press, hardcover books
1973rif. 594846New York: Samuel French 1973. Softcover. Fine. First acting edition. 12mo. 110 2 ads pp. Printed pale blue wrappers. About fine. Adaptation of Wilde's novel. Uncommon. Samuel French unknown books
rif. 63775NY: Modern Library nd. Hardcover. Near fine. Hardcover. Very good hardback in a price clipped and rubbed jacket. Modern Library hardcover books
1907rif. 219497Boston: Luce 1907. Hardcover. Good. Reprint. Good hardcover. Volume 3. Name on front endpaper. Pages light brown. Small stain on inside front cover and front endpaper. Corners rubbed and bent. Edges of spine rubbed and bumped. Spine brown. Light stain on front cover. Gold gilt on top edges of pages fading. Luce hardcover books
1903rif. 60320Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1903. Limited edition of 600 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper and the type distributed. Printed paper boards slightly edge darkened in the scarce original dust jacket which has some chipping loss to head of jacket closed tear spine darkened. A very good copy. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
1921rif. 1395213New York NY: Mitchell Kennerley 1921. Limited Edition #497/1000. Hardcover. Octavo 133 pages. In Good plus condition. Boards have age toning along the spine and general shelving wear. Textblock has light pencil annotations on the front end page splitting along the gutter 88/89 and along the hinges minor soiling scattered throughout and age toning along the edges. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1395213. Special Collections - Downstairs. Mitchell Kennerley hardcover books
1908rif. 134903Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1908. Softcover. Very Good. Third edition. About very good in wrappers. Front cover has a lot of brown stains on cover. Entire cover is browning. Spine has wrinkles running the length of it. 1 of 425. On Japaneese Vellum. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
1904rif. 2222206N.d. Paris 1904. Pirated edition. Octavo. Original light blue wrappers stamped in dark blue with a decorative border of Tudor roses and leaves. Uncut. Very good some medium foxing; few nicks. 48 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Mason 611. Privately Printed paperback books
1904rif. 160468Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Second Edition. Limited Edition one of 425 unnumbered copies. Very Good lacking the slipcase with a slight lean owner bookplate on the front endpaper and light age toning and a few splashes on the extremities. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
2014rif. 410919London: Laurence King 2014. First edition. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket that has some slight curling to the edges. 12 x 10 inches. 492 pages. Profusely illustrated. Cloth. In the dust jacket. Signed by the authors and with a drawing of a tree on the front free endpaper. Laurence King unknown books
1989rif. 330532Notre Dame ID: University of Notre Dame Press 1989. Paperback. xii 340p. wraps lightly worn spine creased else very good condition. University of Notre Dame Press paperback books
1905rif. 18953Hartford: privately printed at the Sherwood Press 1905. First edition limited to 225 numbered copies 8vo pp. 45 3; original green cloth-backed marbled boards printed paper label on spine; very slightly rubbed else a fine copy. A scarce Wilde title written for the Chancellor's English Essay Prize while at Oxford in 1879. See Mason 434 for a convoluted account of the manuscript part of which was separately sold in America and then later restored. privately printed [at the Sherwood Press] unknown books
1955rif. 273406New York: Bookman Associates 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Ink smudge on page 143 mild age-toning around the text block bumps and wear thus near fine. Bookman Associates hardcover books
1934rif. 2351516New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1934. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 80x80x80. Lewis Allen. Reissue. Lacks jacket. Spine faded boards lightly soiled. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1934 Hard Cover. lxxxv 1 408 4 pp. 8vo. Original orange cloth blue titles. Translation attributed to Oscar Wilde with an introduction by 'S.W.' and illustrations by Allen Lewis. Notes bibliography and index follow text. "Satyricon or Satyrica is a Latin novel believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius though the manuscript text of the Satyricon calls him Titus Petronius. The surviving text a mixture of prose and poetry details the misadventures of the narrator Encolpius and his lover a handsome sixteen year old boy named Giton. Throughout the novel Encolpius has a hard time keeping his lover faithful to him as he is constantly being enticed away by others. Encolpius' friend Ascyltus who seems to have previously been in a relationship with Encolpius is another major character but he disappears from the narrative half way through the surviving text. It is a rare example of a Roman novel the only other surviving example quite different in style and plot being Metamorphoses written by Lucius Apuleius. It is also extremely important evidence for the reconstruction of what everyday life must have been like for the lower classes during the early Roman Empire. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover books
1955rif. 138056Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Original scenario artwork for the 1955 film depicting two men and a woman each well dressed and on horseback meeting in front of a large mansion. Historical costume drama set during the Revolutionary War. American Major John Boulton feigns desertion in order to uncover a British plot to seize the stronghold of West Point. Gouache artwork 26.5 x 12 inches within with an unpainted border of roughly 1 inch. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
2005rif. 170268New York: Basic Books 2005. xiv 539p. foreword select bibliography notes index 16 glossy pages of b&w photos first edition first printing stated in boards and unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Basic Books unknown books
rif. CS00382Ellington Connecticut: Privately Printed. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Miniature hardcover in orange morocco paste down titles 2 3/4 x 2 inches not paginated uncut pages spine and portion of front cover toned otherwise no notable flaws. Miniature book plate adhered to front paste down from the private collection of Kal Levitan. Number 68 of one hundred twenty copies of this little book hand-set in Cheltenham Oldstyle at the private press of a Yankee Dauber Ellington Connecticut and printed in four page forms french fold direct from the type. 0 Privately Printed hardcover books
rif. 17933Larchmont NY: Peter Pauper Press n.d. One of fifty copies reserved for F. Kay Kaplan and André Durenceau out of a total edition of 750 copies. This copy is inscribed by Kaplan and Durenceau to prominent Los Angeles bookseller Jake Zeitlin and his wife Josephine: "to Mr. and Mrs. Jake Zeitlin. Memories of a pleasant evening. Red cloth spine decorative paper over boards. Front cover blocked in silver with title printed in black borders. White paper dust-jacket perhaps added by a former owner. . Twelvemo. 7 x 5 in. . Illustrations by André Durenceau on title-page and colophon. Printed in red gray-green and black. Upper corners of pages lightly creased. Near fine. Peter Beilenson founded Peter Pauper Press in his parents' basement in 1928. Originally focused on reprinting classic literature in the public domain the press would gradually shift towards fine press works and later gift books. During its heyday Peter Pauper was co-run with Beilenson's wife Edna who also served as the press's typesetter and binder. See the Peter Pauper Press in Blumenthal's The Printed Book in America. Peter Pauper Press hardcover books
1982rif. 324801San Francisco: Sentinel Communication 1982. Newspaper. 12p. large format folded tabloid newspaper on newsprint. Cover stories on the Centennial celebration Donor Insemination of Lesbians GRA Names Graff Legal Director. Also: Boy Meets Thugs County Committee Elections. Gays of the Other Castro & Rita Mae Brown's TV. Sentinel Communication unknown books
1968rif. WB17111New York: The Limited Editions Club 1968. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. 4to. Signed by illustrator James Hill. Excellent copy in slipcase. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1968rif. 018721Burlington VT: Limited Editions Club 1968. Hardcover. Spine sunned as nearly always the case with some wear to the spine label. Very Good lacking the slipcase. James Hill. Small quarto 7-3/4" x 10-1/8" bound in full red silk cloth. With an introduction by Robert Gorham Davis and 12 full-page and 2 double-spread color reproductions of paintings by James Hill. Copy #894 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1968rif. 015448Burlington VT: Limited Editions Club 1968. Hardcover. Small bookplate of Stuart B. Schimmel on the front pastedown. Spine slightly sunned with a small abrasion to the label. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a small nick. James Hill. Small quarto 7-3/4" x 10-1/8" bound in full red silk cloth. With an introduction by Robert Gorham Davis and 12 full-page and 2 double-spread color reproductions of paintings by James Hill. Copy #1229 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1976rif. 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
2003rif. 54590Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2003. Limited edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's box and shrink wrap. Quarto 8" x 10½" 314pp. Bound in full blue leather with the 22k gold title in gilt on the spine. Features decorative gilt illustrations on both the cover and spine. Finished with gilt-edged pages silk endpapers and a silk bookmark. In the history of literature few authors match the standard for wit and wry observation as the immortal Oscar Wilde. This delightful work collects the best of the great master's short storie. Easton Press hardcover books
