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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
1893371134Oxford: published for the Proprietor by James Thornton High Street 1893. 100 pp. Squarish 8vo. Blue printed paper wrappers. Some chipping and loss to covers; toning to pages. 100 pp. Squarish 8vo. Featuring "The Disciple" by Oscar Wilde and pieces by Lord Alfred Douglas H. M. Beerbohm and John Addington Symonds. published for the Proprietor by James Thornton, High Street unknown
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
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
189916660Bruxelles: Ad.Mertens 1899. Gebunden. Ad.Mertens unknown
187133153Savannah: Georgia Historical Society. J. H. Estill Printer 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 3 .70 pages 4. Green cloth hardcover with gilt lined borders and title on the front cover. All edges gilt. Areas of rubbed cloth along the edges. Previous owner illustrated book plate with initials RBH on the front paste down. <br /> <br /> This copy includes a post card of Wesleyan Female College in Macon Georgia addressed to "Miss J. Troy Tuscaloosa Ala" from past President of the College Dupont Guerry. Also included is an undated Platt of land along the Savannah River. The Platt is chipped with significant loss at the bottom of the paper resulting in loss of dimensions of the land. The Platt does not name an owner. Laid inside the book is one page letter folded with two blank sides and an address on the back side dated March 7 1835 and signed at the bottom by R. H. Wilde. The letter appears to be addressed to B. F. Butler. The writing is difficult to decipher but the signature is neat and legible. Approx. 5" x 3.5" section of paper clipped from the letter but no missing content of the signed one page letter. Georgia Historical Society. J. H. Estill, Printer 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
