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1895ABE-1804904583420 PAGES-32 CM X 24 CM-UN INCIDENT DE LA VIE ANGLAISE, 1P PAR FRANCISQUE SARCEY, OSCAR WILDE-"JERUSALEM", PAR PIERRE LOTI-"LA PASSION", MUSIQUE DE M. FRANCIS THOME "JESUS DEVANT PILATE", 1 PAGE DE PORTEES-DECHIRURE SANS MANQUE 2CM RECURRENTE MARGE DROITE
186947911[No place], 1869. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers, no backstrip. Offprint from the ""Philosophical Magazine"", January 1869. With authors presentation inscription to front wrapper: ""With the author's Compliments."". Fine and clean. 9 pp.
187346830London, Taylor and Francis, 1873. 8vo. Offprint, seperately paginated, with author presentation inscription to top of front wrapper (""Joseph Sidelbotham / with the Author's best regards""). Fine and clean. 8 pp. + 1 folded plate.
189548924Manchester, 1895. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from: ""Memoirs and Proceedings of the manchester Literary and Philosophical Society"", Volume Nine, Fourth series. With the authors presentation inscription to top of first page: ""With the Author's Compliments"". Lacking backwrapper. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 95-107.
189648036Manchester, The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1896. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from ""Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society"", Tenth [10] volume, Fourth series. With author's presentation inscription to top of front wrapper: ""With the Author's Compliments."". Lacking 1 cm of lower part of front wrapper, not affecting text, otherwise a very fine and clean copy. Pp. 61-71 + 1 plate.
189448038Manchester, The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1894. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from ""Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society"", Ninth [9] volume, Fourth series. With author's presentation inscription to top of front wrapper: ""With the Author's Compliments."". Light soiling to extremities. Very fine and clean. Pp. 181-186 + 1 folded plate.
189548037Manchester, The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1895. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from ""Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society"", Ninth [9] volume, Fourth series. With author's presentation inscription to top of front wrapper: ""With the Author's Compliments."". Front wrapper loose and back wrapper detached, light miscolouring to wrappers. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 67-85 + 1 folded plate.
189248041London (+) Paris, Kegan Paul (+) Gauthier-Villars et fils, 1892. Large4to. Without front wrapper and backtrip. Internally fine and clean. VI, 18 pp + 1 folded plate.
187848040Manchester, T. Sowler and Co., 1878. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from ""The Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society"", April 30. Author's presentation inscription to front wrapper ""Edmund J Mills / with the Author's Compliments"". Miscolouring to lower part of front wrapper. Internally fine and clean. 25 pp. + 1 folded plate.
1881ST20886London: David Bogue 1881. FIRST EDITION First Issue. 192 x 126 mm. 7 1/2 x 5". ix 1 236 1 pp. <br/> EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE CRIMSON MOROCCO INTRICATELY GILT BY ZAEHNSDORF stamp-signed and dated 1909 on front turn-in covers framed in gilt with delicate pointillé cornerpieces surrounding inlaid green morocco drawer handles and oblique floral tools raised bands spine panels densely gilt in the pointillé style of Bozerian with stems of flowers radiating from pairs of inlaid green drawer handles turn-ins gilt-ruled red silk endleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original slightly soiled gilt limp vellum binding bound in at rear. Mason 304. A few trivial spots internally but A VERY FINE COPY--the leaves fresh clean and wide-margined and the binding lustrous and virtually unworn.<br/> <br/> This is a finely bound copy of the first edition of Wilde's first book of poetry and his first substantial work of any kind. The collection is made up of 61 poems 31 of which appear here for the first time. Many reflect Wilde's delight in his visit to the art towns of Italy; other poems such as the tender "Resquiescat" written in memory of Wilde's sister Isola who had died at the age of eight show a more personal emotional sentiment. According to Mason "the first printing June 1881 consisted of 750 copies of which only 250 copies were used for the first edition the remaining 500 being equally divided between the second and third editions." Wilde himself oversaw the layout and design of the book choosing the handmade Dutch paper on which it is printed and the design of prunus blossoms on the vellum binding here bound in at the rear. The only published books by Wilde to appear before the present work were his student poem "Ravenna" which was named the "Newdigate Prize Poem" at Oxford for 1878 issued in wrappers and his drama "Vera; or the Nihilists" printed in 1880 of which Mason had knowledge of only two copies. Our attractive binding is a fine example of the work of the Zaehnsdorf firm long a top-ranked English bindery. Born in Pest Hungary Joseph Zaehnsdorf 1816-86 served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman and then settled in London where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at age 33 when the senior Joseph died and the firm flourished under the son's leadership becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders including the Frenchman Louis Genth who was chief finisher from 1859-84 and trained a number of others including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947 the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill. David Bogue unknown
189811084London: Murdoch & Co 1898. First separate edition. String-bound. Near fine. 12mo 16pp. A clean sound copy in the publisher's printed wrappers near fine. This copy with the staple perished replaced by a professional conservator with archival string and a few very small paper repairs to spine. Tiny stain to the front wrap else a handsome copy indeed of this scarce and fragile Wilde volume a plea for mercy in the case of Warder Martin of Reading Gaol a particularly humane and empathetic prison guard who was dismissed Wilde asserts for his humanity towards prisoners. Wilde had grown to know Martin well during his imprisonment. The text was first published in the Daily Chronicle and this pamphlet represents the first separate edition. Mason 26. Murdoch & Co unknown
1895215072London: Elkin Mathews. Dublin: Hodges Figgis & Co. Limited 1895. First edition. xiii 1 140 4 20 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Fine. First edition. xiii 1 140 4 20 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With 4 poems by Oscar Wilde and poems by Douglas Hyde Aubrey de Vere John Todhunter William Wilde. Elkin Mathews. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., Limited unknown
189970468Ldn. 1899. Høy 8vo. Originalt shirtingbind. UbeskÃ¥ret. 31 s. VEDLAGT : André Gide : Oscar Wilde. In memoriam Souvenirs. Le “de profundisâ€. Paris. 1947. 8vo. Originalt typografisk omslag. UbeskÃ¥ret og uoppskÃ¥ret. 75 s. Leonard Smithers Engelsk. <br/><br/><em>Hilsen pÃ¥ fribladet. Senere enn 7. utgave men før 1907.Svake indre og ytre falser noe løs. </em> unknown
1893371134Oxford: published for the Proprietor by James Thornton High Street 1893. 100 pp. Squarish 8vo. Blue printed paper wrappers. Some chipping and loss to covers; toning to pages. 100 pp. Squarish 8vo. Featuring "The Disciple" by Oscar Wilde and pieces by Lord Alfred Douglas H. M. Beerbohm and John Addington Symonds. published for the Proprietor by James Thornton, High Street unknown
182548641Wien, J. Trentsensky, o. J. (um 1825). Orig.-Lithographie von Joseph Trentsensky (Blattgröße 35,5 x 46,5 cm; Darstellung 24,5 x 34,5 cm).
1882List3658Boston Massachusetts: W. A. Evans & Bro 1882. Folio illustrated wraps. Pages detached from each other small chip to corner images and music fine remains good to very good and quite attractive. Good to very good. A visually striking example of Oscar Wilde–related ephemera issued during the height of the writer’s American lecture tour of 1882. Though lacking a printed date the title strongly suggests publication in connection with Wilde’s appearance at the Boston Music Hall on January 31 1882 where he delivered his lecture “The English Renaissance†as part of his widely publicized tour across the United States. Contemporary accounts describe the event as a notable cultural moment including the presence of Harvard students dressed in exaggerated aesthetic costume who occupied the front rows of the hall reflecting both the fascination with and satirical reception of Wilde’s aesthetic persona.1<br /> <br /> The lithographic cover prominently depicts a figure carrying an oversized sunflower an image closely associated with Wilde and the broader Aesthetic Movement. Such illustrated sheet music functioned not only as musical publications but also as collectible artifacts capitalizing on the figure of Wilde. Over the course of several months he traveled widely across the United States and Canada delivering lectures on art decoration and cultural taste and quickly became a subject of both admiration and parody in the American press. Although he never returned for a comparable national tour Wilde maintained a lasting connection to American audiences. We know of a variant edition of the Evans imprint with a different illustration as well as a different version published in Boston by Ditson the same year. <br /> <br /> OCLC 500491189 specifying this edition with the large sunflower illustration locating five copies. <br /> <br /> 1 “Freshmen at Oscar Wilde’s Lecture†The Harvard Crimson February 1 1882. W. A. Evans & Bro unknown
18849061<p>Scarce chromolithograph of Oscar Wilde published in Vanity Fair magazine on May 24th 1884 accompanied with a page of text. The page measures 10.5 x 15 in 27 x 38 cm.</p> Vanity Fair
183451187Leipzig, Baumgärtner?s Buchhandlung, 1834. Kl.-8°. Mit 28 Holzstich-Tafeln auf gelbem Papier. VIII, 231 S. - Angeb. - Wilde Thiere, ihre Natur, Lebensweise, Triebe, Fähigkeiten u.s.w. mit gelegentlichen Bemerkungen über ihre Heimath. (Als Gegenstück des im nemlichen Verlag erschienenen Werkes: die Hausthiere.) Aus dem Englischen. Ebda., 1836. Mit Holzstichen im Text u. auf (1 gefalt.) Tafeln. VIII, 419 (1) S., 1 Bl., HLwd. d. Zt. m. goldgepr. Rückentitel (?Natur Geschichte 6)? u. dreiseitig marmor. Schnitt.
189810493London, Leonard Smithers, 1898. In-8 de [4]-31-[1] pages, imprimées et paginées au seul verso, demi-toile blanche, titre doré au dos. Reliure un peu tachée, rousseurs se limitant aux gardes.
1899158271899. Shannon Charles. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. Original mauve cloth decorated in gilt.<br/> <br/> First Edition consisting of 1000 regular copies so stated; there were also 100 signed copies on Van Gelder paper plus twelve signed copies on Japan vellum. This was the fourth and last of Wilde's four great comedies of manners -- following LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN published in 1893 A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE 1894 and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 1899 five months earlier. "An Ideal Husband" had opened at the Theatre Royal on 3 January 1895 the actors had been quite annoyed that Wilde required them to rehearse on Christmas Day only to keep them waiting for him to appear. It was an immediate success but it was while "Earnest" and "Husband" were running that Wilde inadvisably filed suit against the Marquess of Queensberry father of Wilde's lover Lord Alfred Douglas for criminal libel; this quickly morphed into a charge of "gross indecency" against Wilde and when he was arrested in April his plays closed. Sentenced to two years' hard labour 1895-1897 upon his release he fled to France -- where he resided when this book was published. The artistic binding design is by Charles Shannon. This is a very good copy of a book that is difficult to find in any better condition: the spine is rather dull and there is moderate cover soil. Mason 385. Provenance: the front endpaper bears the signature "Wilmer C. France 1899". The pioneering female classicist Emily Wilmer Cave France 1868-1951 married name Wright after 1906 was born in Birmingham England and educated first at Girton College Cambridge then at the University of Chicago -- where she was a Fellow in Latin and in Greek while earning her Ph.D.; from 1897 until her retirement in 1933 which span includes the date this book was published she was a Professor in Greek at Bryn Mawr College. In 2022 the Cambridge Philological Society published a monograph by D.N. Greenwood about her "Steely-Eyed Athena: Wilmer Cave Wright and the Advent of Female Classicists. unknown
1899ST19154London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 1000 COPIES. 215 x 155 mm. 8 3/8 x 6". 8 p.l. 213 1 pp. <br/> Original lavender cloth decorated with gilt flourishes smooth spine with gilt lettering edges untrimmed and ENTIRELY UNOPENED. Mason 385. ◆Spine slightly sunned as virtually always but no wear to joints or hinges and in all A REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED OBVIOUSLY UNREAD COPY because unopened and without the soiling this edition is almost always found with.<br/> <br/> This is an exceptionally fine copy of Wilde's second hit play successful like his other witty comedies but with at least slightly more serious social and political content. Opening at the Haymarket Theatre in 1895 and continuing for 124 performances it features as the title character a prominent politician in danger of losing his reputation because of a potentially damaging letter that the play's villain threatens to expose if the husband refuses to support the former's corrupt political agenda. The play moves its characters toward a more ideal moral standard as they struggle with dishonesty hypocrisy double standards materialism and corruption of social and political life. But none of this weighs down Wilde's witty banter as the play suggests after all that even when there is a pretense of the embrace of moral probity nobody is ever that good or is even expected to be. The work is dedicated to the Irish-American writer Frank Harris who is said to have given Wilde the idea to use insider trading which related to Disraeli's financial machinations as part of the plot here. Covering the play for the "Saturday Review" George Bernard Shaw declared Wilde 1854-1900 "our only thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit with philosophy with drama with actors and audience with the whole theatre." On nearly all copies of this edition the publisher's binding is now encountered in unappetizing condition; finding our unopened copy--with virtually none of the soiling almost always seen with the four Wilde plays bound in this lavender cloth--is piece of very good fortune. Leonard Smithers and Co unknown
18987848London: Leonard Smithers 1898. First edition. Fine. One of thirty copies printed on Japanese vellum paper this being copy twenty-four. Published under the pseudonym "C.3.3." Wilde's cell number while he was at Reading Gaol in an attempt to separate Wilde's then-notorious name from the publication. A lovely Fine copy.<br /> <br /> Wilde's long poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" published just two years before his death draws on the experience of being imprisoned at Reading after his conviction for gross indecency in 1895. Wilde had famously faced a highly publicized trial that ended with a sentence of two years hard labor which he served at Pentonville Prison Wandsworth and finally at Reading. The poem was directly inspired by Charles Thomas Woolridge a fellow inmate who was executed at Reading after being convicted of murdering his wife. The crime was metaphorized by Wilde in his poem which contains one his most famous lines: "Yet each man kills the thing he loves."<br /> <br /> In the last three years of his life which he spent in exile in Naples and then in Paris Wilde continued to edit and publish his plays - the first editions of An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest were published during this period - but he wrote very little having "lost the joy of writing" Ellman Oscar Wilde. "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" then was the last new literary work of Wilde's career and perhaps his most haunting. He concludes his poem with the elegiac stanza: "And all men kill the thing they love / By all let this be heard / Some do it with a bitter look / Some with a flattering word / The coward does it with a kiss / The brave man with a sword." Fine. Leonard Smithers unknown
189875660London:: Leonard Smithers 1898. Second edition. publisher's white and gold cloth gilt-lettered on the spine. Ink ownership name on front free endpaper; endsheets tanned; a very few smudges and spots to text and deckled fore-edges a bit tanned. The original binding is dust-soiled and stained; spine quite tanned; but tight and sound. . 8vo. Leonard Smithers, hardcover
189859504New York:: Brentano's 1898. First US edition first printing. publisher's olive cloth decorated in colors; preserved in a custom quarter morocco folding box. . Cloth lightly rubbed at edges joints and corners; 1899 private library book label on pastedown; but an attractive tight and sound copy. . 12mo. Horodisch pp. 72-75. Brentano's, hardcover
1898259158London 1898. First edition ONE OF 30 COPIES on Japanese vellum. 1 vols. 8vo. Cinnamon-colored cloth vellum spine. Covers show slight insect damage and minor soiling spine a bit soiled otherwise a very good copy in a quarter blue morocco slipcase with chemise and with the bookplate and signature of actress LENA ASHWELL 1872-1957 on the front pastedown. First edition ONE OF 30 COPIES on Japanese vellum. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of Wilde's legendary poem written while he was imprisoned in its rarest state - being one of only 30 copies printed on Japanese vellum.<br /> <br /> This copy comes from the distinguished library of the actress Lena Ashwell 1872-1957 who as a young actress toured in Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan in 1891 later becoming actor-manager of the Savoy Theatre. Ashwell was particularly troubled by the news of Wilde's arrest and wrote later: ". the atmosphere of London was horrible and cruel. His plays were so very brilliant and I had seen this when I was in Lady Windermere's so I felt that he was a friend and in desperate trouble." Later during WWI she is known to have pioneered the organization of entertainments on a large scale for the British troops in France Leask Margaret Lena Ashwell: Actress Patriot Pioneer 2012.<br /> <br /> An excellent association copy of an essential Wilde rarity. Mason 372 unknown
