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1915WILDEOSC008291Methuen/Brentano's London and New York. 1915. First edition with these illustrations the American issue in red cloth with "Brentano's" printed at tail of spine. The English issue was in blue cloth. Quarto. pp vi 162. 16 tipped-in colour plates title-page black-and-white uncials endpapers and cover design by Jessie M. King. Top edge gilt. Wilde's second collection of fairy tales which he said were "intended neither for the British child nor the British public". Cloth defective at tail of spine with the BREN of BRENTANO'S missing. Slight snag in cloth at head of spine. Very good. Methuen/Brentano's, London and New York. hardcover
1914WILDEOSC016489T. Werner Laurie London. 1914. First edition. Introductory Note by Robert Ross. Octavo. Two volumes: pp xl 1-237 1; 239-605 3. The illustrations include frontispiece caricatures by Aubrey Beardsley and Max Beerbohm. Cream buckram covers with gilt devices uniform with the fifteen-volume edition of Wilde's Collected Works. Top edge gilt.Edition de Luxe: number 23 of 100 copies signed by the bibliographer. Presentation set from the publisher inscribed on the limitation page: ''To my friend Arthur Brentano - T. Werner Lawrie - July.30.14''. One each front pastedown is the recipient's pictorial bookplate designed by Haydon Jones. Brentano's was one of Wilde's New York publishers.Some discoloration to tail of spine of second volume otherwise a fine set in the rare dustwrappers that of the first volume having chips and closed tears and that of the second volume being in pieces. T. Werner Laurie, London. hardcover
1918191157New York: Printed and published by the author 1918. Second privately printed edition presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Clarence E. Thompson from his friend the author in token of immediate sympathy Frank Harris Oct. 1920". Thompson c.1876-1945 was a writer and political publicist. He worked on the Presidential campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. The Irish-born journalist Frank Harris 1855-1931 led a dissolute life that some observers believed to have been redeemed only in his loyal support of the disgraced Wilde as demonstrated by this biography of "impressionistic value despite factual vagaries" ODNB. George Bernard Shaw in his appended letter to the author Memories of Oscar Wilde writes: "Now that you have written the best life of Oscar Wilde let us have the best life of Frank Harris" p. 32. The first private and trade editions were published two years earlier. 2 vols octavo. Frontispieces and 4 half-tone photographic plates. Original green cloth spines and front covers lettered in gilt front covers ruled in blind. Bookplate of Frederick W. Skiff 1867-1947 designed by W. F. Hopson. Occasional marks extremities gently bumped front inner hinges split but sound small abrasion to front pastedown of vol. I. A very good set. Mason 694. hardcover
1918191149New York: Printed and published by the author 1918. Second privately printed edition presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Arthur Humphreys good friend and good fellow from the author Frank Harris with many pleasant memories. Berlin 18.12.22". Humphreys 1865-1946 was a close friend of Oscar and Constance Wilde and published Oscariana in 1895. Humphreys was a writer and senior partner at Hatchards Books. The Irish-born journalist Frank Harris 1855-1931 led a dissolute life that some observers believed to have been redeemed only in his loyal support of the disgraced Wilde as demonstrated by this biography of "impressionistic value despite factual vagaries" ODNB. George Bernard Shaw in his appended letter to the author Memories of Oscar Wilde writes: "Now that you have written the best life of Oscar Wilde let us have the best life of Frank Harris" p. 32. The first private and trade editions were published two years earlier. 2 vols octavo. Frontispieces and 4 half-tone photographic plates. Original green cloth spines and front covers lettered in gilt front covers ruled in blind. Bookplate of Jeremy J. Mason; invitation to a 1907 Coefficients club dinner RSVP'd and signed by Halford Mackinder 1861-1947 loosely inserted. Spines toned and foxed extremities bumped vol. 1 front inner hinge split but sound light damp stain to list of illustrations. A very good set. Mason 694. hardcover
1907328629London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1907. hardcover. fine. Aubrey Beardsley. Introduction by Robert Ross. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley with 16 full-page drawings including the title page contents page and sketch for cover design; one folding facsimile. xviii 8 66 2 pages. Slim square 8vo original green cloth with ornate gilt-stamped cover. London: John Lane the Bodley Head. 1907.<br/> <br/> Second edition but the first to contain the full 16 plates including the title which was originally suppressed as it depicts hermaphrodite genitalia. Front & back flyleaves browned otherwise a beautiful copy in excellent condition.<br/> <br/> John Lane The Bodley Head unknown
1911901384Edinburgh Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. 14 volume set. Heavily sunned/darkened covers. The Magdalen edition: Limited #127/480 . Edinburgh Society hardcover
1938148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. <br/><br/>One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937.<br/><br/>Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1904140581London: Privately Printed 1904. First separate edition of Wilde's classic collection of of mystery tales; a pirated edition produced by Leonard Smithers. Octavo bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine original wrappers bound in. One of 300 numbered copies this is number 125. In fine condition. A very rare Wilde title. Wilde’s “theme is not as is often supposed art’s divorce from life but its inescapable arraignment by experience. His creative works almost always end in unmasking. The hand that adjusts the green carnation suddenly shakes an admonitory finger. While the ultimate virtue in Wilde’s essays is in make-believe the denouement of his dramas and narratives is that masks have to go. We must acknowledge what we are. Wilde at least was keen to do so. Though he offered himself as the apostle of pleasure his created world contains much pain†Ellmann xvi. Privately Printed hardcover
19456025031945. "Cornel Wilde" in dark blue fountain pen ink on 3/4 length youthful shot of Wilde wearing a sport coat long patterned tie and white shirt with curly hair and soft smile. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; matte finish; 11" x 14"; very good fresh. ca. 1945. Signed and inscribed: "Sincerest best wishes to Tonie Cornel Wilde." Wilde 1915-90 born Cornelius Louis Wilde October 13 1915 died October 16 1989 Los Angeles California; American leading man of 40's films later a film director; film career 1940-78: "A Song to Remember" 1945; "High Sierra" 1941; "The Bandit of Sherwood Forest" 1946; "Forever Amber" 1947; "The Greatest Show on Earth" 1952. Soft cover. Fine. paperback books
190712964London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1907. First Edition Stated. Publisher's cloth. Very Good. First Edition Stated. Publisher's cloth. First published with Beardsley's illustrations in 1894 the first uncensored edition did not appear in full until 1907; this edition contains all of Beardsley's intended illustrations which were previously cancelled uncensored version of Enter Herodias both versions of The Toilet of Salome. Includes the casts for the first performance of the play in England in 1905 and for the première of Richard Strauss's opera. Fraying to head and tail bumped corners rubbing discoloration and toning to ffep and removed exlibris ep transferred images else tight bright and unmarred. Bound in green cloth with gilt stamped peacock design to front board gilt title to spine gilt top edge with 16 black and white plates including suppressed frontispiece title page on Japanese vellum. Royal 8vo. xx 4 66pp. 2 adverts. Illus. b/w plates. Pencil marks notations on ep bookseller ticket. John Lane, The Bodley Head unknown
194514313Verona: Officina Bodoni 1945. Hardback full vellum with original slipcase. 26.5 x 18cm. 114pp 3. Number 44 one of 121 copies on Fabriano paper from a total edition of 125 copies printed in blue and black. Small repair to lower panel of slipcase otherwise an excellent copy. Text in English. Limited. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Officina Bodoni Hardcover
1927000015986New York: Wm. H. Wise & Company 1927. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vol. 8vo. For pagination please inquire. Brown cloth with a paper label printed in brown and green on each spine; orange topstain. Title pages printed in orange and black. Volume one with a tipped-in leaf stating this set of the Connoisseur's edition of the complete works of Oscar Wilde was specially prepared for Harry N. Jones. With introductions by various hands including Yeats Drinkwater Cowper Powys and a review by Walter Pater in volume four. The first set of Wilde's complete works was done in 1908 this later set is a lovely production of the wit's poems plays and prose. Light foxing to the topstains four volumes with a bit of rubbing to their cloth a small red spot on volume twelve's bottom textblock; jackets with light chipping heavier on volume one the jacket of volume two with two pieces of tape on its reverse. Wm. H. Wise & Company hardcover
1998SONG0879518707Brand: Overlook Press 1998-05-01. paperback. Used: Good. 5.00x0.50x8.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Overlook Press paperback
19112105120055London: The Edinburgh Society n.d. ca. 1911 1911. Cherwell Edition. Hardcover. Good. 11 of 14 volumes. Cherwell Edition Limited edition of only 240 sets. Octavo 22 x 14 cm. Bound in contemporary 3/4 morocco over cloth boards. Bindings generally sound. One volume has loss/ modern restoration to the head of the spine A House of Pomegranates. Gilt stamped spine compartments. Top edges gilt. Marbled end pages. Color frontispieces with tissue guards and illustrated plates. Includes the following volumes: v. 2 A house of pomegranates; The happy prince and other tales; v. 4 The picture of Dorian Gray; v. 5 Lord Arthur Savile's crime and other prose pieces; v. 6 Salome; A Florentime tragedy; Vera; v. 7 Lady Windermere's fan and The importance of being earnest; v. 8 A woman of no importance; v. 9 An ideal husband; v. 11 De profundis; v. 12-13 Reviews; v. 14 Miscellanies. Lacking the following three volumes: v. 1 Poems; v. 3 Intentions and The soul of man; v. 10 The duchess of Padua. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. London: The Edinburgh Society, [n.d., ca. 1911] hardcover
1907183957London: E. Grant Richards 1907. First edition signed limited issue number 6 of 25 copies signed by the bibliographer printed on larger hand-made paper and with the illustrations on Japanese vellum. A further 450 unsigned trade copies were also issued. Provenance: Alfred Sutro 1863-1933 dramatist and associate of Wilde with his morocco bookplate. Quarto. Half-tone portrait frontispiece 8 plates on Japanese vellum. With 2 pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original white cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt edges uncut. Cloth soiled spine toned ends and corners lightly bumped free endpapers browned: a very good copy. hardcover
190827966Première édition intégrale London, Methuen & Co., [1908]. 1 vol. (140 x 210 mm) de 211 p. Toile éditeur, titre doré au dos et sur les plats, tête dorée. Edition en partie originale et première édition complète. Tirage limité à 1 000 exemplaires sur handmade paper.
1931mon0000103978Rudolph Field Inc 1931-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. 1931. Rudolph Field Inc. Hardcover. NO DUST JACKET. Some surface and edge wear to cover. 270 Pages. Rudolph Field, Inc hardcover
1938148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. <br /> <br /> One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937.<br /> <br /> Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
19242222236<p>First edition. Quarto. Original gilt stamped vellum over boards. Notes by Arthur C. Dennison Jr. and Harrison Post. Essay by A. S. W. Rosenbach Ph.D. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and 26 tipped-in facsimiles of letters. A sumptuous Nash printing. With tipped-in "Complimentary" slip. Enclosed in original slipcase. No dust jacket. Very good. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>One of 225 copies privately printed for William Andrews Clark Jr. This book is No. 147.</p> John Henry Nash hardcover books
19182222511<p>First edition thus. Small 4to. Illustrated with 17 hand colored lithographs by Charlotte Christine Engelhorn. Tan leather spine over purple silk boards. No dust jacket. Very good. 67 pages.</p><p><strong>One of 100 deluxe copies signed by Engelhorn with hand colored plates.</strong></p><p><strong>Translated by Felix B. Greve of Oscar Wilde's "The Young King" a short story from his "A House of Pomegranates."</strong></p><p><strong>With erotic bookplate of Otto Feistmann.</strong></p> Gustav Kiepenheuer hardcover
19286248Paris: Black Sun Press / Editions Narcisse 1928. Limited Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Quarto 30pp. illustrated. A quite crisp clean copy near fine with some scrunching to the the front interior fold of the glassine dust jacket else a very nice indeed with just a hint of scattered foxing. In the original silver chemise and slipcase. The chemise is in near fine condition with a modest marginal stain and the slipcase is missing one thin side panel thus good only. An entirely unrestored copy of this beautiful publication. An errata slip is apparently called for but none is present in this copy. This is number 26 of 100 limited copies on Van Gelder Zonen paper of a total limitation of 113. Black Sun Press / Editions Narcisse unknown
190713130Salome John Lane / Bodley Head 1907 first edition thus small area of minor bubbling to the rear cloth cover else just about fine with all the Beardsley plates present and in fine condition. A large paper copy with extended uncut margins. John Lane / Bodley Head hardcover
196832820604<p>11 gelatin silver prints. 9 ¾ x 7 ½ in. Photographer's stamp and descriptive carbon typescript captions on versos. Very good condition.</p><p>This West End revival of Oscar Wilde's <i>The Importance of Being Earnest</i>opened on February 8 1968 and ran for 283 performances at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The production starred Isabel Jeans Daniel Massey Helen Weir and John Standing among others.</p><p>"Angus McBean's iconic portraits of actors and entertainers are among the most complete visual records of the British stage from the 1930s through the 1960s" Harvard.</p> Angus McBean, photographer
19097921Boston. The Wyman-Fogg Co. 1909. Bound in brown textured cloth over boards. Imprinted paper spine labels. T.e.g. 8vo. The Authorized Edition Deluxe. Each volume illustrated with a monochrome frontis. A scarce collection of Wilde's works edited by his close friend Robert Ross. Several volumes present small spots of discoloration to front and/or rear covers. Several labels lightly stained. All volumes present light water staining to top and bottom margins of text block throughout not intruding upon text. Pages delicately waved. This set has obviously seen moisture in it's distant past however the resultant effects although wide spread are fairly moderate and do not detract from the stability or readability of this set. A Very Good crisp tight and scarce set. The Wyman-Fogg Co. hardcover books
19097921Boston. The Wyman-Fogg Co. 1909. Bound in brown textured cloth over boards. Imprinted paper spine labels. T.e.g. 8vo. The Authorized Edition Deluxe. Each volume illustrated with a monochrome frontis. A scarce collection of Wilde's works edited by his close friend Robert Ross. Several volumes present small spots of discoloration to front and/or rear covers. Several labels lightly stained. All volumes present light water staining to top and bottom margins of text block throughout not intruding upon text. Pages delicately waved. This set has obviously seen moisture in it's distant past however the resultant effects although wide spread are fairly moderate and do not detract from the stability or readability of this set. A Very Good crisp tight and scarce set. The Wyman-Fogg Co. hardcover