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18936451London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893. First edition. One of 50 large-paper copies on hand-made paper. A Fine copy. Quarto 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches; 220 x 169 mm. i blank i limitation iii-xvi 132 pp. Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf ca. 1897 stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in and with their exhibition stamp in black on rear paste-down. Full dark green crushed levant morocco covers bordered in gilt enclosing a six-line gilt border. Spine with five raised bands decoratively framed and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt-ruled board edges multi gilt-lined turn-ins top edge gilt others uncut. With the bookplates of the renowned collector C. S. Ascherson dated 1897 and Paul Louis Weiller also a famous book collector and a great friend of J. Paul Getty on front paste-down. Housed in a felt-lined dark green cloth clamshell case spine with leather label lettered in gilt. A couple of tiny and unobtrusive minor stains on blank borders otherwise a clean copy in a wonderful and early if somewhat austere binding by the great firm of Zaehnsdorf.<br /> <br /> Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan A Play About a Good Woman was his "first successful dramatic production" and one of his many masterpieces Mendelssohn. His talent for astute adaptations of traditional comedic tropes like the long-lost child or mistaken motivations are utilized to full effect in this narrative. The four-act comedy was infamously first performed on 20 February 1892. In addition to pulling on popular stars to perform Wilde had the young men of his entourage arrive at the premier wearing green carnations in their buttonholes-something that scandalized attendees when in a metatheatrical moment one of the characters onstage appeared with one as well referencing its cost and symbolism for decadent immorality. Prim attendees were in fact surrounded by a generation of young men devoted to such aesthetic ideals and wearing the same flower.<br /> <br /> Mason 358. Elkin Mathews and John Lane unknown
1893wld23aLondon: Elkin Mathews and John Lane. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and faded. Some foxing. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1893. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xii 132pp 14pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Elkin Mathews and John Lane hardcover
1893186770London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893. Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it First edition one of 500 trade copies of Wilde's first comedy play produced at the St James's Theatre on 20 February 1892. An instant success it is considered "revolutionary in its mingling of the vocabulary of comedy the potential of tragedy and the insistence on realism" ODNB. Cigarette in hand Wilde made his legendary curtain call on the opening night: "Your appreciation has been most intelligent. I congratulate you on the great success of your performance which persuades me that you think almost as highly of the play as I do myself." An additional 50 large-paper copies were also issued. Small quarto. With 16 pp. publisher's catalogue dated September 1893 at end. Original pink cloth spine lettered in gilt stylized flower and leaf motifs by Charles Shannon in gilt to spine and covers edges untrimmed. Partially removed catalogue note and previous ownership inscription to front endpapers. Extremities bumped faint marks to front cover a few neat pencil marks to contents. A very good copy. Mason 357. hardcover
1893140949205London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. xiv 132 14 2 pp. with 14 advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's mauve cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good with soiling and darkening to cloth and bumping to corners and spine ends. Contents lightly toned and thumbed with foxing to endpapers and first and last few pages. One of the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde's best-known plays a comedy in four acts. Elkin Mathews and John Lane unknown
1893193515London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane 1893. Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it First edition one of 500 trade copies of Wilde's first comedy play produced at the St James's Theatre on 20 February 1892. An instant success it is considered "revolutionary in its mingling of the vocabulary of comedy the potential of tragedy and the insistence on realism" ODNB. Cigarette in hand Wilde made his legendary curtain call on the opening night: "Your appreciation has been most intelligent. I congratulate you on the great success of your performance which persuades me that you think almost as highly of the play as I do myself." An additional 50 large-paper copies were also issued. Small quarto. With 16 pp. publisher's catalogue dated September 1893 at end. Original pink cloth spine lettered in gilt stylized flower and leaf motifs by Charles Shannon in gilt to spine and covers edges untrimmed. Contemporary black ink ownership inscription of Amy Scorer to front free endpaper a couple of marginal annotations in pencil. Spine toned extremities a little worn scattered marks to covers ring mark to rear: a very good copy. Mason 357. hardcover
187757710THREE RARE EARLY WILDE POEMS <br />8vo. 4 collective volume title page & half-title 2 corrigenda ii 344 plus bound in at the beginning of each of the 12 issues 2 leaves with the original issue title page and its list of contributors contemporary half brown morocco brown cloth on sides very neatly rebacked with the original spine relaid very good. <br />Signed on front free end paper "T. W. Rolleston" and with quite a number of manuscript corrections throughout. <br />This magazine was first issued three issues per year as wrappered magazines. At the completion of the volume 12 issues the remaining stock was issued as a bound volumes in cloth with a general title page. However in the publisher's cloth issue the title pages and contributors lists for the individual issues were discarded as the pagination is continuous without them. Here these have most unusually been retained.<br />This volume contains in the Trinity and Michaelmas 1876 and Hilary 1877 some of the very earliest of Oscar Wilde's published work. These are Mason <i>Wilde Bibliography</i> 72 73 and 74. These all predate Wilde's first separately published book <i>Ravenna</i> of 1878 and all three were later included in Wilde's <i>Poems</i> of 1881 or 1908. <br />W. H. Rolleston was among the other contributors as was Oscar's brother William. It appears that Rolleston had these issues bound himself and so the preliminary title and list of contributor leaves for the individual issues were retained. William McGee hardcover
1852190906Dublin: J. McGlashan 1852. First edition of this collection of essays on Irish folklore by Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde 1815-76. This book contains chapters on "The May-Day Festival in Ireland" and "Fairy Archaeology and Medico-Religious Ceremonies". Some chapters appeared in the Dublin University Magazine ahead of this collection. The elder Wilde was a respected surgeon who was appointed to treat Queen Victoria. He ran the St Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital for Diseases of the Eye and Ear and published works on medicine archaeology and folklore. Small octavo. Frontispiece. With 2 pp. of publisher's ads. Original yellow wrappers spine and covers lettered in black covers bordered in brown decorations. Housed in custom green cloth slipcase. Bookplate of Jeremy J. Mason; bookseller's address embossed on rear wrapper. Spine ends repaired with paper spine and front wrapper fore edge reinforced with tape wrappers a little chipped and soiled front pages up to p. 21 starting p. 23 loose. A good copy. 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
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
1891BB17290London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. Rebound in plain olive cloth leather spine label lettered in gilt. 258 pp. Title page and premilinary blanks detached. Sold as is. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co. hardcover
1891zj73McIlvaine 1891. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. brown binding with gold gilt on spine. 2 signatures from previous owners. the boards are shelf rubbed and knocked and there is fraying at the top of the spine. the book is internally clean and the binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. McIlvaine hardcover
1885899P4London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co 1885. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 7". Randolph Caldecott; Various. The first edition of this scarce anthology of poems and prose compiled to raise money for the North Eastern Hospital For Children with contributions by Oscar Wilde and H. Rider Haggard. The first edition of this scarce work.An anthology of poems stories and illustrations published for the benefit of the North Eastern Hospital For Children in Hackney Road compiled by Margaret S. Tyssen Amherst. The hospital now known as Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children was originally formed by two Quaker sisters in 1867. This anthology includes a brief history of the hospital as well as 'Le Jardin des Tuileries' by Oscar Wilde 'Old Age - a Sonnet' by the Earl of Rosslyn 'Faith and Unfaith' by Lady Augusta Noel 'Hunter Quatermain's Story' by H. Rider Haggard 'Seekers For a City' by Andrew Lang and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations throughout by Randolph Caldecott W. Callow Tristram Ellis and more. Twenty pages of adverts to the rear. In a rebacked quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Part of the original paper spine has been restored by rebacking. Some rubbing and discolouration to the boards and spine including a few light spots. Minor bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Two tide marks to the rear board. Front hinge is a little strained rear hinge is starting but firm. Spots to the endpapers small tidemark to the rear endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few light handling marks. Good Wells Gardner, Darton & Co hardcover
188519428Wells Gardner Darton & Co. Good. 1885. Hardcover. Beige pictorial cover is soiled and worn head cap is crushed tail cap is rubbed corners are frayed but cover is in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Lacking frontispiece front end sheet and rear end sheet. Pages are lightly toned clean and in very good condition. B&W illustrations. . Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co. hardcover
18991300991899. First Edition. WILDE Oscar. An Ideal Husband. London: Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899. Octavo original lavender cloth gilt uncut; housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. $4800.Limited first edition one of 1000 unnumbered copies a very nice copy in original decorative cloth designed by Charles Shannon.Wilde's play premiered in January 1895 to an audience that included the Prince of Wales and was an immediate success. Four months later Wilde was in disgrace following his arrest for soliciting homosexual acts and his name was removed from the play's marquee similarly it appears nowhere in this edition. The play closed shortly thereafter and did not appear in print until this first edition. Mason 385. Text about-fine cloth spine with slight fading small mark near base. An extremely good copy. hardcover
1867737441867. WILDE Richard Henry. Hesperia: A Poem. By Richard Henry Wilde. Edited by His Son. Original cloth A.e.g. Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1867. First edition. Scarce in the trade. Epic poetic narrative in four cantos in ottavo rima. Light wear to head of spine faint scattered foxing to exterior leaves else very good. unknown
1894330425New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1894. Ravenna Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in leatherbound wraps. Spine slightly cocked. Light shelfwear on spine crown and panel corners.; The Works of Oscar Wilde; 24mo 5" - 6" tall. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1879259339Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton and Son 1879. First appearance of Wilde's poem. P. 2 in WAIFS AND STRAYS. A TERMINAL MAGAZINE OF OXFORD POETRY Vol. I No. 1 June 1879. 1 vols. Original wrappers. Fine. First appearance of Wilde's poem. P. 2 in WAIFS AND STRAYS. A TERMINAL MAGAZINE OF OXFORD POETRY Vol. I No. 1 June 1879. 1 vols. Mason 275 Thos. Shrimpton and Son unknown
1895215072London: Elkin Mathews. Dublin: Hodges Figgis & Co. Limited 1895. First edition. xiii 1 140 4 20 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Fine. First edition. xiii 1 140 4 20 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With 4 poems by Oscar Wilde and poems by Douglas Hyde Aubrey de Vere John Todhunter William Wilde. Elkin Mathews. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., Limited unknown
1884124354London: Richard Bentley and Son 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Richard Bentley and Son 1884. Octavo iv 297 pages with the title page printed in red and black. Original cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; cloth a little rubbed mottled and sunned with minimal wear to the head of the front joint; paper lightly tanned; small nameplate on the front pastedown; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. A rare and spirited travel book by Jane Francesca Agnes Wilde circa 1821-1896 influential Irish poet translator and feminist and the mother of Oscar Wilde. 'From 1846 she began to contribute prose as "John Fanshawe Ellis" and verse as "Speranza" to the "Nation" where on 23 January 1847 her poem "The stricken land" retitled "The famine year" was the great famine's first major poetic response. It indicted her own Anglo-Irish landlord class in terms used in Longfellow's anti-slavery poems . "Driftwood from Scandinavia" 1884 based on old friendships with Swedes and her voyages to Sweden with her husband Sir William in 1858 included much of value on Scandinavian sociology and German romanticism' 'Dictionary of Irish Biography'. The appendix consists of an essay by Sir William Wilde: 'On the Scandinavian Antiquities lately discovered at Islandbridge near Dublin'. Richard Bentley and Son hardcover
186381986Dublin: Royal Irish Academy 1863. First Thus. . Half-Leather. Reading copy/No Jacket as issued. A Collection of articles dating 1856-63. Library markings; boards present but detached; backstrip missing; leather worn esp at corners; foxing to prelims; textblock sound; contents vg; 14 7 13 31 19 17p illus. Includes: 'On the Ancient & Modern Races of Oxen in Ireland' 'An Essay on the Unmanutactured Animal Remains in the Royal Irish Academy illustrative of the Ancient Animals of Ireland' 'An Inquiry into the Time of the Introduction and general use of the Potato in Ireland.& Notice of 'Bog Butter' 'Account of A Manuscript of Dr Willoughby's 'On The Climate and Disease of Ireland''. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall <br/> <br/> Royal Irish Academy hardcover
189320184The Spirit Lamp. Vol. IV No. 2. June 1893 1893. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition. Lettered sewn card wrappers both of which are detached and somewhat nicked and chipped with some edge loss and with portions of the unprinted paper spine absent. Some discolouration to the margins of the first and final leaves where the wrappers are defective yet really a very crisp copy thereafter. This constitutes the first appearance in print of Wilde's prose-poem predating its appearance with the other five examples in July 1894 issue of 'The Fortnightly Review'. Other contributors to this issue include Eric Stenbok his essay 'The Other Side. A Breton Legend' A.R.Bayley his essay 'The Defence of Posey' and his poem 'In Lyonesse' Gleeson White his essay 'In Praise of Idleness' Max Beerbohm his essay 'The Incomparable Beauty of Modern Dress' contributed as 'H.M.Beerbohm' John Addington Symonds his brief poem 'From the Arabic' and the editor his poems 'In Summer' and 'Apologia Pro Classe Sua'. A somewhat distressed example and yet most uncommon. Mason 265. The Spirit Lamp. Vol. IV, No. 2. June 1893 Paperback
184210975LITPNew York: Alexander V. Blake 1842. Original brown cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Wear to spine ends. Corners bumped. Previous owner's nameplate on front paste-down and in pencil on title pg. Foxing throughout. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Alexander V. Blake Hardcover
189811084London: Murdoch & Co 1898. First separate edition. String-bound. Near fine. 12mo 16pp. A clean sound copy in the publisher's printed wrappers near fine. This copy with the staple perished replaced by a professional conservator with archival string and a few very small paper repairs to spine. Tiny stain to the front wrap else a handsome copy indeed of this scarce and fragile Wilde volume a plea for mercy in the case of Warder Martin of Reading Gaol a particularly humane and empathetic prison guard who was dismissed Wilde asserts for his humanity towards prisoners. Wilde had grown to know Martin well during his imprisonment. The text was first published in the Daily Chronicle and this pamphlet represents the first separate edition. Mason 26. Murdoch & Co unknown
1898190120London: Murdoch & Co 1898. An impassioned defence First separate edition first published as a letter in the Daily Chronicle on 28 May 1897 just over a week after Wilde was released from prison. This is Wilde's defence of the warder of Reading Gaol who was dismissed from his job after giving biscuits to a hungry child. This copy belonged to A. J. A. Symons 1900-1941 with his bookplate in the chemise. Symons was friends with Lord Alfred Douglas and was writing a biography of Wilde at the time of his death. He was the founder of both the First Edition Club and the Book Collector's Quarterly. Octavo pp. 16. Original brown wrappers front cover lettered in black. Housed in custom gold patterned chemise. A few creases and marks to wrappers nick to front wrapper light foxing to first and last pages. A very good copy of this fragile work. Millard 26. unknown
