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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
1982ST16482Bayreuth: Printed by Chr. Scheufele Offizin Stuttgart for Bear Press 1982. No. 1 OF 10 COPIES ON VELLUM plus a "special" edition of 25 copies and 185 copies on Kochi Japanese paper. 223 x 148 mm. 8 7/8 x 5 3/4". 50 pp. 2 leaves.Translated and with an afterword by Wolfram Benda. <br/> Publisher's fine burgundy morocco by Erwin Lehr upper cover with gilt rose in recessed square flat spine with gilt titling turn-ins with gilt fillet frame pale yellow silk pastedowns. In the original burgundy suede slipcase. With three large initials in burnished gold and four signed and numbered original etchings by Peter Klitsch. Printed in red and black. Signed in the colophon by the artist the binder and the publisher/translator. In mint condition.<br/> <br/> This is the splendid deluxe version of a finely crafted private press edition of Wilde's fairy tales "The Nightingale and the Rose" "The Happy Prince" and "The Selfish Giant." It is the third work issued by the Bear Press founded in 1979 by literary scholar Wolfram Benda and still in operation. According to the firm's website "at a time when the craftsmanship and ethos of the artisan in bookmaking have been damaged by ever-increasing industrialization and neglect . . . The Bear Press . . . tries to achieve the highest possible degree of technical and artistic perfection in its printed works." The font used to print the text and the artist chosen to illustrate each work are carefully selected to express "the individual author's personality and intention." Even the discriminating aesthete Wilde 1854-1900 would be pleased with the choices here especially for the luxurious vellum printing: the type is set in refined Walbaum Antiqua and shown off with special effect by the creamy leaves; the etchings by Austrian artist Peter Klitsch b. 1934 are meticulous detailed and reminiscent of the work of Wilde's friend Aubrey Beardsley; and the binding is the epitome of tasteful restraint flawlessly executed with premium materials. <br /> <br /> The three tales here first appeared in 1888 and are bittersweet in their themes of love and self-sacrifice. His stories for children were one of Wilde's early successes and DNB notes "Their permanent place in child affections refutes the vulgarism that Wilde's literary reputation arose from his legal notoriety. In all cases the fairy tales are on the child's side celebrating the courage and generosity of the poor and vulnerable while their satire mocks the kind of pomposity and hypocrisy children can recognize." We have been able to trace just two other copies of the vellum printing at auction in ABPC and RBH. [Printed by Chr. Scheufele Offizin, Stuttgart, for] Bear Press unknown
19061843Düsseldorf: Schmitz & Olbertz 1906. First German edition. Numbered one of 600 copies. In unique custom made hand-painted vellum binding by Lajos Kozma. Title on spine in gilt lettering. Upper edge gilt. Paste paper endpapers. Kozma’s signet on front flyleaf’s verso and another signet supposedly of the owner: “CHW†on the additional flyleaf drawn by Kozma in black ink. Binding with slight discolorations and light stains. Inside some light and scattered foxing. Overall in fine condition. First German edition. Numbered one of 600 copies. In unique custom made hand-painted vellum binding by Lajos Kozma. Title on spine in gilt lettering. Upper edge gilt. Paste paper endpapers. Kozma’s signet on front flyleaf’s verso and another signet supposedly of the owner: “CHW†on the additional flyleaf drawn by Kozma in black ink. 44 4 p. <p><br /> The first German edition of The Priest and the Acolyte in Lajos Kozma’s Unique Hand-Painted Art Nouveau binding.<br /> <p><p><br /> Lajos Ludwig Kozma 1884–1948 was one of the chief Hungarian architects and interior designers of the first half of the 20th century he is also known for his graphic designs and book illustrations and binding designs. His early works were created in Art Nouveau style but later through Art Deco he found his way to International Modernism.<br /> <p><p><br /> The scandalous story of The Priest and the Acolyte here in A. W. Hiller’s translation is attributed to Oscar Wilde however its real author was John Francis Bloxam 1873–1928 an English Uranian author and churchman. The novel appeared first in The Chameleon Vol. I No. 1 December 1894.<br /> <p>. Schmitz & Olbertz unknown
190521107London/Paris: Methuen 1905. A first edition first printing of 'De Profundis' by Oscar Wilde published posthumously in 1905 by Methuen. A near fine book a little spotted to the page edges - A little rubbed to the spine tips and corners but a sharp lovely example. Accompanied by a silver cigarette holder embossed with foliate scrolls and a vacant shield cartouche hallmarked Birmingham 1894 with the maker's mark that of Frederick Wald. A beautiful amber ending which pulls in and out. Purchased in Paris from the family of the proprietor of the Hotel d'Alsace Jean Dupoirer sometime before 1914. From the colllection of David Adamson a mining engineer and great-grandfather of the original seller at Bonhams Knightsbridge 1997 who had a life-long admiration for Wilde's work. The renowned Irish playwright and poet died on November 30 1900 at the Hotel d'Alsace in Paris now L'Hôtel. After serving two years of hard labor for "gross indecency" due to his homosexuality Wilde fled to France impoverished and shunned by society. Living under the name Sebastian Melmoth he took up residence at the modest hotel. His health declined rapidly due to meningitis complications from an earlier ear infection. Wilde reportedly quipped on his deathbed "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go." He passed away destitute but surrounded by a few loyal friends. Wilde was initially buried in a pauper's grave at Bagneux Cemetery but his remains were later moved to Père Lachaise Cemetery where his tomb adorned with a modernist angel now draws admirers from around the world. His wit and tragedy remain enduring symbols of artistic genius and societal hypocrisy. A unique item now housed in a custom made box Methuen unknown
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
190767715London: A. R. Keller & Co 1907. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. Illustrated. London: A. R. Keller & Co. 1907.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> This very early edition precedes the 1908 Ross edition of Wilde's works often described as the first collected edition.<br> <br> HBS 67715.<br> <br> $11500. A. R. Keller & Co unknown
1907187979London: Keller-Farmer Co. 1907. It lies like a leper in purple it sits like a dead thing smeared with gold The Uniform Edition the illustrated Edition De Luxe issue number 152 of 200 sets this one in unusual vibrant purple bindings. This is the most limited issue of this very early collected edition of Wilde's works. 15 vols octavo 165 x 140 mm. Frontispieces with tissue guards captioned in red plates throughout illustrated title pages letterpress title pages printed in red and black. Contemporary purple crushed morocco spines lettered in gilt compartments tooled with central tool in gilt purple cloth sides and endpapers top edges gilt fore and bottom edges uncut. Bindings bright rubbing sometime retouched with iridescent polish slight loss to corner of Salome hinge cracked but holding at p. 12 of Epigrams very mild occasional foxing. A near-fine set. hardcover
1930ru1157Société des amis du livre moderne Relié sous emboîtage 1930 TIRAGE LIMITE -- EXEMPLAIRE ENRICHI D'AQUARELLES ORIGINALES. In-4 (22 x 29 cm), belle reliure signée Max Fonsèque, plein maroquin bleu-gris, dos lisse orné du titre doré, motifs géométriques dorés aux plats, maroquin turquoise et gris-bleu encadrés de filets dorés aux contreplats, gardes de soir brochée dorée, tranches dorées, couverture et dos conservés. L'ouvrage est protégé par un emboîtage composé d'un étui carton dont les angles et l'ouverture sont bordés du même maroquin gris-bleu, et d'une chemise à rabats demi-maroquin à bandes avec le titre et l'auteur dorés au dos. Beau livre illustré de 26 gravures en couleurs dont un cul-de-lampe d'après les compositions de Manuel Orazi (1860-1934, peintre et affichiste italien, mais également créateur de bijoux), gravées sur bois par Pierre Bouchet. TIRAGE LIMITE A 149 EEMPLAIRES (ici le n°88, réservé à Albert Natural). Exemplaire enrichi de 3 AQUARELLES ORIGINALES rehaussée de gouache signées Manuel Orazi, d'une SUITE EN NOIR DES ILLUSTRATIONS SUR JAPON, et du menu du dîner du 25 mars 1931 de la Société des amis du livre moderne, illustré d'une gravure originale en couleurs d'Orazi ; très bel exemplaire. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
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
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
195253361Paris: Falaize 1952. Fine. Falaize Paris 1952 11.50 x 17.50 cm broché La Ballade de la geôle de Reading. L'Artiste en prison The Ballad of Reading GaolFalaize Paris 1952 11.5 x 17.5 cm original wrappers New edition of the French translation by Jacques Bour and the first edition of Albert Camus' famous preface. One of 50 numbered copies on Madagascar paper tirage de tête. A fine autograph inscription from Albert Camus: à Michel Simon grand artiste avec les voeux chaleureux d'un de ses vieux admirateurs For Michel Simon a great artist with warmest wishes from an old fan and an autograph inscription from the translator Jacques Bour: à Michel Simon qui ferait crouler tous les murs! For Michel Simon who raised all the roofs! A rare and very good copy. Falaize unknown
1908188701London: Methuen and Co. except Dorian Gray: Charles Carrington Paris 1908-22. The first collection of his oeuvre with unpublished plays First collected edition one of 1000 sets on handmade paper edited by Wilde's most constant friend and literary executor Robert Ross 1869-1918. It prints previously unpublished material including the uncompleted play A Florentine Tragedy a fragment of another La Sainte Courtisane and various lectures. An additional 80 copies were issued on Japanese vellum. 14 vols octavo 210 x 148 mm. Recent green half calf red morocco labels gilt foliate frames to compartments marbled sides top edges gilt fore and bottom edges uncut. Calf a touch rubbed the odd spot to contents. A near-fine set. Mason 420 423 425 427 429 431 433 435 437 439 441 443 445 447. hardcover
190666710Paris: Charles Carrington 1906. Fine. Charles Carrington Paris 1906 14.50 x 23 cm relié sous chemise et étui First edition of the French translation by Hugues Rebell one of 30 numbered copies on Japon the tirage de tête. Full morocco cover and spine preserved all edges gilt chemise in half morocco slipcase lined with morocco elegant contemporary binding signed Huser. Illustrated as frontispiece with a photographic portrait of Oscar Wilde. Provenance : from the library of Henri Thuile with his ex-libris pasted to head of a pastedown. A very nice copy elegantly bound by Huser in lined morocco. Charles Carrington unknown
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
192659831Sous couverture rempliée, légèrement brunie. Le livre est rangé dans une chemise à dos de percaline bleue, étui à coulisse de maroquin fauve et havane de G. Cretté. Édition du Prince heureux et du Rossignol et la rose, 2 contes d'Oscar Wilde dans la traduction d'Albert Savine.Édition illustrée de compositions en couleurs de François-Louis Schmied qui les a gravées et imprimées sur ses presses à bras. Collaborateurs : Pierre Bouchet et Théo Schmied fils, graveurs- pressiers. Mis à part l'illustration de la couverture et les 5 bois hors texte, l'édition est illustrée par 27 minces bandeaux verticaux dans le premier conte et 23 horizontaux dans le second, plus une lettrine de départ pour chaque conte et des bouts de lignes monochromes. Ces bandeaux, abstraits, loin d'être considérés par Schmied comme décoratifs, sont pour lui une véritable illustration dont il donne la table et la légende à la fin de chaque partie. L'illustration comporte également 2 petits bois et 4 bois verticaux pour les tables, et un petit bandeau en couleurs pour l'achevé d'imprimer.
195253361Falaize | Paris 1952 | 11.50 x 17.50 cm | broché
1968305092London: Petersburg Press 1968. Edition C with six loose lithographs signed duplicates of those bound in the book and four signed etchings this copy 100 of 100 lacking two of the prints. Illustrated by Jim Dine. 2 vols. Folio 18.1 x 13 inches. Snakeskin print leather binding near fine on text volume and portfolio volume matching box and heart cover with some fading otherwise near fine. Dine Jim. Edition C with six loose lithographs signed duplicates of those bound in the book and four signed etchings this copy 100 of 100 lacking two of the prints. Illustrated by Jim Dine. 2 vols. Folio 18.1 x 13 inches. Three editions of this work were published with an extra suite of prints:<br /> A Edition of 200 plus 25 artists' proofs bound in red velvet with the title in silver with six signed lithographs duplicates of the plates in the text signed by Dine<br /> B Edition of 200 plus 25 artists' proofs bound in green velvet with the title in silver with four etchings signed by Dine<br /> C Edition of 100 plus 15 artists' proofs in a snakeskin-patterned leather binding stamped in black with a matching box with "heart built up on the cover" also signed by Dine containing all of the prints of the two other editions 10 total signed by Dine. THIS COPY LACKING TWO PRINTS: "Sybil in her Dressing Room" and "Basil in Black Leather Suit"<br /> <br /> Jim Dine worked on a stage version of Wilde's novel with English director Robert Kidd for the Bath Academie of Art at Corsham moving the setting to London during the 1967 Summer of Love. The play was never finished as the scheduled lead actor James Fox objected to Dine's "obscene" costumes derailing the whole production. Petersburg Press stepped in and offered to print Dine's drafts for the adapation. Mikro 47 Petersburg Press unknown
190666710Charles Carrington | Paris 1906 | 14.50 x 23 cm | relié sous chemise et étui
19602060London: The Folio Society 1960. Signed by the illustrator. With 6 full-page and several text illustrations. In publisher’s green cloth. Cover somewhat rubbed at edges. Otherwise in fine condition. Signed by the illustrator. With 6 full-page and several text illustrations. In publisher’s green cloth. 78 2 p. <p><br /> Association copy inscribed to the American socialite and fashion icon Mona von Bismarck and her husband Count Albrecht Eduard "Eddie" von Bismarck-Schönhausen.<br /> <p><p><br /> Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton 1904–1980 was an English photographer painter illustrator writer and designer. Besides regularly working as a photographer for Condé Nast publications such as the Vogue he pursued a career as a stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He won three Academy Awards for his art directorial work as well as for his costume designs. <br /> <p><p><br /> Mona von Bismarck 1897–1983 was a long-time friend of Beaton.<br /> <p>. The Folio Society unknown
192837691Paris Le Livre 1928 In-8, maroquin gris orn au centre de chaque plat d'une petite toile mosaque en maroquin havane avec quatre losanges pousss or, donnant naissance des jeux de filets dors et de listels en maroquin crme s'entrecroisant pour former un grand motif qui se prolonge sur les bords suprieurs et infrieurs des plats par des filets droits irradiant pousss or; rappel du dcor sur le dos sans nerfs; encadrements intrieurs orns d'un filet dor et d'un listel de maroquin havane, doublures et gardes de soie moire havane, tranches dores sur brochure, couverture imprime. Chemise, tui (Ren et Roger Mativet).23 burins originaux de J.-E. Laboureur, dont un sur la couverture, 21 en-ttes et un cul-de-lampe. Tirage limit 280 exemplaires numrots. Un des 30 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande van Gelder, comportant une suite part des cuivres en premier tat sur vieux japon. Bel exemplaire reli par les frres Mativet qui exercrent Paris de 1946 1975.
199915778VITALIS 1999. 1. hardcover. VITALIS hardcover
1909130510London: Methuen 1909-10. The works of Oscar Wilde. Octavo 13 volumes bound in three quarters morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands top edge gilt. 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 hardcover
1908139028London: Methuen & Co Ltd./Paris: Charles Carrington 1908-1922. Complete set of the works of Oscar Wilde including For Love of a King issued in 1922 and often missing from this set. Octavo 15 volumes in the publisher's original gilt-decorated full buckram top edge gilt with others uncut. One of 1000 copies issued on handmade paper. The Picture of Dorian Gray bears the imprint of Charles Carrington of Paris while the rest bear Methuen and Co. In near fine condition. Very rare with the inclusion of the 15th volume. 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 & Co, Ltd./Paris: Charles Carrington hardcover
1943156715Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1943. Draft script for the 1945 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their manuscript annotations in pencil on several pages. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde about a man whose portrait magically takes on the ability to absorb the sins of his debauched life while he remains unaged. Nominated for three Academy Awards winning one for Best Cinematography. <br /> <br /> Set in London. <br /> <br /> Goldenrod studio wrappers rubber-stamped FILE COPY and COMPLETE on the front wrapper noted as copy No. 67 and production No. 5069 dated 11-5-43 with credits for director Albert Lewin. Title page integral with the first page of the text. 168 leaves with last page of text numbered 169. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with a single pink revision page dated 3-13-44. Pages about Near Fine wrapper Good only with a tear on the bottom right portion of the front wrapper and rear wrapper split from the binding bound with two gold brads. <br /> <br /> Selby US. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1910320658New York: Nottingham 1910. Limited. hardcover. fine. 10 volumes. Thick 8vo finely bound in recent 3/4 dark green morocco with twin burgundy spine labels decoratively gilt spines raised bands and marbled boards top edges gilt deckled edges. New York: Nottingham Society circa 1910. Fine.<br/> <br/> Deluxe Edition Number 832 of of 1000 sets.<br/> <br/> Nottingham unknown
