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189916085London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899. First edition signed limited edition. Octavo original lavender publisher's cloth. One of 100 large paper copies signed by Oscar Wilde. In very good condition with some light rubbing and darkening to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Wilde's play premiered in January 1895 to an audience that included the Prince of Wales and was an immediate success. Together with The Importance of Being Earnest An Ideal Husband is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest it is his most popularly produced play. It has been adapted to film several times first in 1935 most recently in 1999 starring Julianne Moore Minnie Driver Cate Blanchett and Rupert Everett. Mason 385. Leonard Smithers and Co hardcover books
18991232028vo. London: Leonard Smithers 1899. 8vo 213 1 imprintpp. Original salmon cloth stamped in gold backstrip dull internally very good. Wilmerding bookpate upside down in back. § 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. "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance". Leonard Smithers hardcover books
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
191931863New York: Boni & Liveright 1919. First Modern Library edition. Limp leather lightly rubbed. Fall 1919 publisher's catalogue. Initialled by Ira Gershwin on endpaper. <br/><br/> Boni & Liveright hardcover books
1998158286NY ST. MARTIN'S PRESS 1998 1998. DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NY, ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 1998 hardcover books
1969108102New York: Grosset and Dunlap 1969. First edition. The simultaneous softcover issue. Text by Wilde and photographs by Don Christie John R. Hamilton and Dennis Stock. A clean and tight very near fine copy in photo illustrated wrappers. Grosset and Dunlap unknown books
198034680Detroit: Gale Research Company 1980. Blue cloth binding with text to front and rear boards as well as a black spine. Gilt title lettering stamped to front board and spine. News Release laid-in. A VG copy. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Gale Research Company hardcover books
19307583NY DUTTON 1930 1930. DUST JACKET VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NY, DUTTON, 1930 hardcover books
7584NY DUTTON 1930. NY, DUTTON, 1930 unknown 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
190746919NY:: Brentano's. Very Good. 1907. Hardcover. First edition thus. Sextodecimo bound in pale blue paper covered boards with small paper label on front board and along spine. Age toning along the spine and edges else very good. No dust jacket. A relatively early and scarce American edition. The pseudonym appears as C. 33 on the title page - Wilde's name does not appear anywhere in the book. ; 39 pages . Brentano's, hardcover books
2000155186np: Wallis Wilde Menozzi 2000. First edition. Softcover. 25 pages. Attractively printed collection of 17 poems by Menozzi. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Signed and warmly inscribed by Menozzi to poet Linda Pastan. Scarce with no copies listed in OCLC. Wallis Wilde Menozzi unknown books
1955WRCLIT30243London: Peter Davies 1955. Cloth spine gilt. First edition. Small bookplate spine gilding a bit rubbed else near fine in a lightly worn dust jacket with a soft crease to the lower panel. Peter Davies hardcover books
1956149312Culver City CA: Hemisphere Productions 1956. Vintage reference photograph taken on location during production of the 1956 film showing director George Marshall cinematographer Freddie Young and other crew members. With holograph pencil annotations to the verso. <br/><br/>Seeking an explanation for his brother's disappearance an American travels to Kenya where he learns his brother has been killed by members of the mysterious "Leopard Men" cult.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Kenya.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased to the top right corner. Hemisphere Productions unknown books
1972WRCLIT63327New York: Haskell House Publishers Ltd. 1972. Two volumes. Small octavo. Illustrated. Facsimile reprint of the 1914 edition. Near fine without dust jacket as issued. Haskell House Publishers Ltd. unknown books
1967WRCLIT61436London: Bertram Rota 1967. Thick octavo. Gilt cloth. Frontis facsimiles and illustrations. A reprinting of the 1914 original graced with a new Introduction by Timothy d'Arch Smith. A few smudges to rear endsheets otherwise near fine in good dust jacket with internal mend along one fold. Bertram Rota hardcover books
192922557NY: The Macmillan Co. 1929. Number 268 of an edition limited to 500. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. NY: The Macmillan Co. 1929. Illustrated by Pamela Bianco. Number 268 of an edition limited to 500. Signed by the illustrator. Numerous b/w and color drawings including a color frontispiece . 57 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Gray cloth backed pink wÕ gilt flecks paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine top edge gilt. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities. Pressure points starting to wear corners more so. Spine lightly sunned with few minor stains along front hinge. Edges and endpapers lightly yellowed. Interior tight and clean. Housed in original lightly edge worn and stained slipcase. Very good/No dust jacket. The Macmillan Co. hardcover books
192844546Paris: Black Sun Press Editions Narcisse 1928. Of an edition limited to 113 this is # 23 of 100 copies on Van Gelder Zonen paper. Softcover. Very good/Very good. Paris: Black Sun Press Editions Narcisse 1928. Of an edition limited to 113 this is # 23 of 100 copies on Van Gelder Zonen paper. Frontispiece and 8 plates in color and metallic inks by Alastair. 30 pp. Softcover. 4to. Cream stiff wrappers. Light scattered foxing else very good in a glassine wrapper with a small chip at the heel and the tip of the corners worn through. Errata slip tipped-in at back. Housed in a completely restored silver chemise and slipcase. Very good/Very good. Insurance required to ship this item. Black Sun Press, Editions Narcisse paperback 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
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
1898183426London: Murdoch & Co 1898. Pamphlet. 16p. first separate appearance plain printed softbound stapled as issued in textured buff wraps. Covers are split along the spinefold and detached and show mild dust- and handling-soil; the single staple is rusted without significant migration. Text is clean except for earlier booksellers' notes on titlepage. As is; should be quite amenable to restoration. This letter originally appeared in "The Daily Chronicle" on May 28 1897 and is here reprinted with an additional publisher's note; Wilde's name appears at the end of the letter not in the titling. Murdoch & Co unknown books
1898WRCLIT69507London: Murdoch & Company 1898. 16pp. Printed wrappers. Early cellotape backing along wrapper spine a bit dusty otherwise about very good. First printing in booklet form of Wilde's letter about the Warder Martin case first published in THE DAILY CHRONICLE on 28 May 1897 - Martin had been dismissed as warder at Reading Prison for having shown kindness and giving food to a hungry child prisoner. The publisher included a prefatory note to this printing of the text seeking relief and assistance for Martin who was at that time still unemployed. The text was later reprinted with similar documents in DE PROFUNDIS. MASON/MILLARD 26. Murdoch & Company unknown books
