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189548924Manchester 1895. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from: "Memoirs and Proceedings of the manchester Literary and Philosophical Society" Volume Nine Fourth series. With the authors presentation inscription to top of first page: "With the Author's Compliments". Lacking backwrapper. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 95-107. <br/><br/><em>Offprint with the author's presentation inscription. Henry Wilde a wealthy individual from Manchester England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine or self-energising dynamo published in 1866. The machine was considered remarkable at the time especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt. </em> unknown
1890231H017818 East 17 St. New York: R.F. Fenno & Company 1890. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. R.F. Fenno & Company Paperback
1888649466E.P. Dutton and Company 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A Very Good copy of the First American Edition in original green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt black white red and blue all edges gilt has some darkening and rubbing to cloth; inner hinges tender. Illustrated with 16 fine chromolithograph plates numerous duotone illustrations. PLEASE NOTE: due to the size and weight of this book it will require additional charges for overseas and expedited shipping. E.P. Dutton and Company hardcover
1867737441867. WILDE Richard Henry. Hesperia: A Poem. By Richard Henry Wilde. Edited by His Son. Original cloth A.e.g. Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1867. First edition. Scarce in the trade. Epic poetic narrative in four cantos in ottavo rima. Light wear to head of spine faint scattered foxing to exterior leaves else very good. unknown
186381986Dublin: Royal Irish Academy 1863. First Thus. . Half-Leather. Reading copy/No Jacket as issued. A Collection of articles dating 1856-63. Library markings; boards present but detached; backstrip missing; leather worn esp at corners; foxing to prelims; textblock sound; contents vg; 14 7 13 31 19 17p illus. Includes: 'On the Ancient & Modern Races of Oxen in Ireland' 'An Essay on the Unmanutactured Animal Remains in the Royal Irish Academy illustrative of the Ancient Animals of Ireland' 'An Inquiry into the Time of the Introduction and general use of the Potato in Ireland.& Notice of 'Bog Butter' 'Account of A Manuscript of Dr Willoughby's 'On The Climate and Disease of Ireland''. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall <br/> <br/> Royal Irish Academy hardcover
18195421819 grands écrivains 18 volumes 1986 in 12 Dim. 11 x 18 cm, 192 pages environs par ouvrage . Reliure cartonnée soit bleue, rouge , vert gris ou marron dessinée par Jean-Michel Folon. Texte intégral OUVRAGE EN TRES BON ETAT
189947130London England: Leonard Smithers 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Seventh Edition. 31 pages 8vo. Scarce. Seventh Edition: this is the first edition to use Oscar Wilde's name on the title page in parenthesis. Mustard cloth boards with cream white spine gold lettering along spine. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards some light smudges on cover boards heavy foxing on free endpapers and inside covers light foxing on page leafs. Tightly bound no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. Leonard Smithers Hardcover
189479809London: Reeves and Turner 1894. Volume 2 only. Near Fine condition. In very nice condition. Unfortunately we have been unable to locate volume 1. Lady Wilde was the mother of Oscar Wilde. Reeves and Turner unknown
189486169hNew York: Dodd Mead 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth hard covers with brown titles. Toning and soiling to covers edges and endpapers. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound copy. vi258pp. Dodd, Mead Hardcover
1885899P4London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co 1885. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 7". Randolph Caldecott; Various. The first edition of this scarce anthology of poems and prose compiled to raise money for the North Eastern Hospital For Children with contributions by Oscar Wilde and H. Rider Haggard. The first edition of this scarce work.An anthology of poems stories and illustrations published for the benefit of the North Eastern Hospital For Children in Hackney Road compiled by Margaret S. Tyssen Amherst. The hospital now known as Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children was originally formed by two Quaker sisters in 1867. This anthology includes a brief history of the hospital as well as 'Le Jardin des Tuileries' by Oscar Wilde 'Old Age - a Sonnet' by the Earl of Rosslyn 'Faith and Unfaith' by Lady Augusta Noel 'Hunter Quatermain's Story' by H. Rider Haggard 'Seekers For a City' by Andrew Lang and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations throughout by Randolph Caldecott W. Callow Tristram Ellis and more. Twenty pages of adverts to the rear. In a rebacked quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Part of the original paper spine has been restored by rebacking. Some rubbing and discolouration to the boards and spine including a few light spots. Minor bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Two tide marks to the rear board. Front hinge is a little strained rear hinge is starting but firm. Spots to the endpapers small tidemark to the rear endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few light handling marks. Good Wells Gardner, Darton & Co hardcover
1898BN031037London: Leonard Smitheres 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wilde's famous long verse on his imprisonment for homosexuality. The title page bears his authorship as "C.3.3. Oscar Wilde" and the Roman numerals "Mdcccxcix" with no printing number indicated. This last edition authorized by Wilde for Smithers to print was dated 1899 as this one is. According to Wilde's bibliographer the seventh printing issued in an edition of 2000 copies was the first to use Wilde's full name on the title page. One of the classics of Nineties British literature. Octavo quarter white cloth over mustard-colored boards 31 pages plus blank material. Sporadic and very slight shelf dust offsetting to boards else a very good unmarked copy internally fine. Extremely scarce. Leonard Smitheres hardcover
1882001873Boston Massachusetts: Roberts Brothers 1882. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Covers in brown cloth with black decoration; spine gold stamped with wear at head and foot; top edge gilt; 16mo; with 230 pages. <br/> <br/> Roberts Brothers hardcover
1899004441London: Leonard Smithers 1899. First published in 1898 anonymously under Wilde's Prisoner identification number this is a copy of the Seventh Printing which was the first to identify him by name. This copy also states "Entered at the Library of Congress Washington U.S.A." indicating an American issue; a bit uncommon thus. Ochre cloth binding with gilt lettering on a linen spine. Clean text; 31 pages. This is a Very Good copy but there are some issues. The corners are bumped; there is a spot on the front cover and a few stains on the rear. Some cracking to the hingesgive it a shaken feel. Also there is a long inscription in Latin also done into English on the FFEP and a signature on the Dedication Page. A decent-enough place-holder but certainly not for the advanced collector. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leonard Smithers Hardcover
187133153Savannah: Georgia Historical Society. J. H. Estill Printer 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 3 .70 pages 4. Green cloth hardcover with gilt lined borders and title on the front cover. All edges gilt. Areas of rubbed cloth along the edges. Previous owner illustrated book plate with initials RBH on the front paste down. <br /> <br /> This copy includes a post card of Wesleyan Female College in Macon Georgia addressed to "Miss J. Troy Tuscaloosa Ala" from past President of the College Dupont Guerry. Also included is an undated Platt of land along the Savannah River. The Platt is chipped with significant loss at the bottom of the paper resulting in loss of dimensions of the land. The Platt does not name an owner. Laid inside the book is one page letter folded with two blank sides and an address on the back side dated March 7 1835 and signed at the bottom by R. H. Wilde. The letter appears to be addressed to B. F. Butler. The writing is difficult to decipher but the signature is neat and legible. Approx. 5" x 3.5" section of paper clipped from the letter but no missing content of the signed one page letter. Georgia Historical Society. J. H. Estill, Printer hardcover
1894330425New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1894. Ravenna Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in leatherbound wraps. Spine slightly cocked. Light shelfwear on spine crown and panel corners.; The Works of Oscar Wilde; 24mo 5" - 6" tall. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
183451187Leipzig, Baumgärtner?s Buchhandlung, 1834. Kl.-8°. Mit 28 Holzstich-Tafeln auf gelbem Papier. VIII, 231 S. - Angeb. - Wilde Thiere, ihre Natur, Lebensweise, Triebe, Fähigkeiten u.s.w. mit gelegentlichen Bemerkungen über ihre Heimath. (Als Gegenstück des im nemlichen Verlag erschienenen Werkes: die Hausthiere.) Aus dem Englischen. Ebda., 1836. Mit Holzstichen im Text u. auf (1 gefalt.) Tafeln. VIII, 419 (1) S., 1 Bl., HLwd. d. Zt. m. goldgepr. Rückentitel (?Natur Geschichte 6)? u. dreiseitig marmor. Schnitt.
188410030Manchester: George Falkener & Sons at The Imperial Press 1884. Lacking half of front board otherwise in very good condition. A special commemorative program and literary album published to support the Chelsea Hospital for Women and sold at a huge 1884 fundraiser held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Binding square and sound in spite of loss to right hand half of upper lower corners and spine panel. Light spotting to preliminaries. Text block otherwise unmarked featuring original literary prose poetry illustrations by Walter Crane John Dinsdale W. Weekes F. Goodall Mrs Houghton and more and music submitted by prominent artists and writers of the Victorian era plus c.65 pp. of contemporary advertisements to the rear. Laid in is a contemporary Bank Order for donations. Edited by J.S. Wood the hospital's secretary at the time. Printed by George Falkener & Sons Art printers. A scarce and most visually appealing piece of Victorian social history. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1884 George Falkener & Sons at The Imperial Press unknown
18012604140123Boni and Liveright inc 1918-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Bound in green leatherette. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. 255 p. 17 cm. Boni and Liveright, inc hardcover
1898kb860.331GB: Leonard Smithers 1898. Wilde's name does NOT appear on the title page. Mustard cloth with vellum spine Very clean tight unmarked text with rough cut edges as issued. Endpapers bit browned. Covers sound but cloth a little dust marked and velllum spine a little darkened. Spine title a little dull. Overall Book is in very good or better condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. . 4th Edition. Hardback. VG/No DW. Leonard Smithers Hardcover
1879biblio40376New York: Robert Carter and Brothers 1879. 313 pages Ads. NEARFINE Hardcover Embossed IndianRed cloth Gilt spine title no dj. No wear . Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong tight original binding perfect hinges. Very well preserved book. NEARFINE or better. 6.9"x4.75"x1.0". be10199. Robert Carter and Brothers hardcover
18992489London: Leonard Smithers and Xo 1899. Cloth. Very Good. Seventh edition printing and first to include Wilde's name on title page. Slim 8vo in 4s pp. viii 31 printed and numbered on recto 2. Original quarter cream cloth spine lettered in gilt fawn cloth boards. Edges untrimmed. Grubby and stained extremities bruised and worn white stains to leading edges. Edges and endpapers toned and scantly foxed. Emmeline Garnett's sober ex libris to ffep plus inscription above in blue ink: "Emmeline Garnett/ July 1946/ St. Leonards". Else clean and bright. A robust copy of the last authorised edition published by Smithers; one of 2000 copies. Very good Composed during Wilde's exile in Bernavel-le-Grand with Robbie Ross following his two-year incarceration for gross indecency under the Labouchere Amendment Act and first published under his prison cell number at Reading 'C.3.3'. The popularity of Wilde's ballad afforded him a small income for the rest of his life having been forced to admit bankruptcy whilst imprisoned. Emmeline Garnett 1924-2022 was a "teacher author and historian par excellence" who wrote extensively about Lancashire including John Marsden's Will: The Hornby Castle Dispute 1780-1840 and Juvenile Offenders in Victorian Lancashire: W. J. Garnett and the Bleasdale Reformatory as well as Florence Nightingale's Nuns. Leonard Smithers and Xo hardcover
1899WILDEOSC015579Leonard Smithers London. 1899. Seventh and last authorised edition; also the first to have the author's name on the title-page. Octavo. 31 leaves printed on rectos only. Two-tone buckram covers.Some light foxing to prelims. Small bump to top edge of rear cover. Covers a little marked. Very good. Leonard Smithers, London. hardcover
189966272London: Leonard Smithers 1899. 8vo. 31 pp one of the unauthorised editions printed between 1899 and 1907 based on the 7th edition Mason 378 which first identified Wilde as the author. They printed at 137 Dalling Road Hammersmith. Quite heavily foxed first few pages fading and marks to spine. . Very Good. Cloth. 1899. Leonard Smithers 1899 hardcover
1894WRCLIT57389New York: Dodd Mead 1894. Tan cloth lettered in dark brown. Cloth a bit soiled front inner hinge cracking light pencil notes on rear endsheets but a good copy. American issue of the second edition one of five hundred copies bound up from British sheets. This copy bears an 1897 gift inscription to bookman and future publisher Mitchell Kennerley on the first blank from an unidentified Mr. MacArthur. MASON/MILLARD 344. Dodd, Mead hardcover books
184670120081070Printed for T Allman London 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Author details by reference to WorldCat. Original brown covers with simple blind decoration gilt lettering and ornate decoration on spine corners and spine-ends are lightly bumped. Sound binding gift-note dated Nov 27 1846 on front end-paper. Vignette title. Clean pages with occasional very light foxing. Black and white frontis full page illustration facing title-page. No dust jacket as published. Undated by publisher. Dated from gift note. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 70120081070. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Printed for T Allman hardcover
