VASSOS, John (illus); WILDE, OscarBiblio.com
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1928178757New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1928. First Vassos trade edition first printing inscribed on the half-title by the illustrator "To Josephine Allen in symbolism John Vassos" and with Allen's signature on the front pastedown. Vassos's art-deco illustrations poignantly complement Wilde's famous poem. Vassos 1898-1985 was an American industrial and graphic designer famous for designing the first commercially available television sets and many popular logos. In 1926 Vassos's design for a cover illustration for a stage production of Salomé caught the attention of the publishers E. P. Dutton resulting in a Vassos-illustrated edition of the play published in 1927. He illustrated eight further books of which this is the second. Octavo. Monochrome frontispiece 15 plates by Vassos all with tissue guards. Original blue boards black cloth backstrip lettered in gilt front board with illustration in black and gilt pale grey endpapers top edge blue fore and bottom edges uncut. With dust jacket. Spine a little cocked top edge toned closed tear to outer margin of pp. 35-6; jacket unclipped nicks chips and short closed tears to extremities spine sunned: a very good copy in like jacket. hardcover
159289London: Privately printed 1901. Limited numbered pirated edn 30 of 300. Tall 8vo 10 x 8 ins. Bound in half maroon crushed levant morocco by C. Walters top edge gilt outer joints rubbed - otherwise bright VG. Pp. 32 printed on Japan vellum with original wrapper bound-in at rear versos alternately illustrated with a head of a sphinx or Christ on the cross Richard Le Gallienne bookplate on front paste-down and catalogue entry from John C. Tomlinson sale of January 17-18 1918 tipped-in on front free endpaper; bookplate of Morton Burr Stelle on rear paste-down. London: Privately printed, 1901 unknown
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
187757710THREE RARE EARLY WILDE POEMS <br />8vo. 4 collective volume title page & half-title 2 corrigenda ii 344 plus bound in at the beginning of each of the 12 issues 2 leaves with the original issue title page and its list of contributors contemporary half brown morocco brown cloth on sides very neatly rebacked with the original spine relaid very good. <br />Signed on front free end paper "T. W. Rolleston" and with quite a number of manuscript corrections throughout. <br />This magazine was first issued three issues per year as wrappered magazines. At the completion of the volume 12 issues the remaining stock was issued as a bound volumes in cloth with a general title page. However in the publisher's cloth issue the title pages and contributors lists for the individual issues were discarded as the pagination is continuous without them. Here these have most unusually been retained.<br />This volume contains in the Trinity and Michaelmas 1876 and Hilary 1877 some of the very earliest of Oscar Wilde's published work. These are Mason <i>Wilde Bibliography</i> 72 73 and 74. These all predate Wilde's first separately published book <i>Ravenna</i> of 1878 and all three were later included in Wilde's <i>Poems</i> of 1881 or 1908. <br />W. H. Rolleston was among the other contributors as was Oscar's brother William. It appears that Rolleston had these issues bound himself and so the preliminary title and list of contributor leaves for the individual issues were retained. William McGee 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
1894191144London: Chapman and Hall Limited July 1894. First edition and first appearance of Wilde's "Poems in Prose". The poems are printed on pages 22-29 and comprises "The Artist" "The Doer of Good" "The Disciple" "The Master" "The House of Judgment" and "The Teacher of Wisdom". Two previously appeared in The Spirit Lamp edited by Lord Alfred Douglas. Octavo. Early 20th-century grey cloth red morocco spine label bound with original wrappers. Red morocco booklabel of Alfred Sutro 1863-1933 English dramatist and translator; bookplate of William Roughead 1870-1952 designed by Robert Home and dated 1907; bookseller's ticket of William Brown Edinburgh; "Butteris" bookseller stamp to front wrapper. Spine ends bumped abrasion to spine label and first ad leaf minor nicks and marks to some pages. A very good copy. Mason 56. hardcover
122953Paris Charles Carrington 1908. . Limited edition 1 of 250 copies; 8vo 26 x 20 cm; original card covers bound in subscribers flyer tipped in at rear very small loss to edge of limitation page offsetting to endpaper opposite limitation page label browning to half-title light foxing to edges of end pages faint spotting or small marks to a few pages not affecting text overall very good condition; near-contemporary half blue morocco over marble boards edged in gilt spine in 6 compartments lettered in gilt top edge gilt light signs of wear to extremities and faint spotting to page edges very good condition; 312pp.<br /> A beautifully bound copy of Wilde's classic tale. This copy is one of 250 of a limited edition printing.<br /> Paris, Charles Carrington, 1908. hardcover
201821264San Francisco: The Arion Press 2018. Decorative Boards. Fine. Sandow Birk. An immaculate copy of this 2018 offering by the Arion Press of San Francisco. #90 OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST SANDOW BIRK at the colophon. Clean and Fine in its light-green cloth over beige boards. Tall quarto also includes an all-but-pristine example of the publisher's printed slipcase. The Arion Press unknown
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
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
74052London and New York:: Methuen and Co; Brentanos no date. publisher's red gilt cloth t.e.g. Spots of foxing to the half-title and its verso and to the last few leaves. The plates are all fine. Faint discoloration to the fore-edge of the red cloth about 1" wide; tight and sound. . Large 8vo. With sixteen tipped-in color plates by Jessie M. King. Methuen and Co; Brentanos, hardcover
1894304822London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh 1894. First edition one of 500 copies. 154 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original mauve cloth decorated in gilt. Spine faded cloth at extremities frayed corners bumped some soiling to cloth front flyelaf and first blank torn at gutter. Good. First edition one of 500 copies. 154 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Mason 365 John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh unknown
06548Reading Berkshire: The Carpathian Press 1999. Wilde's Greatest Poem in a Modern Private Press Masterpiece<br /> One of Only 25 Copies on Velin Arches Blanc<br /> <br /> WILDE Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Engravings by Peter Forster. Introduction by Bryan Forbes. Reading Berkshire: The Carpathian Press 1999.<br /> <br /> One of 25 copies printed on Velin Arches Blanc from a total edition of 125 signed by Bryan Forbes.<br /> <br /> Large octavo 9 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 251 x 184 mm. 1-16 17-103 1 blank 1 limitation pp. Six engravings by Peter Forster.<br /> <br /> Elegantly bound by Anthony Wessely in full green morocco. Spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments olive-green endpapers. Housed in the original green cloth slipcase. A fine copy.<br /> <br /> A finely produced private press edition of Wilde's most powerful and enduring poem written in the aftermath of his imprisonment in Reading Gaol 1895-97. First published in 1898 under the pseudonym "C.3.3." Wilde's prison number the poem stands as a profound meditation on justice punishment and human suffering and remains one of the great poetic responses to incarceration in English literature.<br /> <br /> This Carpathian Press edition is among the most desirable modern fine press interpretations of the text distinguished by its restrained yet expressive engravings by Peter Forster which echo the stark emotional landscape of Wilde's poem. The use of Velin Arches Blanc paper - reserved here for just 25 copies - provides a luxurious surface that complements both the typography and the engraved plates.<br /> <br /> A beautifully conceived and executed modern private press book - uniting Wilde's most haunting work with accomplished illustration and binding of the highest order. Reading, Berkshire: The Carpathian Press, 1999 unknown
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
119222London Petersburg Press 1968. Folio. Edition A. Signed by Jim Dine. No 174 of 200 copies. 12 lithograps in colour. Lacking the six loose lithographs that were issued with this edition. Original red-velvet covered boards with title in silver. Black linen slipcase. . hardcover
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
41565c.1920. . Folio seventeen plates on Japanese vellum loose in half cream buckram folder with dark grey boards gilt-stamped to front board with silk ribbon ties; ties are partially perished paper flaps holding the prints wearing through at folds slight tone to margins of plates all plates in excellent condition the folder partially toned and lightly marked otherwise very good. c.1920. 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
73340London: The Pall Mall Gazette 1st July to 31st December 1887. Miscellaneous Articles FIRST APPEARANCES. Folio 37 x 26cm including 26 weekly parts pp.32 each with the Index to the Pall Mall Gazette pp.xx. With occasional in-text illustrations. Recently re-backed in burgundy calf with the original spine showing gilt titles laid over the top and marbled paper over original half calf boards. All edges speckled red. Mild spotting to first and final few leaves otherwise internally crisp and clean. Moderate general wear to boards with heavy wear to original spine. Now restored to a robust attractive condition. Very good. A six-monthly compendium of the weekly digest of the Pall Mall Gazette including numerous contemporary political and cultural articles. This volume contains seven mostly anonymous articles by the great Oscar Wilde. Mason 130-36. London: The Pall Mall Gazette, 1st July to 31st December 1887 unknown
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
