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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
1899150425002London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. First Edition. Very Good. First Edition one of 1000 copies though this copy is not numbered. In Very Good condition. Bumping to corners and wear at extremities. Soiling to cloth. Previous owner name and date to front free end paper. Toning to pages. A handsome copy. Leonard Smithers and Co unknown 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
1898109921Slim 8vo. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Slim 8vo 4. 31ff. Printed on hand-made paper on one side of the page only. Original quarter white buckram mustard boards backstrip lettered in gilt a good copy slightly soiled and backstrip browned. § First edition one of 800 copies on handmade paper. This controversial poem was written by Wilde under the pseudonym of the number he was given in prison. It includes some of Wilde’s most famous lines: “each man kills the thing he lovesâ€; “some love too little some too long some sell while others buyâ€; “every prison that men build is built with bricks of shameâ€. Leonard Smithers hardcover books
18952221665<p>First edition. 8 1/2" x 6 1/2". Original brown wrappers stamped in red lower right corner of upper cover replaced uncut and mostly unopened. Very good. 98 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Enclosed in a plum half morocco slipcase.</p><p>Printed by The Chiswick Press.</p><p>Mason 367 - only 50 copies were printed.</p> Privately Printed paperback books
18991099238vo. London: Leonard Smithers 1899. 8vo 213 1 imprintpp. Original salmon cloth stamped in gold one corner creased slightest of soiling to covers ink signature at front “Winifred M.F. Carritt Christmas 1900â€. Blue quarter morocco slipcase. § First edition one of 1000 copies. “Although Wilde's third play opened in 1895 it was not published until four years later and after Wilde had been released from prison. The success of The Ballad of Reading Gaol persuaded Wilde to publish his last two plays the other being The Importance of Being Ernest. All three were published by Leonard Smithers one of very few remaining publishers prepared to handle Wilde's work.†Sotheby’s. Mason 385. Leonard Smithers hardcover books
1894109920Small 4to. London: John Lane at the Bodley Head 1894. Small 4to xiv 154 1 pp. Original salmon buckram covers with gilt-stamped decorations gilt top backstrip lettered and stamped in gilt scattered foxing a lovely copy enclosed in a quarter blue morocco slipcase. § First edition though there were 15 copies printed for the production of the play in New York. This play contains some of Wilde’s best quips - with especially astute comments on the nature of society. A hard book to find in perfect condition -- this copy has been boxed for about 100 years and is almost flawless. On the front pastedown is a printed note: “This book is now published by John Lane at the Bodley Head in Vigo St London Wâ€. Millard 365. John Lane at the Bodley Head hardcover books
1898282548London: Smithers 1898. First. hardcover. very good. Slim 8vo mustard cloth backed in white with gilt lettering. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Limited First Edition.<br/><br/> One of 800 copies printed on hand-made paper on one side only. Inscribed on title page; "I.O. from F.A.S. Guilsborough Hall." A very good copy with some bubbling of the cloth and light soil. Irene Osgood later the wife of R.H. Sherard author of the life of Oscar Wilde was a novelist. This book was given to her by Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham Preserved in an attractive1/4 leather slipcase with an elaborately gilt spine.<br/><br/> Smithers unknown books
18982708London: Leonard Smithers 1898. First edition. Fine. One of 800 copies on handmade Van Gelder paper. A Fine copy without the fading or soiling typical of this book. Pages unopened. Housed in a custom case and chemise. Wilde's later work based on his two years hard labor at Reading Gaol for "gross indecency." Published under the pseudonym "C. 3. 3." for his cell block because the publisher feared having his name on the work would adversely affect sales. <br/><br/>The poem is based on a fellow inmate convicted of murdering his wife and generated one of the great lines from Wilde "Yet each man kills the thing he loves." Wilde continued to revise his plays until his death in 1900 but said that he had lost the joy of writing and would write no other new works. An excellent copy housed in a handsome slipcase with chemise. Fine. Leonard Smithers unknown books
1894282902London: John Lane 1894. Limited. hardcover. very good. Tall 8vo lavender cloth faded to tan with gilt designs considerably browned on the spine and edges; pages untrimmed London: John Lane 1894. Limited First Edition.<br/><br/> Mason 365. One of only 50 copies printed simultaneously with the first trade edition. Internally fine and clean.<br/><br/> John Lane unknown books
134067N.P.: Rolf Lock n.d. gilt-tooled crushed morocco in leather clamshell box with author and title gilt-stamped on spine. Miniature Books. miniature book 9.3 by 6.9 cm. gilt-tooled crushed morocco in leather clamshell box with author and title gilt-stamped on spine. unpaginated. Text in German. Written by hand by Lock on parchment. Calligraphy and illustrations by Rolf Lock. Lock b. 1955 studied lithography 1970-3 and calligraphy 1978-82 and founded his own press in 1991. Bound by Swiss artist Roland Meuter of Weggis Switzerland where he has operated a bindery since 1998. "R MEUTER" stamped on back pastedown. Hand gilt by Samuel Feinstein of Chicago Illinois U.S.A.; "SF-GILDER" stamped and embossed on leather on back pastedown. A German translation of Wilde's prose poem "House of Judgment" first published in Spirit Lamp III:2 February 17 1893 an Oxford magazine edited by Alfred Douglas. See Stuart Mason Bibliography of Oscar Wilde London: T. Werner Laurie 1914 211 Rolf Lock unknown books
1894OW018London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head 1894 First edition one of 50 large-paper copies printed on handmade paper. Original publisher's yellow buckram boards with gilt decorations by Charles Shannon to covers and spine spine lettered in gilt. Covers toned along outer margin spine toned only the slightest trace of rubbing to the extremities former owner bookplate to front pastedown and light offsetting to endpapers. A very good tight and clean copy. An extremely scarce book in the large-paper format. Mason 365. A Woman of No Importance was published simultaneously in two formats: small octavo the standard edition of 500 copies and quarto the "Large Paper" issue of 50 copies. While both constitute the first edition of A Woman of No Importance the large paper copies are decidedly rarer than the octavos; intended to be more exclusive and deluxe publications large paper formats were typically produced using higher quality materials lacked the publisher's advertisements and were printed in small print runs. Because they were intended as collectibles from publication large paper copies of Wilde's plays are exceedingly scarce. A Woman of No Importance is a four-act play that was first produced in London at the Haymarket Theatre on April 19 1893. Like many of Wilde's plays it satirizes the English upper-class and criticizes Victorian society. The title "a woman of no importance" refers to the character Mrs. Arbuthnot who bears the illegitimate son of Lord Illingworth. Although societal conventions deem her a sinful woman Wilde proves Arbuthnot a respectable widow who is rewarded with a son who treats women respectfully. In contrast Illingworth one of Wilde's archetypal dandy figures is rejected by his son and may of the women in the play making him a "man of no importance.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Shannon Charles. London: John Lane at the Sign of The Bodley Head 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
189923048ELondon: Leonard Smithers & Co 1899. First Edition. Number 298 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Square quarto. Bound in original lavender cloth with gilt lettering at the spine and gilt decorative designs by Charles Shannon at the outer edges of the boards and the spine. A lovely copy with a trace of foxing a minor bump to the top corner of the front board some slight browning to the endpapers and very minor edgewear. From the library of Harpo Marx the great clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. With a charming bookplate illustrated by Susan Marx with a drawing of Harpo in his comic character which reads: “FROM THE LIBRARY OF HARPO & SUSAN MARX.†Leonard Smithers & Co 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
1894256986London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street 1894. First edition one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154 1 pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. Original buckram gilt. Spine and extremities darkened endleaves with some paste darkening else fine in a custom purple half-morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition one of 50 Large Paper copies. 154 1 pp. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh. 1 vols. 4to. Large Paper Copy One of 50. An attractive large paper copy. Wilde's witty and urbane satire of the English upper class. This was written and produced in 1893 near the height of Wilde's career between Salome 1891 and his masterpiece The Importance of Being Ernest 1895. Mason 365. Provenance: Arthur Chester Rhodes John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street unknown books
189422666ELondon: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1894. First English Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Near fine only slightly handled copy with the gilt-stamping to the boards bright. From the library of Harpo Marx the great clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. With a charming bookplate illustrated by Susan Marx with a drawing of Harpo in his comic character which reads: “FROM THE LIBRARY OF HARPO & SUSAN MARXâ€. Elkin Mathews & John Lane 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
1892283124London: Elkin Mathews 1892. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Ricketts. Title page design and elaborately gilt pictorial binding by Charles Ricketts 8vo tan cloth uncut with top edge gilt. London: Chicwick Press for Elkin Mathews & John Lane.<br/><br/> The book has been re-cased with excellent facsimile end-papers and overall is in beautiful clean crisp condition. Number 64 of 220 copies signed by Wilde. Mason 309.<br/><br/> Elkin Mathews unknown books
04564London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head 1893. I can resist anything except temptation"<br/>"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about"<br/><br/>WILDE Oscar. Lady Windermere's Fan. A Play About a Good Woman. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head 1893. <br/><br/>First edition. One of fifty large-paper copies on hand-made paper. <br/><br/>Quarto 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches; 220 x 169 mm. i blank i limitation iii-xvi 132 pp. <br/><br/>Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf ca. 1897 stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in and with their exhibition stamp in black on rear paste-down. Full dark green crushed levant morocco covers bordered in gilt enclosing a six-line gilt border. Spine with five raised bands decoratively framed and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt-ruled board edges multi gilt-lined turn-ins top edge gilt others uncut. With the bookplates of the renowned collector C. S. Ascherson dated 1897 and Paul Louis Weiller also a famous book collector and a great friend of J. Paul Getty on front paste-down. <br/><br/>A couple of tiny and unobtrusive minor stains on blank borders otherwise an absolutely fine copy in a wonderful and early if somewhat austere binding by the great firm of Zaehnsdorf.<br/><br/>Lady Windermere's Fan A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde first performed on Saturday 20 February 1892 at the St. James's Theatre in London. The story concerns Lady Windermere who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. She confronts him with it but although he denies it he invites the other woman Mrs Erlynne to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's supposed unfaithfulness Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband for another lover. After discovering what has transpired Mrs Erlynne follows Lady Windermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in the course of this Mrs Erlynne is discovered in a compromising position. It is then revealed Mrs Erlynne is Lady Windermere's mother who abandoned her family twenty years before the time the play is set. Mrs Erlynne sacrifices herself and her reputation to save her daughter's marriage.<br/><br/>Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde 16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900 was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays including Lady Windermere's Fan A Play About a Good Woman his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for homosexuality imprisonment and early death at age 46.<br/><br/>Mason 358. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head, 1893 unknown books
1899281517London: Smithers 1899. Limited. hardcover. very good. 16 214 pages. Square 8vo original lavender cloth with gilt decorations on covers uncut edges. London: Leonard Smithers 1899. Limited First Edition. Some fading soiling & shelf-wear on the binding; old heraldic bookplate on end-paper which has offset onto front flyleaf still a very good clean copy of this exceedingly rare book.<br/><br/> One of Wilde's most frequently produced plays. Number 38 of only 100 large-paper copies signed by Wilde.<br/><br/> Smithers unknown books
1899295434London: Smithers 1899. Limited. hardcover. very good. 16 214 pages. Square 8vo original lavender cloth with gilt decorations on covers uncut edges. London: Leonard Smithers 1899. Limited First Edition. Some minor soiling & bubbling on the cover but still a very good internally clean copy of this exceedingly rare book.<br/><br/> One of Wilde's most frequently produced plays. Number 41 of only 100 large-paper copies signed by Wilde. Preserved in a 1/4 leather clam-shell case.<br/><br/> Smithers unknown books
189916085London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. First edition signed limited edition. Octavo original lavender publisher's cloth. One of 100 large paper copies signed by Oscar Wilde. In very good condition with some light rubbing and darkening to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Wilde's play premiered in January 1895 to an audience that included the Prince of Wales and was an immediate success. Together with The Importance of Being Earnest An Ideal Husband is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest it is his most popularly produced play. It has been adapted to film several times first in 1935 most recently in 1999 starring Julianne Moore Minnie Driver Cate Blanchett and Rupert Everett. Mason 385. Leonard Smithers and Co hardcover books
189996121London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. First signed limited edition of Wilde's classic comedic stage play. Octavo original lavender publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt flourishes to the spine and front panel. One of 100 large paper copies signed by Oscar Wilde this is number 85. In near fine condition with a touch of toning. A superior example. Wilde's play premiered in January 1895 to an audience that included the Prince of Wales and was an immediate success. Together with The Importance of Being Earnest An Ideal Husband is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest it is his most popularly produced play. It has been adapted to film several times first in 1935 most recently in 1999 starring Julianne Moore Minnie Driver Cate Blanchett and Rupert Everett. Leonard Smithers and Co hardcover books
