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1928300412New York: Dutton 1928. hardcover. very good-. Vassos. 16 illustrated plates by John Vassos. Small 4to black cloth backed blue boards. New York: Dutton 1928. First Edition with these illustrations. Tape residue on front board and tape repairs to front end paper. No dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Previous owner's bookplate and inscription on front end papers.<br/><br/> Dutton 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
1930295612New York: Dutton 1930. hardcover. fine. Black and white frontispiece numerous illustrations by John Vassos. 124pp. slim 8vo handsomely rebound in 1/2 burgundy morocco burgundy cloth. New York: Dutton 1930. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Dutton unknown books
1928164757New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1928. Hardcover. VG/G significant remnants of dust jacket remaining. Blue boards with black and gold stamped design and black spine. Black blue and gold dust jacket. 124 pp. Illustrations. Poetry by Oscar Wilde illustrations by John Vassos. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover books
1905005702Greenwich Conn.: The Literary Collector Press 1905. The Third Edition of this poem. Collector Reprints No. 3. # 66 of 275 copies printed on American hand-made paper. In the original gray paper boards with black lettering and red ruling on paper labels at cover and spine. Very Good Minus bottom 3 1/4" of paper at spine is gone. Internally clean and tight last page uncut. 39 pages. SCARCE. . Limited and Numbered Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Literary Collector Press Hardcover books
19282221806<p>First edition thus. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4". 16 illustrations by John Vassos. Original black cloth over blue boards t.e.g. Dust jacket clipped; small chips. Very good. 124 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>No. 33 of 200 copies. This copy is not signed.</p><p>Printed by Knudsen Process.</p> E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. hardcover books
190442431Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Edition limited to 950 copies 16mo pp. 6 33 2; title-page vignette printed in red; original gray paper-covered boards paper spine and cover labels printed in red and black plain paper wrapper chipped and toned remnants of matching slipcase only; booksellers' tickets to ffep and back pastedown else interior fine. <br/><br/> Thomas B. Mosher hardcover books
1930242123New York: Dutton 1930. hardcover. fine. Black and white frontispiece numerous illustrations by John Vassos. 124pp. slim 8vo handsomely rebound in 3/4 grey crushed morocco marbled boards t.e.g. New York: Dutton 1930. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Dutton unknown books
19304964to. New York. E.P. Dutton and Co. 1930. Uncut bright and clean copy includes DJ in fine condition. Quarterbound coated black cloth spine gilt lettering and decorative elements patterned blue paper boards frontispiece tissue guards. 124pp. Illus. b/w plates. Conceptions by John Vassos. Vassos second work following his breakthrough work with Salome in 1927. E.P. Dutton and Co books
190430594Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Limited edition 16mo pp. 6 33 2; title-page vignette printed in red; original gray cloth paper-covered boards printed paper spine and cover labels printed in red and black plain paper wrapper chipped with a fairly large ink stain joints and hinges cracked internally fine. <br/><br/> Thomas B. Mosher hardcover books
1926WRCLIT54183New York 1926. Black paper over boards lettered in gilt. Foretips a bit worn a few smudges to boards short crack at top of lower joint otherwise a very good copy. One of five hundred copies printed by Thomas J. Gannon and Lewis Hatch at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge. This copy bears Hatch's 1940 presentation inscription. hardcover books
1948017612London: Castle Press 1948. 1st Impression. Illustrated by Arthur Wragg. 63p. b/w illus. dj. Castle Press unknown books
189915144JNew York: Benj. R. Tucker 1899. First American Edition. Three pirated editions of Wilde’s classic poem were issued in America in 1899 the Tucker edition. precedes the other two and is the True First American Edition. Issued in paper wrappers and cloth this copy is the rare hardbound state. Gilt-stamped blue cloth with white cloth spine. Hinges cracked. Some minor foxing to the preliminaries at little darkening at spine very good. Rare. Benj. R. Tucker hardcover books
1898282548London: Smithers 1898. First. hardcover. very good. Slim 8vo mustard cloth backed in white with gilt lettering. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Limited First Edition.<br/><br/> One of 800 copies printed on hand-made paper on one side only. Inscribed on title page; "I.O. from F.A.S. Guilsborough Hall." A very good copy with some bubbling of the cloth and light soil. Irene Osgood later the wife of R.H. Sherard author of the life of Oscar Wilde was a novelist. This book was given to her by Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham Preserved in an attractive1/4 leather slipcase with an elaborately gilt spine.<br/><br/> Smithers unknown books
189828830London: Leonard Smithers 1898. First edition one of 800 copies printed on handmade paper. Yellow-brown boards with white cloth spine. Usual discoloration to the endpapers but a fine copy. "Ed. Edmonds / 15. Febry. 1898" signature on first blank page. <br/><br/> Leonard Smithers hardcover books
1902WRCLIT61906Boston: Alfred Bartlett 1902. Boards paper labels. Spine label a bit tanned otherwise a very good copy of a fragile book. One of 550 numbered copies. The limitation page bears a facsimile of Wilde's signature. One of the several early U.S. printings virtually all unauthorized. The first U.S. edition was published by Benjamin Tucker in 1899. Alfred Bartlett hardcover books
1898303630London Leonard Smithers 1898. 1898. Third edition so stated. 8vo. Half white over purple linen gilt stamped spine upper cover with gilt stamped floral design by Charles Ricketts uncut. Very good-fine. 31 pages. Enclosed in a 1/2 brown morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Number 69 of 99 copies printed March 4 1898 signed by Wilde in black ink on limitation page with characteristic paraph to the final "e." Mason #374. Bookplate of Chauncey Lawrence Williams on the front free endpaper and a signed pencil notation by Paul Lemperly noting he received the book from Williams. Williams 1872-1924 former member of Way and Williams publishers and the F.W. Dodge Corp. With his memorial booklet laid in loose. Lemperly 1858-1939 noted American book collector. Signed by Authors. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Leonard Smithers, 1898. hardcover books
1899140938501London: Leonard Smithers 1899. First Edition. Very Good. First Edition first printing. One of 800 copies originally printed which sold out immediately. Very Good. Covers soiled corners and spine ends softened. Endsheets offset from binder's glue. Previous owner name partially effaced from front paste down. Slight odor to pages. Clipping with apparently forged signature of Oscar Wilde tipped in on recto of final blank sheet by no means assumed to be authentic. Leonard Smithers unknown books
197937989NY: Viking 1979. First Edition. Leonard Lubin. Horizontal 8vo pp. 55. Illustrated by Leonard Lubin. A nice copy in little scuffed and chipped dj. A children's book. Viking unknown books
1929001190New York: The Macmillan Company 1929. Cloth is faded to tan on spine and corners. Erasure marks at top of front free endpaper. Illustrated by PAMELA BIANCO. Frontispiece and three double-page illustrations in color. Additional full-page black and white plates. 58pp. First Edition. Gray Cloth. Minor Edge Wear./Lightly Chipped Price-Clipped. Octavo. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
198224576NY: Atheneum 1982. 1st US edition. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. F/F. 73 pp. Illustrated by Ben Montresor. Folio. <br/><br/> Atheneum 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
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
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
1902WRCLIT58986New York: The Sunflower Company 1902. Small octavo. Linen and boards paper label. Near fine in chipped glassine. First printing in this format. One of one thousand copies this copy not numbered as usual. The work was first printed in the NINETEENTH CENTURY July 1890 and collected in INTENTIONS 1891. The Sunflower Company hardcover books
