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1903WRCLIT60494Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 1903. Folio sheet 33.7 x 26.5 cm with image size 17 x 13.2 cm. Somewhat crudely matted otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of the highly ornate floral title-page border by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME translated by Hedwig Lachmann and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen Behmer 24.XII.03 M.B." A pencil note in another hand indicates "Titel-Rahmen." Insel-Verlag hardcover books
19305341London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head; Dodd Mead & Co. 1930. Large paper. hard cover. Very Good/The last of the John Lane "Bodley Head" editions of the classic collaboration between Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde. Lane was the first English publisher of the work in 1894 but it was dropped after the 1930 edition as Allen Lane John's nephew transformed the houseinto the more mainstream Penguin Books. This is the large paper quarto version the book also appeared in a smaller octavo format. Despite the detailed list of defects this is an unusually well-preserved copy. Quarto 26cm; xviii 65 pages 16 leaves of plates. Bound in original red cloth stamped in blind with Aubrey Beardsley poppy design . Original dust jacket with the same design in red on a tan ground. Dust jacket mildly frayed at spine ends corners and top edge with a closed tear on the upper panel repaired with cello tape and a closed tear on the lower panel without intervention yet unusually sound and entire. Cloth about fine. Scattered light foxing in text. John Lane, The Bodley Head; Dodd, Mead & Co. hardcover books
197437265Pownal VT: Mason Hill Press 1974. One of 120 copies. James M. Dignon. 8vo pp. 27. Illustrated with woodcuts by James M. Dignon. Patterned paper over boards leather spine. Spine slightly faded o/w a nice copy. Printed in red and black on laid paper by James M. Dignon Bill Ittmann and Mark Livingston. Mason Hill Press unknown books
190638782Boston: John W. Luce 1906. BEARDSLEY Aubrey illus. 8vo pp. 36. Gray paper over boards lettered and stamped in green with an illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. Cover slightly worn at corners and ends of spine o/w a VG tight copy. Scarce. Samuels-Lasner 59G. not in Mason who does list the 1906 printing by the John Lane Company and preceded in America only by the 1894 Copeland & Day limited edition. John W. Luce unknown books
19031321410Portland ME: Thomas B Mosher 1903. Limited Edition 1/600. Hardcover. Octavo 296 pages; VG/VG-; dust jacket is in a mylar covering has wear and chipping along the top and bottom edges has a large open tear on the back cover has a large closed tear on the front cover has minor discoloration throughout; binding has minimal wear along the top and bottom edges; pages have age toning; shelved case 0. This volume contains the extremely scarce dust jacket. 1321410. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Thomas B Mosher hardcover books
1955138056Beverly 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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>Gouache artwork 26.5 x 12 inches within with an unpainted border of roughly 1 inch. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1923Embry 165571Doubleday Page & Company 1923. Patrons' Editon DeLuxe. Light foxing to endpapers owner's inked name to first volume spine labels lightly toned some mild chipping to heads of spines some more so than others overall very good with hinges and joints firm. Green leatherette-backed grey boards. Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Patrons' Editon DeLuxe. hardcover books
1930221573New 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
1904249309London: Imprinted for Subscribers at the Mathurin Press i.e. Leonard Smithers 1904. Number 194 of limited edition on hand-made paper. With 5 Illustrations by Althea Gyles. Folio 15 x 11 inches. Cloth and boards portfolio. Split spine perished internally fine. Bookplate of Frederick Spiegelberg. Number 194 of limited edition on hand-made paper. With 5 Illustrations by Althea Gyles. Folio 15 x 11 inches. Mason 593 Imprinted for Subscribers at the Mathurin Press [i.e. Leonard Smithers] unknown books
1904WN46173London: Melmoth & Co. 1904. Original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and beveled boards. Spine is sunned as are edges of boards spine ends worn with some loss of material joints are split but well repaired. Corners are bumped and have loss of cloth. No 12 of 50 copies on Japanese vellum. Translated from the French 1894 edition ostensibly by Lord Alfred Douglas. Date at foot of spine 1905. 16 pictures by Beardsley including cover design and title page. Plates are not in the order listed; in this copy pencil annotations in margin of printed list of plates give the correct order. Book dealer ticket on front pastedown. Owner bookplate on ffep with signature. Taped to ffep is caricature of Wilde and clipped Fr. catalogue listing for this title. Limited/Numbered. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Melmoth & Co. Hardcover books
1923WN56632Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1923. Gray spines with black lettering on beige paper labels some a bit chipped. Top edges gilt. Individual patron name appears on preliminary in Vol. 1. Books very good except Vols. 6 and 9. Vol. 6 has a streak of dampstain on upper board and a 2" scrape on lower board. Vol. 9 has several scrapes on lower board. A most impressive set. Patrons Edition DeLuxe. Cloth Backed Paper Covered Bds. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Doubleday, Page & Company Hardcover books
19091339969New York: Lamb Publishing 1909. Sunflower Edition #269/1000. Hardcover. Octavos 15 volumes; VG- to G; bound in publishers tan cloth; Upper edges gilt; Brown titling with gilt lettering; Some wear to all volumes; Some spines soiled; Bumping to all volumes with some corners fraying; Approx. half have blue liquid spotting to the gilt top edges; Limited edition: These are #269 of 1000; Shelved back room. 1339969. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Lamb Publishing hardcover books
1916264948New York: Printed and Published by the Author 1916. First Edition. Frontis. 2 vols. 8vo. Qauarter publisher;'s green calf and boards. Fine in half faded green morocco and chemise. First Edition. Frontis. 2 vols. 8vo. Printed and Published by the Author unknown books
192391091Garden City:: Doubleday Page & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. Complete in twelve volumes. Patrons' Edition De Luxe. Foxing to edges and endpapers previous owner's book-plate on front paste-downs else all volumes are very good in a good or better occasional large chips closed edge tears age toning damp staining to the jacket of Volume III dust jacket. . Doubleday, Page & Company, hardcover books
1903WRCLIT60485Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 1903. Folio sheet 33.6 x 25.5 cm with image size 17.1 x 12.6 cm. Somewhat crudely matted otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME translated by Hedwig Lachmann and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen Marcus." Although untitled here it is referred to as "Jochanaan" in the secondary literature. Insel-Verlag hardcover books
190518953Hartford: privately printed at the Sherwood Press 1905. First edition ltd 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. <br/><br/> privately printed [at the Sherwood Press] hardcover books
1949133084Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1949. Vintage studio still photograph of director Douglas Sirk working on the set of the 1949 film noir. <br/><br/>A wonderful photograph of the entire crew shooting a scene where Cornel Wilde and Patricia Knight are parting at an airport. Sirk is standing on a crane support at the left and cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr. is seated just below. A key American noir from an original screenplay by Samuel Fuller. <br/><br/>Shot on location throughout Los Angeles and notably in the Bradbury Building on Broadway now an architectural landmark originally built in 1893 by Los Angeles mining millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury and designed by George Wyman. <br/><br/>In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 7 x 9 inches borderless with a studio stamp and a mimeograph snipe on the verso. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
193715980JNew York: Collier’s Magazine April 10 1937. This magazine issue contains the short stories “Stage To Lordsburg†and “Bringing Up Baby†both of which were adapted into the classic American films “Stagecoach†directed by John Ford and “Bringing Up Baby†directed by Howard Hawks. We cannot recall ever seeing the sources of two of the biggest hits of Hollywood’s Golden Age contained in a single issue of the same magazine. A fresh near fine copy of this more than 70 year-old magazine showing only the slightest trace of use. Collier’s Magazine unknown books
1971149189N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage script for the 1972 musical which debuted on November 16 at the Playhouse Theatre. Copy belonging to composer Addy O. Fieger with her name in holograph ink on the title page and annotations in pencil and ink throughout. <br/><br/>A musical rendition of the life of Irish poet playwright and author Oscar Wilde. The show ran for a brief 5 performances before closing on November 19 1972.<br/><br/>Set in London.<br/><br/>Mustard titled wrappers. Title page present noted in holograph ink annotation as copy No. 23 with book and lyrics credits for Caryl Gabrielle Young and music credits to Addy O. Fieger. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-12-44. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
194838183Buenos Aires: Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos 1948. First edition. Loose in stiff paper portfolio and cardboard slip case. A near fine copy small tears to fore edge of original glassine wrapper. Unpaged 25 pp. plates. Illus. with 5 b/w plates and 2 etchings. 4to. No. 6 of 91 numbered copies of a total run of 100 on Charter Eggshell paper. Original etchings and plates signed by the illustrator. Designed by the eminent South American typographer Ghino Fogli. "Tini" is the most famous and popular of the stories of Eduardo Wilde 1844-1913 Argentine Doctor and writer. Catalina Mórtola 1889-1966 was an Argentine painter and engraver. Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos unknown books
1920Embry 165100Beaumont Press 1920. First edition one of 75 copies signed by the publisher and artist. Very slight wear fine in custom mylar cover. Woodcuts by Ethelbert White. Beaumont Press, 1920. First edition, one of 75 copies, signed by the publisher and artist. unknown books
1903WRCLIT60493Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 1903. Folio sheet 33.7 x 26.5 cm with image size 17 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME translated by Hedwig Lachmann and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M." Although untitled here it is referred to as "The Page of Herodias" in the secondary literature and kneeling figure in black before a burning censer with a barren tree and a full moon dominating the foreground and background. Insel-Verlag hardcover books
1903WRCLIT60492Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 1903. Folio sheet 33.7 x 26.5 cm with image size 17 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME translated by Hedwig Lachmann and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M." Although untitled here it is referred to as "Herodes" in the secondary literature and shows a heavily robed figure in large turban left profile on stairs. Insel-Verlag hardcover books
1903WRCLIT60490Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 1903. Folio sheet 33.7 x 26.7 cm with image size 17.4 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME translated by Hedwig Lachmann and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M. B." Although untitled here the image depicts Narraboth in right profile leaning on a pedestal or sword. Insel-Verlag hardcover books
1903WRCLIT60491Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 1903. Folio sheet 33.9 x 26.5 cm with image size 17.4 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME translated by Hedwig Lachmann and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M." Although untitled here the image depicts a lit candle with a heavily stylized plume of smoke partially obscuring a black moon. Insel-Verlag hardcover books
