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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
193125817Boston: Little Brown and Company. Fair. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket FAIR condition only although solidly bound and internally clean except for the initials of I guess a one-time owner on the front pastedown; externally though it's kind of a mess with a number of small paper bits stuck to the front cover which is also quite soiled and a large ugly stain on the rear cover I suspect the paper bits are remnants of the no-longer-present dust jacket which was probably moisture-adhered to the book at some point. Novel about a sophisticated New York marriage that turns sour. The first of only two published novels by Ms. Wilde a prolific short story writer and sometime playwright who later became better known as a screenwriter notably of the classic screwball comedies BRINGING UP BABY she had also written the original magazine story and shared the screenplay credit with with Dudley Nichols and I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE both directed by Howard Hawks and for what it's worth both featuring Cary Grant in drag. For those who are interested in such minutae the dedicatee of this novel "E.V.H." was undoubtedly her second of four husbands Ernest Victor Heyn. This novel was her first entree to Hollywood as it was announced that Paramount had purchased the movie rights although no movie was ever made but it was RKO's later purchase of the Collier's story that became BRINGING UP BABY that firmly established her screenwriting career. . Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1938148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. <br/><br/>One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937.<br/><br/>Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
198634259Natick: Picture Book Studio. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0887080278 . Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger. First printing. "Picture Book Studio Journal 2" laid in. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Picture Book Studio hardcover books
1989257571San Francisco: Printed by Eric Holub Hillside Press for the Book Club of California 1989. Twelve folders with text a few illustrations and spot-color decoration. Complete contents but lacks the enclosing box and the first folder has picked up some faint soil. Topics touch on Chinese newspapers postcards of Chinatown cookbooks calligraphy art of course a special 1930s production of Harte's satirical poem 'The Heathen Chinee' and more. Keepsake. Printed by Eric Holub, Hillside Press, for the Book Club of California unknown books
1954192985Collins 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954 Collins edition. Dark blue imitation leather cover and binding has minor wear. Front pastedown has tape removal scarring and front endpaper has a name in red pen. Pages are clean and unmarked. Blue textured paperboard slipcase has moderate wear. LO Collins hardcover books
1921258789New York: Bigelow Brown & Co 1921. Authorized edition. Frontispiece to each volume. 10 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters red morocco and cloth sides. Some toning to spines else VG. Authorized edition. Frontispiece to each volume. 10 vols. 8vo. Bigelow, Brown & Co unknown books
19097921Boston. The Wyman-Fogg Co. 1909. Bound in brown textured cloth over boards. Imprinted paper spine labels. T.e.g. 8vo. The Authorized Edition Deluxe. Each volume illustrated with a monochrome frontis. A scarce collection of Wilde's works edited by his close friend Robert Ross. Several volumes present small spots of discoloration to front and/or rear covers. Several labels lightly stained. All volumes present light water staining to top and bottom margins of text block throughout not intruding upon text. Pages delicately waved. This set has obviously seen moisture in it's distant past however the resultant effects although wide spread are fairly moderate and do not detract from the stability or readability of this set. A Very Good crisp tight and scarce set. The Wyman-Fogg Co. 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
19052222336<p>1905-1909. Edition de Luxe. Number 430 of 1000 copies. Title pages in red and black. Thick octavo. Original grey linen t.e.g. others uncut and some unopened; spine labels. 15 illustrations including two portraits of Wilde. 10 volumes complete. No dust jackets. Very good.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pagination in some volumes is continuous and in some volumes it is separate for each work.</b></p><p><b>A stout set on fine paper.</b></p><p><b>Light pencil owner's signature on fly leaf of each volume dated 1910 of JNO V. Forbes.</b></p><p><b>Extra shipping required.</b></p><p><br /></p> The Nottingham Society hardcover books
1907D5041New York et al: Nottingham Society 1907. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's pale grey cloth paper spine labels top edge gilt; each volume with a frontispiece. Number 18 from a deluxe limited edition of 1000 copies. Small bump at fore-edge of Volume 1 otherwise all volumes just a little dust-soiled and gently rubbed at spine tips. An excellent working set. Please note that these heavy volumes will likely require additional shipping charges. <br/><br/> Nottingham Society hardcover books
1935301723Boston Little Brown and Company 1935. 1935. First edition. 8vo. Author's 10 page preface. Dust jacket unclipped; spine a bit darkened. Very good. 231 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1935. hardcover books
190561982London: Methuen and Co. 36 Essex Street Strand 1905. First edition 1/200 copies on English hand-made paper. Tall 8vo. 151 pp. The fine John Quinn copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. De Profundis is an extended letter written by Wilde during his incarceration in Reading Gaol to Lord Alfred Douglas. After his release Wilde gave the manuscript to journalist Robert Ross another former lover who edited portions for a first publication in 1905 the complete version remained unpublished until the 1960s. The letter recounts Wilde's years with Douglas and elements of their relationship and traces his spiritual growth. Ross's preface to this work quotes Wilde's summation of "De Profundis": "I don't defend my conduct. I explain it . I know that on the day of my release I will merely be moving from one prison to another and there are times when the whole world seems to be no larger than my cell and as full of terror for me. Still at the beginning I believe that God made a world for each separate man and within that world which is within us one should seek to live." Mason 389. Spine of the slipcase sunned to a rich brown a little rubbed but a fine copy of the limited issue of the first edition of Wilde's important statement. Original gilt-stamped decorated white buckram top edge gilt others untrimmed. Housed in a custom purple quarter-crushed morocco and cloth slipcase with chemise gilt spine title. 9771. <br/><br/> Methuen and Co. 36 Essex Street, Strand hardcover books
19097593NY PUTNAM/KNICKERBOCKER PRESS 1909 1909. BLUE CLOTH OVER GRAY BOARDS; 2/2 SECOND AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NY, PUTNAM/KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, 1909 hardcover books
19277594LONDON METHUEN 1927 1927. DARK GREEN CLOTH FORTY-FIFTH EDITION VERY GOOD. Hardcover. LONDON, METHUEN, 1927 hardcover books
19097592NY PUTNAM/KNICKERBOCKER PRESS 1909 1909. BLUE CLOTH OVER GRAY BOARDS; 1/2 SECOND AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NY, PUTNAM/KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, 1909 hardcover books
1905WN31426London: Methuen and Co. 1905. 2 prior owner bookplates on front endpapers. Preliminaries offsetting including from laid-in newspaper clipping regarding a falsified De Profundis manuscript. Clipping source and date not present. Pencil notation on read pastedown that this is first edition first issue. 40 page Methuen catalogue dated February 1905 at rear. Ink handwritten underlined quotation beneath title as follows: "Rien n'est vrai que le beau". Some soiling of title page but text quite clean. TEG other edges untrimmed. Spine ends and corners bumped with minor loss of cloth. . First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Methuen and Co. Hardcover books
200061992London: The British Library 2000. cloth. 4to. cloth. 14 2 pages followed by the facsimile. Limited to 495 numbered copies. With a ten page introduction by Merlin Holland followed by the facsimile of the original manuscript of this important book. The manuscript consists of 20 foolscap folio sheets each of four sides. This manuscript was written while Wilde was imprisoned for being a homosexual. The British Library unknown books
1950WRCLIT45289London: Methuen 1950. Cloth. Second "edition" of this version. A nice copy in lightly worn dust jacket with short tear and crease. Methuen hardcover books
1910144641New York: Putnam's/Knickerbocker 1910. Hardcover. Clean and tight but with some foxing to very ends of pages. Grey paper over navy blue cloth; gilt lettering to cover and spine. 154 pp. Bw frontis with tissue guard. TEG. Wilde's classic written in despair from his imprisonment in Reading jail gaol. Putnam's/Knickerbocker hardcover books
199661591New York: Dover 1996. First thus Near Fine in wrappers softcover. Dover unknown books
195041360NY: Philosophical Library 1950. 8vo pp. 147. Introduction by Vyvyan Holland. A VG tight copy. A long letter written from prison to Alfred Douglas. Philosophical Library unknown books
1971149189N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage script for the 1972 musical which debuted on November 16 at the Playhouse Theatre. Copy belonging to composer Addy O. Fieger with her name in holograph ink on the title page and annotations in pencil and ink throughout. <br/><br/>A musical rendition of the life of Irish poet playwright and author Oscar Wilde. The show ran for a brief 5 performances before closing on November 19 1972.<br/><br/>Set in London.<br/><br/>Mustard titled wrappers. Title page present noted in holograph ink annotation as copy No. 23 with book and lyrics credits for Caryl Gabrielle Young and music credits to Addy O. Fieger. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-12-44. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown 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
