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189026040071890. pirated first. hardcover. very good. Pirated first edition. Book very good foxing throughoutsome soiling to covers former owner's one-line writing to front free end paper. unknown
1891260London: Ward Lock & Co 1891. First Edition. First printing without Bowden's name added to the title page imprint the Preface with Wilde's name at the end in larger bolder type and with "nd" for "and" beginning the eighth line from the bottom on page 208. The error was corrected for the second printing which included the 250 signed copies of the limited edition—copies that in addition to being the second issue are literally the second printing. This trade edition is not only earlier than the limited but when it has its dust jacket many times rarer. Original white vellum parchment-backed boards former owner's neat name to endpaper spine slightly faded from light not dust else near fine in the rare dust jacket with small tears and chips to the spine tips and corners neatly repaired a bit short an irregularity with nineteenth-century hand-trimmed jackets but a charismatic jacket still—integral clean and one to be owned with pride. An unequivocal Victorian classic as great a short novel as has ever been written and copies in dustjacket must have been dumped in the Bermuda Triangle because they never show up at auction or in the trade. Full morocco case. Wilde was from that atypical minority of great men those who do not remind us of anyone else. He wrote the best comedies since Shakespeare mastered paradox and was the reigning wit of the 1890s but he became a victim when society forgot that the mouse should never be a juror at the cat’s trial. Dorian Gray was his only novel and why not When you write one like this one is sufficient. It’s undeniably a modern Gothic and a self-evident Victorian classic unique in the delicacy of its grim and melancholy metaphor and it continues to maintain it’s appeal even in our 21st century. Ward Lock & Co unknown
1891BOOKS324407New York: THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW February 1891. Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1891. First Printing. Paperback. First appearance in the United States of this Oscar Wilde publication pages 292-319. Other contributors include E. B. Lanin David F. Schloss and a continuing story by George Mededith. Ref. - Mason #52. . Sm 4to. One advertising page has a tear without anything missing. A period magazine club readers list glued to rear cover. . THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW February, 1891 paperback
18952221665<p>First edition. 8 1/2" x 6 1/2". Original brown wrappers stamped in red lower right corner of upper cover replaced uncut and mostly unopened. Very good. 98 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Enclosed in a plum half morocco slipcase.</p><p>Printed by The Chiswick Press.</p><p>Mason 367 - only 50 copies were printed.</p> Privately Printed paperback
1894102669New York: R.F. Fenno. 1894. Early US edition published same year as the UK limited edition edition de luxe. Original colour illustrated stiff wraps Mt Fuji Japanese house and boat col dec endpapers pp 22. The yapp edges have very small closed tears and very small holes. Clean. Very good condition. Unusual early printing of Wilde's poem "The Sphinx" in Japanese-inspired binding by a small publishing firm. Early Issue. Paper Wraps. R.F. Fenno paperback
1894329742London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1894. Limited. hardcover. fine. Ricketts Charles. Title page design and nine illustrations eight full page by Charles Ricketts. Printed throughout in black red & green all edges untrimmed. Thin small 4to full vellum with pictorial decorations in gilt to the spine & covers by Ricketts. 2 bookplates. London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane 1894. Limited edition.<br/> <br/> One of 200 unnumbered copies. An exceptionally fine copy unfoxed and with a clean binding<br/> <br/> Elkin Mathews & John Lane unknown
1894001392London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1894. 44p including blanks original gilt decorated vellum designed by Charles Ricketts with his monogram to bottom left hand corner of upper cover and the monogram of the binders Leighton Son and Hodge to the bottom left hand corner of the lower cover. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed vellum generally quite bright and clean. Internally some light browning to page edges some light foxing to several pages as often but generally fairly clean. Small booksellers label and previous owners book plate to front paste down. Printed in three colours throughout. Stated one of two hundred copies for the UK with another fifty printed for the US and twenty-five large paper copies and possibly a few more. Now housed in a cloth drop back box by Temple Bookbinders. Holbrook Jackson called 'The Sphinx' "'the most remarkable of the books of this period' because it translated the Wildean temperament into physical form . Ricketts created a parallel system of symbols evoking the mystery and erotic sensuality the Aesthetes often associated with Egypt" Thomson 'Aesthetic Tracts - Innovation in Late-Nineteenth-Century Book Design' page 75. Mason 361. First Edition. Full Vellum. Good. Illus. by Ricketts Charles. 8vo. Elkin Mathews and John Lane Hardcover
1894151353London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1894. In the original vellum decorated by Charles Ricketts First edition one of 200 unnumbered copies. Wilde's poem together with Charles Ricketts's art nouveau illustrations was described by W. E. Henley Wilde's harshest critic as "about as fin-de-Siecle a business as you ever saw" Frankel p. 155. Wilde first met Ricketts in 1889 and in the two years that followed the artist designed either parts or the entirety of several of Wilde's works. Now celebrated for his book illustration and design Ricketts is also noted for his theatre designs and costumes and he contributed to the first English production of Wilde's Salomé in 1906. James G. Nelson records that alongside the 200 copies published in the limited edition a further 103 copies were printed though most of these were left unbound. Small quarto. Title page design one half-page illustration and eight full-page illustrations by Charles Ricketts. Original full vellum pictorial decorations by Ricketts to spine and covers in gilt all edges untrimmed printed throughout in black green and red. Ownership signature to front free endpaper and ownership inscription to preliminary blank. Vellum lightly soiled as usual and some occasional internal foxing; a fresh and very good copy with bright gilt to the covers. Nicholas Frankel Oscar Wilde's Decorated Books 2003; Mason 361; James G. Nelson A Checklist of Early Bodley Head Books: 1889-1894. hardcover
1894001874London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane at The Sign of The Bodley Head 1894 1894. FIRST EDITION. 1 vol. 8-1/2" x 7" illustrated by Charles Rickets limited to 200 copies printed in 3 colors bound in original art nouveau gilt decorated vellum covers straight often found quite bowed inner and outer hinges fine head and foot of spine fine foxing to one side of the first 8 leaves typical previous owners bookplate to front pastedown housed in a 1/2 red morocco clamshell slipcase raised bands gilt decorated spine overall still a VERY GOOD copy. Charles Ricketts's art nouveau illustrations were described by W. E. Henley Wilde's harshest critic as "about as fin-de-Siecle a business as you ever saw" Frankel p. 155. Ricketts considered the designs for the illustrations and for the original vellum binding amongst his best work. While predominantly working with book illustration and design Ricketts was also famed for his theater designs and costumes and he contributed to the first English production of Wilde's Salome in 1906. London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane at The Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894 hardcover
189570802Boston:: Joseph Knight Company 1895. publisher's pale blue cloth stamped in red and blue. Short closed tear at the top edge of the half-title page; very slight use to cloth; clean tight and sound. 12mo. Illustrated. Cosy Corner Series. Joseph Knight Company, hardcover
1894835081894. WILDE Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. Orig. tan buckram gilt stamped decorations on boards and spine. London: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head 1894. Mason 365. Richard Ellmann Oscar Wilde 1988; Joel Kaplan "Wilde on the Stage" The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde ed. by Peter Raby 1997. First edition. Large paper copy one of 50 copies. Previous owner's signature on limitation page. Boards toned browning to pastedowns and first free endpapers. Overall a near fine copy housed in a custom purple cloth chemise and matching quarter morocco slipcase. unknown
188878557Boston:: Ticknor and Company 1888. First American edition. publisher's brown cloth with printed paper label on spine. The spine label is tanned with shallow chipping at the edges and a few abrasions; shallow use at extremities of spine; clean tight and sound. 12mo. To Which is Appended a Chapter on "The Ancient Race of Ireland." by the Late Sir William Wilde. Lady Jane Wild was the mother of Oscar Wilde. Ticknor and Company, hardcover
1884124354London: Richard Bentley and Son 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Richard Bentley and Son 1884. Octavo iv 297 pages with the title page printed in red and black. Original cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; cloth a little rubbed mottled and sunned with minimal wear to the head of the front joint; paper lightly tanned; small nameplate on the front pastedown; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. A rare and spirited travel book by Jane Francesca Agnes Wilde circa 1821-1896 influential Irish poet translator and feminist and the mother of Oscar Wilde. 'From 1846 she began to contribute prose as "John Fanshawe Ellis" and verse as "Speranza" to the "Nation" where on 23 January 1847 her poem "The stricken land" retitled "The famine year" was the great famine's first major poetic response. It indicted her own Anglo-Irish landlord class in terms used in Longfellow's anti-slavery poems . "Driftwood from Scandinavia" 1884 based on old friendships with Swedes and her voyages to Sweden with her husband Sir William in 1858 included much of value on Scandinavian sociology and German romanticism' 'Dictionary of Irish Biography'. The appendix consists of an essay by Sir William Wilde: 'On the Scandinavian Antiquities lately discovered at Islandbridge near Dublin'. Richard Bentley and Son hardcover
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. <br/><br/><em>Scarce offprint issue with a most interesting presentation inscription to one of the fathers of photography of Wilde's paper on improvements of his electromagnetic induction machine introduced in 1866. Wilde discovered independently of Werner von Siemens who is usually credited for the invention the dynamo-electric machine. Despite Siemens being the one credited for the invention Wilde was the first to publish a paper describing it; this was communicated to the Royal Society by Michael Faraday in 1866.Joseph Sidebotham 1824-1882 was the first to practice photography in Manchester and of the most important local photographers in general. His interest was however not confined to photography; he was an amateur botanist entomologist and astronomer. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and lectured to the Mechanics Institute on astronomy and electro-magnetism. </em> unknown
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. <br/><br/><em>Offprint with the author's presentation inscription. Henry Wilde a wealthy individual from Manchester England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine or self-energising dynamo published in 1866. The machine was considered remarkable at the time especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt. </em> unknown
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. <br/><br/><em>Scarce offprint issue with author's presentation inscription of Wilde's important contribution to the quantitative relations of the physical and chemical forces especially in relation to batteries. Henry Wilde 1833 - 1919 a wealthy individual from Manchester England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine or self-energising dynamo published in 1866. The machine was considered remarkable at the time especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt. </em> unknown
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. <br/><br/><em>Scarce offprint issue with author's presentation inscription of Wilde's contribution to the magnetic declination of the Earth.Henry Wilde 1833 - 1919 a wealthy individual from Manchester England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine or self-energising dynamo published in 1866. The machine was considered remarkable at the time especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt. </em> unknown
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. <br/><br/><em>Scarce offprint issue with author's presentation inscription of Wilde's contribution to helium and its place in the natural classification. Henry Wilde 1833 - 1919 a wealthy individual from Manchester England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine or self-energising dynamo published in 1866. The machine was considered remarkable at the time especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt. </em> unknown
1892009173Manchester: George Falkner and Sons 1892. Reissue of the 1878 offprint with new preface and French translation. Inscribed "with Author's Compliments." Small pieces torn from outer edge of rear wrapper; blank corners of final leaf and folding table torn off; two library ink stamps on front wrapper; embossed stamp on title page. Privately published version. Unrecorded on OCLC/WorldCat. Collation: vi 17 1 iv 18 pp. folding table. Reissue. Original Printed Wrappers. Good. George Falkner and Sons Paperback
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. <br/><br/><em>Second issue with alterations and additional material of Wilde's contribution to the origin of elements and his views on the newly created periodic system including the first French translation. Wilde states in the preface printed here for the first time that: "The reprinting of this paper is all the more desirable as some of the views set forth therein have been modified by subsequent investigatiors without advancing much beyond what had already been accomplished; while in other instances there has been a distinct retrogression from the solid position which chemical philosophy had attained more than forty years ago." Henry Wilde 1833 - 1919 a wealthy individual from Manchester England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine or self-energising dynamo published in 1866. The machine was considered remarkable at the time especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt. </em> unknown
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. <br/><br/><em>Scarce offprint issue with author's presentation inscription of Wilde's contribution to the origin of elements and his views on the newly created periodic system.Henry Wilde 1833 - 1919 a wealthy individual from Manchester England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine or self-energising dynamo published in 1866. The machine was considered remarkable at the time especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt. </em> unknown
186947911No 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. <br/><br/><em>Offprint issue with author's presentation insciption to front wrapper of Wilde's paper on how to control and render the magneto-electri current which nearly led to the discovery of the principle of self-excitation. This was however achieved by other inventors first notably Charles Wheatstone and the Siemens brothers."In 1856 Wilde established a business in Manchester as an electric-telegraph and lightning-conductor engineer and spent some years on the development of a magneto-electric alphabetic telegraph which was demonstrated at the international exhibition in London in 1862. In December 1863 he patented a twin-armature machine in which a magneto-electric generator provided excitation current for the field winding of another generator. These machines were made in quantity by Wilde & Co. but in use they had the disadvantage of becoming very hot. In 1867 Described in the present paper. he patented an entirely different type of multipolar machine which was used for electro-deposition and arc lighting. Among his other patents was one in 1875 for the making of copper rollers for calico printing.". Oxford DNB. Henry Wilde 1833 - 1919 was a wealthy individual from Manchester England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine or self-energising dynamo an invention for which Werner von Siemens is more usually credited and in fact discovered independently. At any rate Wilde was the first to publish his paper was communicated to the Royal Society by Michael Faraday in 1866. The self-energising dynamo replaces the permanent magnets of previous designs with electro-magnets and in so doing achieved an enormous increase in power. The machine was considered remarkable at the time especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt. </em> unknown
189916660Bruxelles: Ad.Mertens 1899. Gebunden. Ad.Mertens unknown
1891BBO50<p><b>WILDE</b> Oscar: </p><p><i><b>The Picture of Dorian Gray</b></i>.<br /></p><p>London: Ward Lock and Co. 1891.</p><p>First English edition Deluxe Issue Limited to 250 copies #43. <b>Signed by Oscar Wilde</b>.</p><p>4to vii viii 334 pp.; <b>design binding by Robert Wu</b> in gilt red goat morocco.</p><p>A Landmark work of Literature.</p> Ward Lock and Co. hardcover books
18981262071898. First Edition. WILDE Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Slim octavo original half cream cloth with cinnamon cloth boards uncut. $3600.First edition one of only 800 copies printed on handmade paper.Inspired by his prison experience and comprised in part by a plea for penal reform The Ballad of Reading Gaol was the last work Wilde completed before his death in 1900. ""In his comedies the miscreants were always pardoned but in the Ballad while ultimately forgiven they are treated vindictively by their fellows who are equally guilty There is no doubt that Wilde had once again touched a great subject and left his fingerprints on it once read it is never forgotten"" Ellmann 532-34. Mason 371. A few pinholes to two preliminary leaves interior otherwise fine. One tiny inkspot to front cover spine slightly toned. A handsome extremely good copy of this scarce first edition. hardcover
