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192844546Paris: Black Sun Press Editions Narcisse 1928. Of an edition limited to 113 this is # 23 of 100 copies on Van Gelder Zonen paper. Softcover. Very good/Very good. Paris: Black Sun Press Editions Narcisse 1928. Of an edition limited to 113 this is # 23 of 100 copies on Van Gelder Zonen paper. Frontispiece and 8 plates in color and metallic inks by Alastair. 30 pp. Softcover. 4to. Cream stiff wrappers. Light scattered foxing else very good in a glassine wrapper with a small chip at the heel and the tip of the corners worn through. Errata slip tipped-in at back. Housed in a completely restored silver chemise and slipcase. Very good/Very good. Insurance required to ship this item. Black Sun Press, Editions Narcisse paperback books
1921258789New York: Bigelow Brown & Co 1921. Authorized edition. Frontispiece to each volume. 10 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters red morocco and cloth sides. Some toning to spines else VG. Authorized edition. Frontispiece to each volume. 10 vols. 8vo. Bigelow, Brown & Co unknown books
1910140940357Paris: Charles Carrington 1910. First Illustrated Edition. Very Good. First illustrated edition. 312 pp. with publisher's tipped-in slip announcing delay and frontispiece. Original white three-quarter faux vellum over gray boards with gilt ruling and spine lettering. Very Good with dampstaining to foot toning to head contents generally bright and in nicer shape. In a serviceable example of the rare original jacket chipped at head 2" and tail small closed tear to top of front panel rubbed along edges toning and dampstaining to spine. Oscar Wilde's classic Gothic horror tale with full-page wood engravings by Eugene Dété from drawings by Paul Thiriat each with a tissue guard titled in crimson. Charles Carrington unknown books
1928483Paris. Société d'édition Le Livre Emile Chamontin 1928. Trans. into French by E. Jaloux and F. Frapereau. Large 4to 349 pp. 3/4 maroon moroccan gilt back t.e.g marbled boards and end papers with original wrappers bound in. Illus. With 23 steel engravings by Jean-Emil Laboureur. No. 61 of 230 numbered copies. Godefroy 369 Carteret IV p. 409. ORIGINAL WRAPS BOUND IN INCLUDING SPINE. Corners rubbed end paper slightly split interior fine. Fine example of Laboureur's work at the height of his stylized art deco period. Société d'édition Le Livre, hardcover books
1908289572Portland: Mosher 1908. hardcover. fine. Photographic portrait frontispiece. xxiv 394 15 pages. Short square 8vo rebound in full cream morocco floral design from the original cover laid in on both covers brown spine labels raised bands. Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher 1908. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Limited Edition. One of only 25 copies printed on Japan vellum numbered and signed by the publisher.<br/><br/> Mosher unknown books
19091507209Lamb 1909. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 20.2cm a handsome quarter-leather set of 14 books number 338 of 1000 numbered sets with the sunflower motif in gilt on the spine of each volume. various paginations c.4800pp. with 62 plates including 14 photogravure frontis plates with captioned tissue guards. A brilliant set of Oscar Wilde's Collected Works. It including: Salome; The Duchess of Padua; VeraLady Windermere's Fan; The Importance of Being Earnest; Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H. Intentions;A House of Pomegranates; The Happy Prince; De Profundus; Dorian Gray; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; Poems in Prose; Poems; Epigrams; Essays & Stories by Lady Wilde Speranza; Essays Criticisms and Reviews. Also included is "His Life with a Critical Estimate of HisWriting". Not included is What Never Dies. The illustrations in "Salome" are by Aubrey Beardsley. Lamb hardcover books
1923D4433Munich: O. C. Recht 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Full vellum gilt-stamped lettering in brown morocco spine label; with 60 engravings by Rudolf Schlichter each one signed by the artist. Fine in slipcase. <br/><br/>Rudolf Schlichter was one of the most important figures of the Neue Sachlichkeit New Objectivity movement a prolific illustrator and participant in Dada exhibitions. His work was seized by the Nazis as "degenerate art" and largely unseen for decades. He began exhibiting again at the war's end. O. C. Recht hardcover books
1907111362London and Paris: Methuen Charles Carrington 1907-22. The works of Oscar Wilde bound in the original cloth one of 1000 sets made on handmade paper. Octavo 14 volumes original cream cloth decorated and lettered in gilt top edges gilt. One of 1000 sets of this edition on handmade paper. In near fine condition. Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright novelist essayist and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray his plays as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Methuen Charles Carrington hardcover books
190714010001A.R. Keller & Co 1907. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Writings of Oscar Wilde: Essays and Stories Uniform Edition A.R. Keller & Co. 1907. A very good 14 volume set quarter leather bound with marbled paper covered boards leather corners and gilt pinstripe detailing. Gilt ruled and ribbed spine. Limited to 800 numbered sets this being number 420. Moderate edgewear. A handsome set. A.R. Keller & Co hardcover books
19253828New York: Gabriel Wells 1925. Limited to 575 numbered copies this set being number 179. Twelve octavo volumes 221 x 143 mm. Handsomely bound by Stikeman & Co. N.Y. ca. 1925 stamp-signed in black on front endpapers. Full dark green crushed morocco covers decoratively bordered and tooled in gilt. Spines with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Red and green liners elaborately bordered and lettered in gilt red moire silk end- leaves top edge gilt others uncut. Spines uniformly faded to olive green small circular stain on front board of volume one. Title pages printed in pale blue and black each carrying a profile portrait of Wilde in pale blue. A Near Fine set.<br/><br/>The handsomely produced Large Paper Edition was put out by the celebrated New York bookseller Gabriel Wells who during the 1920s competed in the sale rooms with the great A.S.W. Rosenbach 1876-1952. It includes introductory material by several literary luminaries including W. B. Yeats The Happy Prince Padraic Colum Criticisms and Reviews John Drinkwater The Importance of Being Ernest/An Ideal Husband Arthur Symons Salome and Wilde's one-time lover Richard Le Gallienne Poems. Gabriel Wells unknown books
190561982London: Methuen and Co. 36 Essex Street Strand 1905. First edition 1/200 copies on English hand-made paper. Tall 8vo. 151 pp. The fine John Quinn copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. De Profundis is an extended letter written by Wilde during his incarceration in Reading Gaol to Lord Alfred Douglas. After his release Wilde gave the manuscript to journalist Robert Ross another former lover who edited portions for a first publication in 1905 the complete version remained unpublished until the 1960s. The letter recounts Wilde's years with Douglas and elements of their relationship and traces his spiritual growth. Ross's preface to this work quotes Wilde's summation of "De Profundis": "I don't defend my conduct. I explain it . I know that on the day of my release I will merely be moving from one prison to another and there are times when the whole world seems to be no larger than my cell and as full of terror for me. Still at the beginning I believe that God made a world for each separate man and within that world which is within us one should seek to live." Mason 389. Spine of the slipcase sunned to a rich brown a little rubbed but a fine copy of the limited issue of the first edition of Wilde's important statement. Original gilt-stamped decorated white buckram top edge gilt others untrimmed. Housed in a custom purple quarter-crushed morocco and cloth slipcase with chemise gilt spine title. 9771. <br/><br/> Methuen and Co. 36 Essex Street, Strand hardcover books
1907104968London: Keller-Farmer Co 1907. The Astral edition of Wilde's works one of 52 sets this is number one. Octavo 15 volumes. Bound in full morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine floriated corner devices in gilt red and green raised bands moire silk endpapers top edge gilt. With photogravures in two states from paintings photographs and drawings 4 of which are by Aubrey Beardsley. In near fine condition. An exceptional set. Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright novelist essayist and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray his plays as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Keller-Farmer Co hardcover books
190767715Edition De Luxe One of 200 Copies With Plates in Two States WILDE Oscar. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. Illustrated. London: A. R. Keller & Co. 1907. Edition de Luxe of the Uniform Edition. One of 200 numbered copies of which this is number 14. Complete in fifteen octavo volumes. Measures 7 1/4 x 5 in. Illustrated in black and white with plates in two states each with a descriptive tissue guard. Title and limitation pages on Japanese vellum printed in black and red with additional engraved title pages in each volume. Finely bound in modern full green levant morocco. Spines tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with a red morocco gilt floral inlay four raised bands all edges gilt marbled endpapers. A fine set. This very early edition precedes the 1908 Ross edition of Wilde's works often described as the first collected edition. HBS 67715. $11500 A. R. Keller & Co. hardcover books
1908103150London: Methuen & Co 1908. First collected edition one of 80 sets on Japanese vellum the rarest and most desirable of Wilde's works. Octavo 14 volumes bound in original vellum gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel with the design by Charles Ricketts top edge gilt. "The text is taken in most instances from the last editions issued under the superintendence of the author. In some cases the volumes contain additional matter which had not previously been reprinted while some of the volumes contain matter here published for the first time" Mason. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable especially in this condition. The first collected edition of Wilde's works was issued in 1908 with 14 volumes 13 with the imprint of Methuen & Co. and one The Picture of Dorian Gray with the imprint of Charles Carrington Paris. The text is taken in most instances from the last editions issued under the superintendence of the author. In some cases the volumes contain additional material which had not previously been reprinted while some of the volumes contain matter here published for the first time. Some of the volumes contain matter which is not included in any other edition" Mason 459. This set collects such classics as Lady Windermere's Fan The Happy Prince Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest as well as numerous essays and poems. This edition was edited by Robert Ross Wilde's long-time intimate friend and literary executor. Methuen & Co hardcover books
