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06518London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. The Trivial Comedy for Serious People - Wilde's Masterpiece"<br /> First Edition One of 1000 Numbered Copies<br /> <br /> WILDE Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899.<br /> <br /> First edition. One of 1000 numbered copies this being No. 256. Printed at the Chiswick Press.<br /> <br /> Small quarto 8 3/4 x 7 inches; 222 x 178 mm. 16 151 1 pp.<br /> <br /> Publisher's light red-brown linen over boards covers decoratively stamped in gilt spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt the design by Charles Shannon. All edges uncut. The bare minimum of rubbing to extremities free endpapers minimally browned from paste-down glue as usual; spine slightly darkened and gilt a little dulled. Still a near fine copy sound and unrestored example. <br /> <br /> The first book appearance of Wilde's most celebrated play originally performed in 1895 at the St. James's Theatre. Issued four years later by Smithers - Wilde's principal publisher during and after his fall - this edition presents the definitive text of his final and finest comedy.<br /> <br /> The Importance of Being Earnest represents the culmination of Wilde's dramatic art: a perfectly constructed satire of identity social convention and moral pretense combining epigrammatic brilliance with unmatched theatrical economy.<br /> <br /> The edition is notable for its elegant production including the Chiswick Press printing and the distinctive gilt cover design by Charles Shannon placing it among the most visually refined of Wilde's first editions.<br /> Bibliographical Reference<br /> <br /> A pleasing and well-preserved example. The slight spine darkening and mellowing of the gilt are typical; copies retaining such integrity are increasingly scarce.<br /> <br /> Mason 382. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 unknown
1995Q-0140621725Penguin Books Limited UK 1995-03-30. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books, Limited (UK) paperback
1559943769.Gcassette. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
9788563560254PENGUIN. new. Muito da fama de Oscar Wilde se deve ao romance O retrato de Dorian Gray mas foi como dramaturgo que ele alcan�ou o maior sucesso em vida com as com�dias de costumes Uma mulher sem import�ncia Um marido ideal e A import�ncia de ser prudente reunidas neste volume. Nas pe�as que em larga medida satirizam a alta sociedade vitoriana que jamais o aceitou de bom grado Wilde aponta de maneira ir�nica para si mesmo. H� algo do autor nas observa��es c�nicas de lorde Illingworth em Uma mulher sem import�ncia assim como no estilo de vida despreocupado de lorde Goring o bon vivant que � a fonte de sensatez de Um marido ideal e tamb�m no inconsequente d�ndi Algernon de A import�ncia de ser prudente. Com introdu��o e notas de Richard Allen Cave diretor e estudioso do teatro brit�nico a edi��o da Penguin-Companhia situa o leitor sobre o contexto em que as pe�as foram encenadas e as inova��es que Wilde um intelectual de grande apuro t�cnico trouxe para a dramaturgia moderna. PENGUIN unknown
9390230438.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1906005823Sunderland: Keystone Press 1906. Wilde visited America in 1882 lecturing there to explain the Aesthetic Movement. On his return to England he gave this "report" in September of 1883. Edited and with an introduction by Stuart Mason. pseudonym of Christopher Millard 1872-1927 who was the first bibliographer of Wilde's works. This is a Very Good minus copy of the First Edition which was LIMITED to 500 copies 50 on handmade paper. A rare work bound in fragile stitched paper wraps. Clean text; 40 pages. The cover is present but detached. at the front. All other pages still nicely bound. This copy comes in a custom folder within a slipcase bound in green cloth. The spine of the case has titling in gilt which is rubbed but still very readable. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Keystone Press Paperback
1906140212Sunderland: Keystone Press 1906. First edition of Wilde's report on his lecture tour throughout America in 1882. Octavo original stiff paper wrappers. One of fifty numbered copies this is number 24. Very good with the majority of the original dust jacket. Wilde’s “theme is not as is often supposed art’s divorce from life but its inescapable arraignment by experience. His creative works almost always end in unmasking. The hand that adjusts the green carnation suddenly shakes an admonitory finger. While the ultimate virtue in Wilde’s essays is in make-believe the denouement of his dramas and narratives is that masks have to go. We must acknowledge what we are. Wilde at least was keen to do so. Though he offered himself as the apostle of pleasure his created world contains much pain†Ellmann xvi. Keystone Press unknown
1906004997Sunderland: Keystone Press 1906. Wilde visited America in 1882 lecturing there to explain the Aesthetic Movement. On his return to England he gave this "report" in September of 1883. Edited and with an introduction by Stuart Mason. pseudonym of Christopher Millard 1872-1927 who was the first bibliographer of Wilde's works. This is a Very Good minus copy of the First Edition which was LIMITED to 500 copies 50 on handmade paper. A rare work bound in fragile stitched paper wraps. Clean text; 40 pages which are unopened. The covers have significant chips along the margins and while present they are currently detached. Please note the condition issue; Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy in need of restoration or repair. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Keystone Press Paperback
115646Sunderland: Keystone Press 1906 1st thus. Wrappers 40pp. Very good. Limited edition: one of 500 copies of which 50 were on hand-made paper; this being from the ordinary edition; 12mo 5" X 7 3 / 8" faded grey-blue wrappers with black lettering on front cover. Wrappers faded and chipped; hinge split repaired with archival tape; pages uncut and foxed. Preserved in attractive custom-made slip case with marbled paper and a Plexiglas panel revealing the cover. Scarce posthumous publication printed during the height of Wilde's unpopularity. With editor Stuart Mason 'S preface Wilde's autobiographical essay on travel in America as given as a lecture at Wandsworth in September of 1883; two poems "Le Jardin" and "La Mer" are also here printed in book form for the first time. Mason was Wilde's bibliographer. Keystone Press Paperback
1906212404Sunderland: Keystone Press 1906. First edition. Number 92 of 50 copies printed on hand-made paper. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue printed wrappers stitched. Faded some chipping of corners and edges light browning of leaves else a good copy. First edition. Number 92 of 50 copies printed on hand-made paper. 1 vols. 8vo. The lecture Wilde presented in 1883 shortly after his two American trips of 1882 and 1883. Ransom p. 261 Keystone Press unknown
1905N2232Leipzig: Fr. Rothbarth 1905. First German Edition . Original Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 213pp German text. Erste Ausgabe. Edges with minimal foxing> A very good and clean copy. <br/> <br/> Fr. Rothbarth hardcover
338700608X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1905589945New York: Brentano's 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition thus by this publisher with a new introduction by Percival Pollard. First published in America by Dodd Mead and Company in 1891. Frontispiece tissue protector archivally mended cocked spine and edges darkened chipped spine ends about very good. Brentano's hardcover
1022957058.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1925449394London : Methuen 1925. 15th ed. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 263 p. ; 18 cm. Subject; English Literature Drama 19th Century. London : Methuen hardcover
189486169hNew York: Dodd Mead 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth hard covers with brown titles. Toning and soiling to covers edges and endpapers. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound copy. vi258pp. Dodd, Mead Hardcover
190586168hNew York: Brentanos 1905. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Grey cloth hard covers with gilt titles. Some toning to covers and edges. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. xx263pp. Brentanos Hardcover
2253160563.Gpocket_book. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
19049033842Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. One of 600 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Bound in tan paper-covered boards stamped in black. Text bock is in fine condition with clean and crisp pages. Light sunning to boards moderate sunning to spine. A few small spots on front cover. 6 x 7 1/2 inches. 236 pages. <br/><br/> Thomas B. Mosher hardcover
141984339Paris : Georges CrÂs 1914 1905. 225x145mm. L- demi-percaline. Etiquette de titre au dos plats papier marbrÂŽ. AchevÂŽ dÕimprimer cinq Aožt 1905 Mme Ve Guy et Cie imprimeurs AlenÂon sur la page de titre ÂŽtiquette de lՎditeur Georges CrÂs recouvre la premiÂre mention dՎdition 716 Georges CrÂs unknown
0469978546.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
189140615New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1891. First American Edition. Octavo pink cloth stamped in yellow. Of a total of 1500 copies printed 900 were for sale in the UK and 600 were bound with the Dodd Mead and Company title page. Very Good condition spine darkened time toned paper. No dust jacket. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
1891503897New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1891. Hardcover. Fine. First American edition using the English sheets see Mason 343: "Of the English edition. . 600 copies were printed for America. Octavo. 258pp. Pinkish-red cloth stamped in yellow. Spine is slightly faded else a nice very near fine copy. Scarce. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
192187099Paris: Librairie des Biliophiles Parisiens 1921. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Very good. wraps frontispiece portrait of Wilde 244 pp spine creased text in French<br /> <br /> Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Librairie des Biliophiles Parisiens paperback
1015427901.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
