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1903WRCLIT76233Berlin: Gose & Tetzlaff Verlagsbuchhandlung 1903. 462pp. Decorated printed wrappers. Upper wrapper faintly soiled a couple leaves opened slightly carelessly but otherwise largely unopened very good. First edition issued as "Hefte 29" of MODERNE ESSAYS edited by Hans Landsberg. A somewhat early work by an author perhaps even more intriguing and controversial than its subject published roughly coincident with his imprisonment for debt and a few years before he fled Germany with his married mistress later "dadaist" Elsa von Freytag- Loringhoven and his eventual refashioning of himself as the prolific western Canadian novelist F.P. Grove. A translation into English was published by bookseller William Hoffer in 1984. Gose & Tetzlaff, Verlagsbuchhandlung unknown books
1969WRCLIT47748London: Constable 1969. Printed wrappers. Portrait and illustrations. Translated by Violet Wyndham. Uncorrected page proofs of the first British edition. utilized for advance U.S. purposes with Viking's label affixed to upper wrapper. Cream wrappers lightly dust smudged title label at lower edge else very good. Constable unknown books
1933WRCLIT60748London: Issued to Subscribers by Peter Davies 1933. Cream-white buckram t.e.g. others untrimmed. Portrait. First edition. One of five hundred numbered copies signed by the author. Bookplate shadow on pastedown cloth a bit rubbed and dust-soiled otherwise a very good copy. Issued to Subscribers by Peter Davies hardcover books
1947WRCLIT80515Norfolk: New Directions 1947. 12mo. Cloth. Frontis. First edition published in the "Makers of Modern Literature Series." Top edge a bit dusty otherwise a near fine copy in very good spine sunned and lightly edgeworn dust jacket. HARRISON NEWTH & CANDIDO p. 20. New Directions hardcover books
1947WRCLIT31135Norfolk: New Directions 1947. Cloth. Frontis. First edition. Small puncture to upper cover affecting the right edge of the first few leaves else a good copy in dust jacket with several small punctures to the upper panel. New Directions hardcover books
1914WRCLIT57846New York: James F. Drake 1914. Boards paper label. Portrait. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies from a total edition of three hundred. Fine in chipped and torn glassine. James F. Drake hardcover books
1922WRCLIT76304Gothenburg: N. J. Gumpert 1922. Original printed wrappers. Spine extremities chipped and snagged otherwise a good copy. First edition variant issue in collected form of these five essays on Wilde and associates. From an edition of 400 copies this copy is neither numbered nor signed and has a cancel pasteover obscuring the original Vienna 1921 imprint; Gumpert's imprint appears on the wrapper instead. N. J. Gumpert unknown books
200268567Fairfield: John H. Willis 2002. Second edition expanded numbered issue. 49 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Dated 26 /01/03 and INSCRIBED by Willis on the front free endpaper. While Wilde never made the long journey Willis here does a thorough job making connections between Wilde his circle and Australia. Fairfield: John H. Willis unknown books
198439730Washington DC: Library of Congress 1984. First edition. 30 pp. Fade along spine else near fine in stapled wrappers. A lecture delivered at the Library of Congress on March 1 1983. Washington DC: Library of Congress, unknown books
2006249437New York: Barnes & Noble 2006. Hardcover. xi 1417p. introduction title index very good first edition first printing thus in blards and unclipped dj. massive collection includes everything from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" through "Reading Jail" & "Profundis Barnes & Noble hardcover books
1916264948New York: Printed and Published by the Author 1916. First Edition. Frontis. 2 vols. 8vo. Qauarter publisher;'s green calf and boards. Fine in half faded green morocco and chemise. First Edition. Frontis. 2 vols. 8vo. Printed and Published by the Author unknown books
193224244London: The Nonesuch Press 1932 1932. First edition number 182 of 800 numbered copies. Dreyfus Nonesuch Press 8a. Fine copy in the original slightly worn at the edges dust jacket. 8vo original gilt decorated white linen after designs by Ricketts gilt lettering. Vignette title-page. An imaginary conversation about Oscar Wilde between Jean Paul Raymond a fictional character and Charles Ricketts written entirely by Ricketts. Inscription on the front paste-down from San Francisco collector Albert Sperisen to San Francisco printer Lawton Kennedy. <br/><br/> London: The Nonesuch Press, 1932 unknown books
194617766London: Heinemann 1946. 1st edition. Green cloth binding in dust jacket. VG light edgewear/corners turned in/Gd slightly soiled & darkened/chipped at edges/small tear on front panel & bottom spine & bottom front corner. 553 pp including index. 8vo. <br/><br/> Heinemann hardcover books
19727605LONDON DENT 1972 1972. DUST JACKET REPRINT VERY GOOD. Hardcover. LONDON, DENT, 1972 hardcover books
195131366London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1951. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF/VG chip from top of spine panel/pc. 336 pp adverts at rear. 8vo. <br/><br/> George Allen & Unwin Ltd hardcover books
191720020Chicago: Brothers of the Book 1917. First edition no. 34 of 49 copies on Inomachi vellum signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. White japan vellum covers some soiling else fine. First edition no. 34 of 49 copies on Inomachi vellum signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 49 Signed Wilmerding Copy. Luius Wilmerding bookplate. Saltus's inpressions of Wilde the two times that he met him. Brothers of the Book unknown books
19122222038<p>First American edition from British sheets. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. No dust jacket. Very good edges foxed; some pencil notes on rear endpaper. 213 pages 2 page ads.</p><p>From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre Bookplate on the front pastedown.</p><p>Printed by William Brendon and Son Ltd. Plymouth.</p><p>Lord Alfred Douglas filed a lawsuit over the book. A lawsuit which he lost. However Ransome removed the offending passages for later editions.</p> Mitchell Kennerley hardcover books
160254NY RANDOM HOUSE. ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH; NO DUST JACKET; FROM THE LIBRARY OF DIRECTOR GEORGE CUKOR WITH HIS PAUL LANDACRE BOOKPLATE INSIDE THE FRONT COVER FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. NY, RANDOM HOUSE hardcover books
1917194590First edition. Octavo. Original gilt stamped 3/4 Japan Vellum over blue boards uncut. No dust jacket. Very good. 26 pages. No signatures or bookplates.<br />#124/100 copies on Inomachi vellum in three-quarters binding. Numbered from 50 to 149 inclusive. Brothers of the Book hardcover books
1918302950New York Brentano's Publishers ca. 1918. 1918. 8vo. Frontispiece. 3/4 blue morocco t.e.g. others uncut spines faded to brown; rubbing; nicks. Good. 2 volumes. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York, Brentano's Publishers [ca. 1918]. hardcover books
191842169New York: The Author 1918. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. WITH MEMORIES OF OSCAR WILDE BY BERNARD SHAW. New York: The Author 1918. 2 vols. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Signed and inscribed by the author . Illustrated with 6 b/w plates. 320; -610 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. Half inch snippet of cloth snagged from heal of volume one; bookplates; cheap paper browning about edges else quite good. Very good-/No dust jacket. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. The Author hardcover books
194720004ENew York: Random House 1947. First Edition. Near fine copy in a slightly used dust jacket with some edge wear and small chips and tears. A comic novel featuring a mail order sleuth named P. Moran. Random House unknown books
138676Girard KS: Haldeman-Julius Company n.d. 64p. very good in wraps. Little Blue Book 315. Haldeman-Julius Company unknown books
007272Nashville Tennessee: Tennessee Performing Arts Center / Southeast Stage Productions SCARCE performance poster for Oscar Wilde's most enduringly popular play. Fine as issued 18"w x 28"h. The play was performed Feb. 24 25 26 & Mar. 2 at the Polk Theatre Nashville year not given circa 1980's. The TPAC opened its doors in 1980. . Poster. 18" x 28". Tennessee Performing Arts Center / Southeast Stage Productions books
1995Embry 148320Cantz N.d. circa 1995. First edition first printing. Near fine in very good lightlly toned dust jacket with a short closed tear to upper spine in mylar cover. B&W photographs by Karl Blossfeldt. Cantz, N.d. circa 1995. First edition, first printing. unknown books
