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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
1903WRCLIT60488Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 1903. Folio sheet 33.7 x 26.7 cm with image size 17.5 x 12.7 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 Salome in left profile standing with a leashed bird attached to her left arm. Insel-Verlag hardcover books
1903WRCLIT60486Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 1903. Folio sheet 33.7 x 25.5 cm with image size 17.5 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 M." Although untitled here it is the striking left profile of Herodias on his throne. 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
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
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
1891BB17290London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. Rebound in plain olive cloth leather spine label lettered in gilt. 258 pp. Title page and premilinary blanks detached. Sold as is. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co. hardcover books
1881D1284Boston: Roberts Brothers 1881. First American Edition First Issue. Hardcover. Very Good. Grey cloth gilt-stamped lettering and detail on upper board and spine yellow topstain pretty decorative endpapers. Spine tips and corners just a little rubbed and frayed; text block rolled with upper board extending nearly 1/4 inch beyond lower. A tight clean copy. <br/><br/> Roberts Brothers hardcover 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
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
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
1945WRCLIT67873Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1945. Vintage studio one sheet 27 x 41" lithographed in color by Morgan Litho of Cleveland. Folded as issued with some old reinforcement to small breaks at folds of wartime paper stock short snag and small hole in extreme right blank margin distributor's stamp and a few ink annotations on blank verso; still a bright fresh example. A highly atmospheric lithographed one sheet for the 1945 release based on Chandler and Wilde's screenplay from the novel HER HEART IN HER THROAT by Ethel L. White. Lewis Allen directed the John Houseman Production starring Joel McCrea Gail Russell and Herbert Marshall. BRUCCOLI F3. Paramount Pictures unknown books
188153887Boston: Roberts Brothers 1881. First American Edition. First Printing. Crown octavo 18cm; yellowish-brown cloth with titling and cherub device stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; yellow topstain; green floral-patterned endpapers; iiviii2304pp. Light wear to spine ends gentle sunning to spine with mild dust-soil and a few tiny rubbed spots to cloth and a 1.5cm tear to lower front hinge; contents fresh; Very Good. MASON 310. Roberts Brothers unknown books
18997568London: Leonard Smithers 1899. Octavo ff 31 62 pp uncut deckled edges. Unauthorized or pirated edition by the printer of the original first edition . The last edition that was authorized by Wilde for Smithers to print was dated 1899 and the numerous later unauthorized editions continued to bear that date. The title page gives Oscar Wilde's name in brackets as well as the pseudonym C.3.3 his cell number at the jail. Mason's bibliography of Wilde identifies this as the 8th printing p. 378. White cloth over mustard colored boards. Minor foxing to endpapers text block unaffected. Very good copy. <br/><br/> Leonard Smithers hardcover books
1948317123London and Glasgow: Collins 1948. Frontispiece after Toulouse-Lautrec. 1119pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters green morocco and marbled boards red title label. Fine in open-faced slipcase. Frontispiece after Toulouse-Lautrec. 1119pp. 8vo. Collins unknown books
191720020Chicago: Brothers of the Book 1917. First edition no. 34 of 49 copies on Inomachi vellum signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. White japan vellum covers some soiling else fine. First edition no. 34 of 49 copies on Inomachi vellum signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 49 Signed Wilmerding Copy. Luius Wilmerding bookplate. Saltus's inpressions of Wilde the two times that he met him. Brothers of the Book unknown books
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
