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1894004078London: John Lane/Bodley Head 1894. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Good to Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This first edition of Wilde's play limited to 500 copies was published a year before his masterpiece "The Importance of Being Earnest". Publisher's bookplate front pastedown hinges starting fading to spine cloth. Pink cloth with gilt trim and gilt decorations edges untrimmed. <br/> <br/> John Lane/Bodley Head hardcover
1899biblio3<p>This printing of Oscar Wilde's <em>Ballad of Reading Gaol </em>was published on 23 June 1899 under the pseudonym C.3.3. his prison cell number. <em>Mustard boards with white cloth spine. Condition: In very good condition. </em><em>Light soiling to original publisher's two-tone mustard and white cloth boards and spine. Seventh </em>printing of Leonard Smithers 1899 Edition 8°. 31 pages. It was the first to reveal the author's identity putting the name Oscar Wilde in square brackets under his cell number on the title page. Mason Stuart 1914; new ed. 1972 <em>Bibliography of Oscar Wilde</em>. Rota pub; Haskell House pgs. 408–423.</p> Leonard Smithers hardcover
189320184The Spirit Lamp. Vol. IV No. 2. June 1893 1893. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition. Lettered sewn card wrappers both of which are detached and somewhat nicked and chipped with some edge loss and with portions of the unprinted paper spine absent. Some discolouration to the margins of the first and final leaves where the wrappers are defective yet really a very crisp copy thereafter. This constitutes the first appearance in print of Wilde's prose-poem predating its appearance with the other five examples in July 1894 issue of 'The Fortnightly Review'. Other contributors to this issue include Eric Stenbok his essay 'The Other Side. A Breton Legend' A.R.Bayley his essay 'The Defence of Posey' and his poem 'In Lyonesse' Gleeson White his essay 'In Praise of Idleness' Max Beerbohm his essay 'The Incomparable Beauty of Modern Dress' contributed as 'H.M.Beerbohm' John Addington Symonds his brief poem 'From the Arabic' and the editor his poems 'In Summer' and 'Apologia Pro Classe Sua'. A somewhat distressed example and yet most uncommon. Mason 265. The Spirit Lamp. Vol. IV, No. 2. June 1893 Paperback
1894330425New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1894. Ravenna Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in leatherbound wraps. Spine slightly cocked. Light shelfwear on spine crown and panel corners.; The Works of Oscar Wilde; 24mo 5" - 6" tall. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1885899P4London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co 1885. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 7". Randolph Caldecott; Various. The first edition of this scarce anthology of poems and prose compiled to raise money for the North Eastern Hospital For Children with contributions by Oscar Wilde and H. Rider Haggard. The first edition of this scarce work.An anthology of poems stories and illustrations published for the benefit of the North Eastern Hospital For Children in Hackney Road compiled by Margaret S. Tyssen Amherst. The hospital now known as Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children was originally formed by two Quaker sisters in 1867. This anthology includes a brief history of the hospital as well as 'Le Jardin des Tuileries' by Oscar Wilde 'Old Age - a Sonnet' by the Earl of Rosslyn 'Faith and Unfaith' by Lady Augusta Noel 'Hunter Quatermain's Story' by H. Rider Haggard 'Seekers For a City' by Andrew Lang and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations throughout by Randolph Caldecott W. Callow Tristram Ellis and more. Twenty pages of adverts to the rear. In a rebacked quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Part of the original paper spine has been restored by rebacking. Some rubbing and discolouration to the boards and spine including a few light spots. Minor bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Two tide marks to the rear board. Front hinge is a little strained rear hinge is starting but firm. Spots to the endpapers small tidemark to the rear endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few light handling marks. Good Wells Gardner, Darton & Co hardcover
188519428Wells Gardner Darton & Co. Good. 1885. Hardcover. Beige pictorial cover is soiled and worn head cap is crushed tail cap is rubbed corners are frayed but cover is in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Lacking frontispiece front end sheet and rear end sheet. Pages are lightly toned clean and in very good condition. B&W illustrations. . Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co. hardcover
1893002401London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh 1893. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus. 8vo. 21.5 by 16 cm. 8.5 by 6.25 inches. 18 132 14 2 pp. With publisher's list of books in the back. In this first edition apparently only 500 copies were printed! The pages are heavily toned per the norm for the paper stock but clean otherwise. The binding is tight. A few uncut leaves in the advertisement section. FEP with small ornamental bookplate pastedown of "Carroll Atwood Wilson" who was a well-known book collector of his day as well as a lawyer and chief legal counsel to the Guggenheims. The publisher's peach-colored cloth has some blistering on the boards. Along the edges there are long narrow spots in which the color is washed out. The spine has been rebacked with most of the original spine mounted thereon with a small loss of the gilt lettering transpiring. The resulting spine also has small dark spots and one is likely not to find it prepossessing. Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh unknown
189123287H80160NY: Dodd Mead & Co. Name of previous owner on ffep. . Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 1891. Dodd, Mead & Co. hardcover
18930036073Paris and Londres: Librairie de L'Art Independant and Elkin Mathew et John Lane 1893. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 20.5cm x 15cm. 84 2 pages. Half leather marbled papered boards gilt lettering and decoration top edge gilt marbled endpapers. Text is in French. First edition one of 600 copies the title page device by Felicien Rops. MASON 348. This copy rebound in a fine signed art nouveau binding by Hatchards Piccadilly without the wrappers with a plentiful quantity of blank leaves at the rear to allow for the binding design. Text is in French. Some discolouration to spine. Very minor rubbing to fore-edge corners lower tail fore-edge corner lightly pushed. Very minor foxing. Category: Theatre & Plays; Fine Bindings; Foreign Language::French; French Language; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 0036073. BZDB407 Theatre & Plays; Fine Bindings; Foreign Language::French; French Language; Antiquarian & Rare. Unbranded Oscar Wilde Salome. Drame en un acte. Librairie de L'Art Independant and Elkin Mathew et John Lane hardcover
18985433London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. Fourth edition or printing of 1898. Cream linen and mustard coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine which is almost indecipherable. Front board has large damp patch with creasings. Rear board is lightle stained. Edges are bumped. Spine is very faded. Pages are age tanned with occasional foxing. Pages are of laid cream paper and are rough cut. Pages are clean. Previous owner's signature facing the copyright page. Binding is tight. 8vo. One of the limited editions which were published the same year as the original publication by Wilde or C.3.3. 1898 Leonard Smithers hardcover
1898FB417 /4B<p><strong>In the original dust sheet.</strong> Red cloth binding with gilt title.</p> The Richards Press. hardcover
1898b3-C10882Leonard Smithers Royal Arcade London W 1898. fifth edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Yellow cloth Shelf wear shop soiled foxing in text.Carefully wrapped on a protective acetate cover to prevent further damage. Please contact us if you need further information or scans. Leonard Smithers Royal Arcade London W hardcover
1898BN031037London: Leonard Smitheres 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wilde's famous long verse on his imprisonment for homosexuality. The title page bears his authorship as "C.3.3. Oscar Wilde" and the Roman numerals "Mdcccxcix" with no printing number indicated. This last edition authorized by Wilde for Smithers to print was dated 1899 as this one is. According to Wilde's bibliographer the seventh printing issued in an edition of 2000 copies was the first to use Wilde's full name on the title page. One of the classics of Nineties British literature. Octavo quarter white cloth over mustard-colored boards 31 pages plus blank material. Sporadic and very slight shelf dust offsetting to boards else a very good unmarked copy internally fine. Extremely scarce. Leonard Smitheres hardcover
18983101London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fourth edition or printing of 1898. Cream linen and mustard coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Front board has black markings and is discoloured. Edges are bumped. Spine is faded with a rubbed patch. Pages are age tanned with occasional foxing. Pages are rough cut. Some page discolouration throughout. Some verses have been ticked in pencil. One of the limited editions which were published the same year as the original publication by Wilde or C.3.3. Previous owner's signature on frontispiece dated 1898 and the bookplate of Brighton College on fep. Binding is tight. 1898 Leonard Smithers hardcover
1898002660London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Cream linen and mustard colored cloth boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Sixth edition and the last edition to be published under the pseudonym C.3.3. block C landing 3 cell 3. This sixth edition was printed on handmade paper in 1000 copies on 21st of May 1898. Stain on frontcover endpages with offsetting. Spine darkened. No bookplates marks or inscriptions. 31 pp. 23 x 145 cm. . Leonard Smithers Hardcover
18993398<p>Hardcover. Condition. Very Good-. 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 later unauthorized editions also show that date. Probably printed in 1904 based on 1904 gift inscription on FFEP. Soiling to boards. Backstrip of spine has tears along the hinges particularly at the bottom. Binding is nonetheless firm. Clean interior with light offsetting to pastedowns.</p> Leonard Smithers hardcover
18121303260013Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1812-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Portland Maine. Softcover. Illustrated cover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean unmarked pages with minor foxing.<br><br>Thomas Bird Mosher was a publisher out of Portland Maine known for his contributions to the Private Press Movement in the United States. He reprinted various contemporary poetical works and compiled a monthly small literary and political journal known as The Philistine which also contained political cartoons dealing with issues at the time. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher paperback
1888PB-0034<p>Signed first edition of Oscar Wilde's incredibly scarce "The Happy Prince and Other Tales." David Nutt publisher. Ballantyne Press. Quarto handmade paper. Original boards in Japanese vellum. Limited edition number 14 of 75 signed by both Oscar Wilde and publisher David Nutt. Publication date: 1888. Stunning illustrations: front cover design in red ink by Jacob Hood as well as head and tailpiece vignettes. Plates by Walter Crane. No dust jacket as issued.</p><p>Published before well before Wilde's incarceration and trial and before his best known works such as "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" and "The Importance of Being Earnest". The fairy tales written for his children originally include "The Happy Prince" "The Nightingale and the Rose" "The Selfish Giant" "The Devoted Friend" and "The Remarkable Rocket."</p><p>Evidence of previous tape repair on spine exterior and front and rear boards with chipping and loss on spine. Interior tape repair on inner hinge and evidence of what appears to be a hastily removed book plate on front pastedown. Light soot or dirt smudging on portion of title page. Interior pages are good. This volume is scarce in any condition but remains an excellent candidate for rebinding or external repairs and is priced accordingly. More photos available on request.</p> David Nutt hardcover
1889042502London: David Nutt 1889. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. small quarto. Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood. prior owner inscriptions to flyleaf binding grubby wear to head of spine very slight toning to end papers. David Nutt hardcover
1888024406Cassell 1888. No Binding. Near Fine. Assorted. 1st edition Volume I 4to 12¼ x 9½ ins. Original 3/4 leather and cloth boards. Quite worn with spine missing and both covers loose. First 4 1/2 3/4 pages torn along bottom right-hand edge & Final 2 pages 571/2 torn along center. Pp. iv 572 pages v-viii. All other contents are very good and better Many illustrations and color plates. NOTE: This is NOT a reprint it is the Original Printing from 1888. <br/> <br/> Cassell unknown
1893002401London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head. Printed by T. and A. Constable Edinburgh 1893. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus. 8vo. 21.5 by 16 cm. 8.5 by 6.25 inches. 18 132 14 2 pp. With publisher's list of books in the back. In this first edition apparently only 500 copies were printed! The pages are heavily toned per the norm for the paper stock but clean otherwise. The binding is tight. A few uncut leaves in the advertisement section. FEP with small ornamental bookplate pastedown of "Carroll Atwood Wilson" who was a well-known book collector of his day as well as a lawyer and chief legal counsel to the Guggenheims. The publisher's peach-colored cloth has some blistering on the boards. Along the edges there are long narrow spots in which the color is washed out. The spine has been rebacked with most of the original spine mounted thereon with a small loss of the gilt lettering transpiring. The resulting spine also has small dark spots and one is likely not to find it prepossessing. <br/><br/> Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh hardcover books
1891500318414Livraria de Arte Independente 1891 1891.
189884632New-York, Barso & Hopkins, undated (1898), in-12 (10,5x17,5cm), soft leather cover, 30p. Some marginal tears without missing paper.
1878CCC-657138. edition leonard smithers january 1898, 1er edition, 3 traches dorees, reliure demi-chagrin creme , dos velin , 2 nerfs titre dore, couverture signee, in-8 (21,5 cm X 13,5 cm), tres bon etat, 31 pages, livre en anglais, photos possibles Edition(Publishing) leonard smithers january 1898, 1st edition, 3 gilded(bronzed) traches, binding half-sorrow cremates, back vellum, 2 nerves(gristle) titles gilds(bronzes), signee cover(blanket), in-8 (21,5 cms X 13,5 cms), very well etat, 31 pages, delivers in English, possible photos no postal charges for metropolitan France, possible of clean(appropriate) discount(delivery) in hands on Paris.
1884051503Ad. Mertens reliure Rigide Décorative Bruxelles 1884 519 pages en format 11.5 -18 cm - reliure rigide en cuir au dos avec quatre nervures - coiffe supérieure frottée