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1898ref. 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
1937ref. 1251331937. New York: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Harbor Press 1937. Large 8vo 42 pp. Illustrated with lithographs. Printed in red and black. Original gray leatherette with embossed brick design on upper board. Backstrip and tips worn pastedowns with a couple spots otherwise very good internally; in the red card slipcase lightly shelf worn. § Limited edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator Zhenya Gay. Introduction by Burton Rascoe. unknown books
1928ref. 19589New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1928. Decorative Boards. Very Good/Very Good. John Vassos. A solid copy of the 1928 1st trade edition of this John Vassos-illustrated edition. Tight and VG light offsetting at the panel edges very light abrading to the rear panel in a bright price-clipped VG dustjacket with light chipping at the panel edges. Octavo wonderfully illustrated thruout by John Vassos with each illustration including its original tissue-guard. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1963ref. 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
1928ref. 1398868New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1928. Hardcover. Octavo 124 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is black with gold print. Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and blue paper to boards; wear to spine caps and corners peripheral toning to paper. Text block has name in ink on front pastedown cracked rear hinge. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates with tissue guards. Inscribed in ink by the illustration on the half-title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1398868. FP New Rockville Stock. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
1928ref. 25436New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1928. Decorative Boards. Near Fine/Very Good -. John Vassos. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JOHN VASSOS on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of this 1928 1st thus the first apearance of the pairing of Oscar Wilde's epic poem and John Vassos' evocative Art Deco illustrations. Tight and Near Fine Theodore Dreiser's lovely bookplate gracing the front pastedown in a bright price-clipped VG dustjacket with very light chipping along the panel edges and 1 1/2" of loss at the foot of the spine. Still though a very presentable copy with Vassos' captioned illustrations --still protected by their original tissue-guards-- beautifully complementing Wilde's text. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1899ref. 54608NY: Benj. R. Tucker 1899. Early US edition. 44 pp. Small tear to the fore-edge of one leaf else very good plus in two part gilt-stamped cloth with darkened spine. NY: Benj. R. Tucker, hardcover books
ref. 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
1898ref. 259158London 1898. First edition ONE OF 30 COPIES on Japanese vellum. 1 vols. 8vo. Cinnamon-colored cloth vellum spine. Covers show slight insect damage and minor soiling spine a bit soiled otherwise a very good copy in a quarter blue morocco slipcase with chemise and with the bookplate and signature of actress LENA ASHWELL 1872-1957 on the front pastedown. First edition ONE OF 30 COPIES on Japanese vellum. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of Wilde's legendary poem written while he was imprisoned in its rarest state - being one of only 30 copies printed on Japanese vellum. This copy comes from the distinguished library of the actress Lena Ashwell 1872-1957 who as a young actress toured in Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan in 1891 later becoming actor-manager of the Savoy Theatre. Ashwell was particularly troubled by the news of Wilde's arrest and wrote later: ". the atmosphere of London was horrible and cruel. His plays were so very brilliant and I had seen this when I was in Lady Windermere's so I felt that he was a friend and in desperate trouble." Later during WWI she is known to have pioneered the organization of entertainments on a large scale for the British troops in France Leask Margaret Lena Ashwell: Actress Patriot Pioneer 2012. An excellent association copy of an essential Wilde rarity. Mason 372 unknown books
1947ref. 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
1899ref. 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
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1899ref. 284591United Kingdom: Leonard Smithers 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback slim octavo the seventh edition with copyright date facing the half-title and name of Wilde in brackets beneath the title. Bound in quarter white cloth darkened and soiled to spine dark yellow cloth sides shelf soiled. Rubbed at the head and foot of the spine endpapers with some mild foxing the body of text clean and unmarked. . Leonard Smithers Hardcover
2012ref. DADAX3656112681Grin Verlag 2012-02-04. paperback. New. 5.83x0.18x8.27. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Grin Verlag paperback
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2019ref. 037496U.S.A.: Bantam Press 2019. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Contributors. 1ST. Outstanding Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. A First Edition First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy. Bantam Press Hardcover
ref. 1161557040.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1949ref. 61470Dublin: Sign of the Three Candles. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1949. Hardback. Third Edition 1949. Dust jacket is age-toned small area of loss to front lower right corner and upper spine spine sunned and water-marked previous owner's repairs at verso unclipped; boards are clean corners worn and bumped; binding is tight; off-setting on front and rear endpapers pages are occasionally marked with previous owner's underlinings and marginalia folding map at rear. ; 5.25 x 0.75 x 7.5 inches; 251 pages . Sign of the Three Candles hardcover
1949ref. 435754Dublin : At the Sign of the Three Candles 1949. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a poor somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 251 pages : illustrations folded map ; 20 cm. Subjects: Travel; Boyne River Ireland Description and travel; Blackwater River Cavan-Meath Ireland Description and travel; Boyne Irlande : Fleuve Descriptions et voyages; Blackwater Cavan-Meath Irlande : Riviere Descriptions et voyages; Ireland Blackwater River Cavan-Meath; Ireland Boyne River; Boyne River Ireland; Blackwater River Cavan-Meath Ireland; Blackwater River Meath Ireland; Boyne River. Dublin : At the Sign of the Three Candles hardcover
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