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ill., ril. Una volta, si dice, Oscar Wilde rifiutò un medicinale per via del suo colore «marrone sporco»: per convincerlo a curarsi, il farmacista dovette sostituirlo con un flacone di bellissimo liquido «rosso-rosa» e pastiglie che «splendevano come l'oro». Un'altra volta, agli amici preoccupati per il suo pallore mattutino rivelò, esausto: «Il fatto è che ieri ho colto una primula in giardino, dopo stava così male che ho dovuto passare la notte sveglio al suo capezzale». Il più classico dei problemi per un biografo è trovarsi con poco materiale di partenza. Ma esiste un altro, speculare problema: averne fin troppo. Così è per Wilde, di cui già in vita si moltiplicavano aneddoti, battute, aforismi, fanfaronate, miti e leggende: riverberavano dalle colonne dei giornali al cicaleccio dei circoli letterari, si amplificavano di bocca in bocca in una gara a chi la sparava più grossa, gara che spesso era vinta da Oscar stesso, suo primo mitologo e ufficio stampa, creatore del personaggio che si trovava a impersonare ogni giorno, fino a restarne forse imprigionato. Un paradosso? Certo, ma per chi aveva eletto il paradosso a stile e l'ironia ad arma non restava che vivere una vita all'altezza: genio della commedia, si ostinava a scrivere tragedie; dandy di natali aristocratici, si dichiarava a favore di un individualismo "socialista"; dissacratore di ogni autorità e norma morale, si appellò alla legge per proteggere la relazione con Lord Alfred Douglas, dando così inizio al processo che avrebbe decretato la sua rovina; mattatore dei più eleganti salotti, precursore del futuro culto della celebrità, morì solo e dimenticato - al funerale si presentò appena una manciata di persone. A lungo i biografi sono rimasti vittima di questo incantesimo: non riuscendo a districare in lui la vita dall'opera, anche perché in un'opera d'arte suprema aveva trasformato la vita stessa, hanno schiacciato l'una sull'altra, confondendo i piani e faticando a restituirci la verità dei fatti. Riportando alla luce nuovi documenti, tra lettere inedite e atti del processo, Matthew Sturgis penetra nella complessità romanzesca del tardo Ottocento attraverso una delle sue personalità più geniali e discusse.
formato 22,5X14,5. Brossura editoriale con sovraccoperta piegata a busta pagine 96. Con un ritratto di Wilde applicato a mano al controfrontespizio. Tiratura numerata in 500 esemplari (174) su carta Malmedy. Prima edizione. Bella copia
8vo. 236p. Limited to 1200 copies. The vivid, elegant, and mildly erotic Satyricon is usually attributed to Nero's friend, Gaius Petronius Arbiter. The surviving portions of the text detail 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's friend Ascyltus (who seems to have previously been in a relationship with Encolpius) is another major character. It is one of the two most extensive examples of the Roman novel, the only other being fully extant Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which is quite different in style and plot. 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. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W121
75p. Title page printed in red and black. Printed on Japan vellum. Partially unopened. Small 24mo. Original stiff printed Japan vellum wraps with large red initial on front cover. Slightly soiled. Limited Edition of only 425 copies. Third Edition. Nice example." The story is about an attempt to uncover the identity of Mr W.H., the enigmatic dedicatee of Shakespeare's Sonnets. It is based on a theory, originated by Thomas Tyrwhitt, that the Sonnets were addressed to one Willie Hughes, portrayed in the story as a boy actor who specialized in playing women in Shakespeare's company. This theory depends on the assumption that the dedicatee is also the Fair Youth who is the subject of most of the poems. The only evidence for this theory is a number of sonnets (such as Sonnet 20) that make puns on the words 'Will' and 'Hues." - Wiki. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. - Wiki. PRESS/W39. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
4to., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and numerous reproductions and facsimiles throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The catalogue of this notable sale lists 104 lots, with many signed, presentation and association items. Includes illustrated introduction, index and bibliography. SCARCE.
Oscar Wilde Die erzahhlungen und marchen von Oscar Wilde. , Insel Leipzig 1914, Le storie e le fiabe di Oscar Wilde. Copertina editoriale con usuali segni del tempo e di usura, interno ingiallito ma buono. In prima pagina firma di proprietà. Buono (Good) . <br> <br> <br> 217<br>
216 pages including black and white photos. What do Oscar Wilde, Jane Rule, Jean Genet, and Sarah Schulman have in common? They have all had their novels seized by the border guards of Canada Customs. And what has Little Sister's, a small gay and lesbian bookstore in western Canada, done about it? They have taken the government to court, launching one of the century's most impressive challenges to state censorship. The story of Little Sister's battle to end Custom's ongoing harrassment of gay and lesbian authors and booksellers. Book
pp. 248, cm 22x15, rilegatura editoriale con sopracoperta. Nuovo.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, text in German, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. SCARCE.
in 8 (15x23), Tre volumi rilegati in tela rossa legatura in tela e sovracoperta illustrata, cofanetto illustrato. immagini e tavole fuori testo a colori e b/n. Vol I pp: 908. Vol II pp:965. Vol III pp.1045. In perfetto stato, al pari di nuovo. Ottimo
Paris, Gallimard, 1996. In-12, reliure éditeur, rhodoïd, étui illustré, 356 pp. N° 30. Exemplaire en parfait état.
Edizione originale. Tiratura di duecento copie ns. n. 143 numerata a mano. Esemplare in ottimo stato molto fresco titolo nel frontespizio a due colori.
pp. ix, 109. Title page printed in red and black. Printed by Smith & Sale on Van Gelder paper. Uncut. Inked manuscript poem "The Garden of Eros" by Oscar Wilde on front end paper. Stamped ownership number on end paper. Small 8vo. Original stiff wraps, decorated and lettered. Yapp fore edges. Binding slightly soiled. Limited Edition of only 925 copies. Third Edition. Old World Series. Nice copy. PRESS/W39.
8vo., Second Impression, on laid paper, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green cloth, upper board framed, blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy. Published a year after the first edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Sm. 4to., Third Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black, contemporary signatures on front endpapers; original laid paper boards, paper back with four flat bands, printed paper label in second compartment, uncut, fore-edges dust-soiled, scuff-marks on upper boards, backstrip moderately browned, joints rubbed else a crisp, clean copy. A selection of Wilde's epigrams and aphorisms, together with a reprint [with truncated title] of his famous essay 'The Soul of Man under Socialism'. First published in 1904. Mason 635.
Volume in 8° grande, tela editoriale impressa a secco, titolo al dorso, sguardie figurate, antiporta, frontespizio, 51 pp., tavole nel testo. Le pagine sono stampate su una sola facciata. Eccellente esempio di illustrato deco in ottimo stato. Scarsamente reperibile specie in Italia.
in-8°, 94 pp, broche, couverture rempliee. Exemplaire sur Velin des papeteries de Malmedy, numerote (170/500). [CL-7] Excellent etat.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 5 pages of photographs; green boards, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; purple cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19pp 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
In-8 p., cartonato editoriale (dorso sbiadito), pp. (2),212,(4), il frontespizio, le belle illustrazioni a piena pagina nel testo e i capilettera sono stati finemente eseguiti da Heinrich Vogeler-Worpswede. Dal colophon: “Die Märchen aus dem Granatapfelhaus wurden von Felix Paul Greve, die übrigen Märchen und Erzählungen von Franz Blei übertragen. Vollbilder, Initiale, Titel und Einband sind von Heinrich Vogeler-Worpswede. Der Druck erfolgte in der Spamerschen Buchdruckerei zu Leipzig". Testo molto ben conservato.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. This is the author's second novel and winner of the Somerset Maugham Award.
Hard cover Very good in very good dust jacket. Light Wear on cover with some scruff marks. Pages all intact, clean, no tear and no writings. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 384 p. Contai ns: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces and very numerous coloured photographs and illustrations; ivory cloth, upper boards and backstrips decorated in art nouveau style with gilt and brown, brown tops, brown endpapers, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-case, the latter neatly repaired along one edge. Splendid set of Wilde's works, edited by his only grandchild.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece, small neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, backstrip very lightly faded else a very good, bright, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. Wilde's controversial essay, attempting to solve the mystery of Shakespeare's Sonnets, was first published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in July 1889 (see Mason p.6; 4).