Wilde Oscar.ABAA
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18991099238vo. London: Leonard Smithers 1899. 8vo 213 1 imprintpp. Original salmon cloth stamped in gold one corner creased slightest of soiling to covers ink signature at front “Winifred M.F. Carritt Christmas 1900â€. Blue quarter morocco slipcase. § First edition one of 1000 copies. “Although Wilde's third play opened in 1895 it was not published until four years later and after Wilde had been released from prison. The success of The Ballad of Reading Gaol persuaded Wilde to publish his last two plays the other being The Importance of Being Ernest. All three were published by Leonard Smithers one of very few remaining publishers prepared to handle Wilde's work.†Sotheby’s. Mason 385. Leonard Smithers hardcover books
192885082NY:: E. P. Dutton & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. B006MPRKG4 . First edition. Some faint mottling to the black cloth portion of the binding else very good in a very good two inch closed edge tear at the crown of the spine four small chips dust jacket. ; 124 pages . E. P. Dutton & Co., hardcover books
198251425NY:: Atheneum. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0689308507 . First American edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Atheneum, hardcover books
197949933NY:: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0670169749 . First printing thus. Very good in a very good light foxing on verso price clipped dust jacket. . Viking, hardcover books
192391091Garden City:: Doubleday Page & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. Complete in twelve volumes. Patrons' Edition De Luxe. Foxing to edges and endpapers previous owner's book-plate on front paste-downs else all volumes are very good in a good or better occasional large chips closed edge tears age toning damp staining to the jacket of Volume III dust jacket. . Doubleday, Page & Company, hardcover books
1906Embry 167979Brentano's 1906. First edition first printing. Light foxing to endpapers and first few leaves spine toned a shade near fine with hinges firm. Gray cloth no dust jacket. Brentano's, 1906. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
197331804London:: Limited Editions Club. Near Fine. 1973. Hardcover. Introduction by Sir John Gielgud. Illustrated by Tony Walton. This copy is number 969 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. SIGNED by the illustrator. Fine in a near fine some light soiling on top edge slipcase. . Limited Editions Club, hardcover books
1954Embry 166077Story Classics 1954. First printing thus. Owner's inked stamp slight foxing to spine overall near fine. Wood engravings by Dorothea Braby. Japanese vellum-backed red cloth. Story Classics, 1954. First printing thus. hardcover books
190612330912mo. Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1906. 12mo 54 pp. Title page in red and black. Green paper wrappers over stiff card decoratively printed and lettered in gilt. Light wear to wrappers former owner's name and shadow of a lost bookplate on the front free endpapers. § A sweet little printing of Wilde's six poetic vignettes in typical Mosher style. Originally published in the July 1894 issue of The Fortnightly Review a pirated edition was published by Charles Carrington in Paris in 1905 before Mosher's own pirate edition in 1906. In the forward Mosher considers the history and charms of prose poems. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
1913123209Sm. New York: Brentano's 1913. Sm. thick 8vo xxxiv 353 pp. Full brown crushed morocco extra backstrip lettered in gilt gilt top. A fine copy nicely bound. § An attractive edition of Wilde's poems complete with 'Ravenna' at the end in a handsome binding. Brentano's unknown books
1945Embry 120657Heritage press 1945. Spine slightly sunned else fine in fine faintly worn publisher's slipcase. Illus by Valenti Angelo. Black cloth no dust jacket. Includes the Sandglass. Heritage press, 1945. hardcover books
0782<br/><br/>Wilde Oscar Salome.A Tragedy in One Act. New York E.P. Dutton & Company 1927. Vassos John illustrator. New York: 1927. First edition copy number 55 of 500 copies signed by Vassos. Quarto. Black paper boards gilt-lettered on front cover and spine. Slight fading and wear to spine notoriously fragile else fine. Often reprinted the first edition of these illustrations is scarce. <br/><br/>Johh Vassos 1898-1985 was a Greek-American illustrator artist and industrial designer. His illustrations to Salome take an art-deco approach popular with artist like Boris Artzybasheff although Vassos' use of black and white is necessarily devoid of Russian folk motifs. In their place is a wind-swept sensuality which carries substantail dramatic energy. hardcover books
1979Embry 166788Oxford 1979. First printing thus. Fine in fine faintly rubbed dust jacket in mylar cover. Oxford, 1979. First printing thus. unknown books
200481286Madrid:: Del Prado Publishers. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. 8483729709 . Part of The Miniature Classics Library series. Unabridged. First edition thus miniature - measures roughly 2" x 2.5". Fine in a brown leather binding. . Del Prado Publishers, hardcover books
1898109921Slim 8vo. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. Slim 8vo 4. 31ff. Printed on hand-made paper on one side of the page only. Original quarter white buckram mustard boards backstrip lettered in gilt a good copy slightly soiled and backstrip browned. § First edition one of 800 copies on handmade paper. This controversial poem was written by Wilde under the pseudonym of the number he was given in prison. It includes some of Wilde’s most famous lines: “each man kills the thing he lovesâ€; “some love too little some too long some sell while others buyâ€; “every prison that men build is built with bricks of shameâ€. Leonard Smithers hardcover books
199894398North Pomfret:: Trafalgar Square Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 1570761035 . Wood engravings by Garrick Palmer. First edition thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket.; 37 pages . Trafalgar Square Publishing, hardcover books
1937Embry 166588Heritage Press 1937. First printing thus. Bookplate else fine in fine faintly rubbed slipcase. Illus. by Zhenya Gay. Gray leatherette. Heritage Press, 1937. First printing thus. hardcover books
1937Embry 165570Heritage Press 1937. First printing thus. Fine in very good to near fine slipcase with two seams with very short tears. Illus. by Zhenya Gay. Gray leatherette. Heritage Press, 1937. First printing thus. hardcover books
1919Embry 164723Thomas B. Mosher 1919. Fine in near fine publisher's tissue jacket and near fine but toned publisher's slipcase. Gray boards. Thomas B. Mosher, 1919. hardcover books
1928Embry 147331E. P. Dutton 1928. First printing thus. Glue remnants from bookplate removal to front pastedown rubbing to corners and with some light soiling and marks to cloth very good in nicely crafted custom slipcase. Illus. by John Vassos. Black cloth-backed gray boards. E. P. Dutton, 1928. First printing thus. hardcover books
1927Embry 171013Wm. H. Wise & Company 1927. A few labels with tiny chips and most lightly toned with occasional small stains overall very good with hinges firm and internally clean. Tan cloth with paper spine labels. Wm. H. Wise & Company, 1927. hardcover books
1923Embry 165571Doubleday Page & Company 1923. Patrons' Editon DeLuxe. Light foxing to endpapers owner's inked name to first volume spine labels lightly toned some mild chipping to heads of spines some more so than others overall very good with hinges and joints firm. Green leatherette-backed grey boards. Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Patrons' Editon DeLuxe. hardcover books
1993Embry 189975Henry Holt 1993. First printing thus. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Color illus by Michael Hague. Henry Holt, 1993. First printing thus. unknown books
1994Embry 186537Viking 1994. First printing thus. Fine in near fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Full page color illus. by Isabelle Brent. Viking, 1994. First printing thus. unknown books
1939Embry 140319Ransohoffs 1939. Limited edition. 1 of 200 copies. Fine in very good dust jacket with some light wear and chips in mylar cover. Illustrated by Mallette Dean. Silk-backed marbled boards leather spine label. Printed by the Grabhorn Press. Ransohoffs, 1939. Limited edition. 1 of 200 copies. hardcover books
