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1937réf. 998New York: Heritage Press 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine. hardcover with cover embossed like a jail wall and barred window. From the Limited Editions Club edition. Bookplate of prior owner on inside front cover Near Fine in red slipcase slipcase with some edge wear. Heritage Press hardcover
1902réf. 11348THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL Alfred Bartlett 1902 an early American edition wear and chipping to the spine and lower fore edge corner tips else a good copy with vg contents. 1/550 copies of this unauthorized edition. This copy bears the bookplate of Michigan politician Thomas Weadock on the f.p.d. whose collection of Napoleona was at one time second to none. Alfred Bartlett unknown
1937réf. 400New York: Limited Editions Club 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Very Good in Good slipcase. Quarto 7-1/2" x 11". Brown leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall laid stones and criss cross bars in the window. Limited eiditon of 1500 copies of which this is numbered 286 and signed by Zhenya Gay who did the original lithographs. Some slight wear to corners and slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Slipcase is red showing wear to edges and a piece about 1.5 inches missing at bottom edge from spine. Bookplate. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1948réf. A106830London: Castle Press 1948. 1st edition. Near Fine. tall octavo. hardback with dust jacket 63pp. b/w illusts. Lovely copy tight bright & fine in a near fine dust jacket with only tiny chips & one closed tear. Scarce in hardback especially in this condition Castle Press hardcover
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
1930réf. 14400092903NY: E.P. Dutton 1930. Blue boards and black cloth back. Cover edges sunned corners bumped & well rubbed extremities lightly rubbed: VG/no dj Previous owner's name on endpaper. 8vo. Illustrated with ""conceptions"" by John Vassos E.P. Dutton hardcover
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
1924réf. 06190New York: H.S. Nichols' Precious Tomes 1924. Full-Leather. Fine. Frontispiece photo of Wilde with facsimile signature. Reprinted from 1898 second edition Foreword by H. S. Nichols. Small book smooth black leather with very bright gilt to both sides and spine all edges gilt very tiny nick at spine bottom right in box appears to be signed by publisher. Near Very Fine/Very Fine. H.S. Nichols' Precious Tomes hardcover
1899réf. 9014015London: Leonard Smithers 1899. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Good condition. One of 2000 copies. Bound in publisher's original quarter tan and orange cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Uncut. First edition to use Wilde's name. Last authorized edition issued by Smithers. Binding has seperated at page 1 but still intact. Gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper. Some minor soiling to the covers. Leonard Smithers hardcover books
1928réf. WN65225New York: E.P. Dutton 1928. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper covered boards with gilt and black emblem on upper board. Plain glassine jacket. Full page tissue guarded Vassos black and white images. A forceful presentation. First Thus. Cloth Backed Paper Covered Boa. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by John Vassos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. E.P. Dutton books
1899réf. 33071New York: Benj. R. Tucker 1899. Second American Edition. 12mo 18.5cm.; publisher's two-toned cloth white over blue upper cover lettered and ruled in gilt unadorned spine; 844pp. Some minor shelf wear white portion of cloth binding rather soiled and toned along spine short closed tear to title page fore-edge not approaching text old ink spot affecting first few leaves else interior fine. Very Good and sound overall. Often considered to be the first American edition this imprint is actually preceded by the Brentano's ca. 1898 edition. This edition was published in two states one in which the text appears on rectos only the second including this copy printed on rectos and versos: "Both editions that printed on one side and that printed on both sides are from the same type. It is therefore clear that they are not.two independent editions but the one-side issue constitutes merely a kind of de-luxe variety while the two-sided is a cheaper popular version of the same edition" HORODISCH pp. 76-77. Issued by Benjamin R. Tucker the noted anarchist publisher and editor of the journal Liberty in which Tucker published the essay "The Criminal Jailers of Oscar Wilde" in 1895. Tucker and Emma Goldman were two of the few Americans to publicly defend Wilde during his trial George Haggerty Encyclopedia of Gay Histories and Cultures 2013 p. 52. Benj. R. Tucker unknown books
1930réf. 221573New York: E. P. Dutton 1930. Illustrated with "conceptions" by John Vassos. 124pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in quarter black cloth and paper covered boards. Fine in almost fine dust jacket. Vassos John. Illustrated with "conceptions" by John Vassos. 124pp. 1 vols. 8vo. E. P. Dutton unknown books
1928réf. 300412New York: Dutton 1928. hardcover. very good-. Vassos. 16 illustrated plates by John Vassos. Small 4to black cloth backed blue boards. New York: Dutton 1928. First Edition with these illustrations. Tape residue on front board and tape repairs to front end paper. No dust wrapper. Previous owner's bookplate and inscription on front end papers. Dutton unknown books
1899réf. 7568London: Leonard Smithers 1899. Octavo ff 31 62 pp uncut deckled edges. Unauthorized or pirated edition by the printer of the original first edition . The last edition that was authorized by Wilde for Smithers to print was dated 1899 and the numerous later unauthorized editions continued to bear that date. The title page gives Oscar Wilde's name in brackets as well as the pseudonym C.3.3 his cell number at the jail. Mason's bibliography of Wilde identifies this as the 8th printing p. 378. White cloth over mustard colored boards. Minor foxing to endpapers text block unaffected. Very good copy. Leonard Smithers hardcover books
1930réf. 295612New York: Dutton 1930. hardcover. fine. Black and white frontispiece numerous illustrations by John Vassos. 124pp. slim 8vo handsomely rebound in 1/2 burgundy morocco burgundy cloth. New York: Dutton 1930. A fine copy. Dutton unknown books
1928réf. 164757New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1928. Hardcover. VG/G significant remnants of dust jacket remaining. Blue boards with black and gold stamped design and black spine. Black blue and gold dust jacket. 124 pp. Illustrations. Poetry by Oscar Wilde illustrations by John Vassos. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover books
1905réf. 005702Greenwich Conn.: The Literary Collector Press 1905. The Third Edition of this poem. Collector Reprints No. 3. # 66 of 275 copies printed on American hand-made paper. In the original gray paper boards with black lettering and red ruling on paper labels at cover and spine. Very Good Minus bottom 3 1/4" of paper at spine is gone. Internally clean and tight last page uncut. 39 pages. SCARCE. . Limited and Numbered Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Literary Collector Press Hardcover books
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
1904réf. 42431Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Edition limited to 950 copies 16mo pp. 6 33 2; title-page vignette printed in red; original gray paper-covered boards paper spine and cover labels printed in red and black plain paper wrapper chipped and toned remnants of matching slipcase only; booksellers' tickets to ffep and back pastedown else interior fine. Thomas B. Mosher hardcover books
1930réf. 242123New York: Dutton 1930. hardcover. fine. Black and white frontispiece numerous illustrations by John Vassos. 124pp. slim 8vo handsomely rebound in 3/4 grey crushed morocco marbled boards t.e.g. New York: Dutton 1930. A fine copy. Dutton unknown 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 hardcover books
1926réf. WRCLIT54183New York 1926. Black paper over boards lettered in gilt. Foretips a bit worn a few smudges to boards short crack at top of lower joint otherwise a very good copy. One of five hundred copies printed by Thomas J. Gannon and Lewis Hatch at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge. This copy bears Hatch's 1940 presentation inscription. hardcover books
1948réf. 017612London: Castle Press 1948. 1st Impression. Illustrated by Arthur Wragg. 63p. b/w illus. dj. Castle Press unknown books
1905réf. 30061East Aurora NY: The Roycrofters 1905. 1st edition thus McKenna 109. Limp deep wine-red suede binding with yapp edges & title gilt stamped to leather square to front board. Red silk moire paste-downs. VG avg wear. 59 3 pp. Text printed in red & black. 8-3/8" x 5-7/8" The Roycrofters hardcover books