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19058130New York: Privately Printed 1905. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Fair. Red wraps faded at the spine and edges a few gouges at the spine generally rubbed and lightly soiled. Square first signature loose all others firmly attached. An apparent pirate copy by Charles Connington a scarce copy in any condition. Privately Printed paperback
1908005410London: Methuen and Co. 1908. Written in 1882-83 and first produced in 1891. The first edition consisted of twenty prompt copies. This is a Very Good copy of a new edition LIMITED to 1000 copies on handmade paper. Scarce. White cloth binding titling and decorations on the front cover in gilt. Clean text; 210 pages. Spotting to the endpapers but the textblock is bright and fresh with no foxing. Top-edge is gilt others rough-cut. Contains a tipped-in notice of American copyright protection. Corners are bumped. Front gutter is partially cracked; the spine is darkened and there is soiling to the white covers. Still a solid copy of a hard-to-find edition. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Methuen and Co. Hardcover
19085865London: Methuen and Co 1908. Near Fine. 8vo. Single volume from the collected works edition of 1000 copies. Cream coloured cloth. Gilt lettering and designs by Charles Ricketts to the front board with gilt lettered spine. Top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Very near fine copy. Methuen and Co unknown
190894517London: Methuen and Co. Good; Discoloration on the spine some spotting and inscription on the . inside page and some edge wear. 1908. Hardcover. 210 pages . Methuen and Co. hardcover
1930872Q11New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1930. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A scarce first edition of this thrilling work of fiction by American author Percival Wilde. This is a first edition of the work in original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper. This was the first novel of American writer Percival Wilde who was best known for his one-act plays. Wilde studied and lived in New York in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century. This particular work follows the story of an ambitious young woman named Molly May who stops at nothing to get what she wants. Wilde explores the lengths his character will go to in order to escape her poor upbringing. Set partly in New York in the late Nineteenth Century and partly in a small Connecticut town in the Twentieth Century. In original publisher's black cloth binding with a clipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Slight marks to boards mainly to the front. Age toning and the odd mark to endpapers. Dust wrapper in good condition with chipping to the extremities and the odd closed tear. Tape to the reverse of the wrap. Slight age toning and sunning to the wrap. The odd mark to the wrap with a small price clip on each corner of the inner flaps. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with light age toning. Very Good Indeed Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
193014027Harcourt Brace & Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth cover has modest wear to corners and spine caps but clean bright and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs unevenly toned with small erasure to corner of front end sheet. Pages are clean and very good. Dust jacket is heavily soiled with light wear to the extremities but in good condition. DJ flap is price clipped. DJ protected by a brand new clear acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. If pictured shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. . . Harcourt, Brace & Co. hardcover
193030210New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 368 pages; There is a folded typed letter signed by Wilde tipped in after the the contents page. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Wilde had also signed the bookplate. Price clipped jacket with some soiling rubbing and wear. ; Signed by Author . Harcourt, Brace & Company hardcover
19935774155Harvard University Press 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN:0674116410 Harvard University Press paperback
195171073Crown 1951. Hardcover. Used very good. VG book without jacket. Blue hardcover with yellow lettering on spine 1951 436pp. Cover has light wear on edges but no fraying binding tight and square bookplate on first page no marks or writing. We are a small family business with over 30 years experience providing fine new and pre-owned books online. You can expect professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. Crown, hardcover
1951030535New York: Crown Publishers 1951. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of "the new augmented edition with a section on the one-act play for television." Moderate wear to the extremities. Otherwise fine: unmarked and in a square tight binding. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has moderate edge wear with two very small chips. Crown Publishers Hardcover
19592091202133406214Shinchosha Shincho Bunko 1959. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 311p Size: 16cm Shinchosha Shincho Bunko paperback
20000989294th Estate 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. VG/VG- 1st ed 2000 hardback price-clipped DJ. Light surface handling marks to page edges light edge and corner rubbing due to previous storage bright and unmarked. Size: 6.34 x 2.68 x 9.88 inches. 1296 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2kg. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biography: General; ISBN: 1857027817. ISBN/EAN: 9781857027815. Dewey Code: 828.809. 84cxrarebooks is the trading name of Cambridge-based bookseller Marino Guida with 25 years experience in the trade. We guarantee the condition of all our books. Further images or a short video presentation of any book can be arranged on request. We send tax-free and tariff-free to EU US/Canada and Australia/NZ with insurance included for peace of mind. Inventory No: 098929. 9781857027815 4th Estate hardcover
19121748510019MHUA F Marks 1912. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1912. No Edition Remarks. Quarter bound in red leather with red cloth corners marbled paper covered boards and gilt. Russian text. Translated and edited by Korney Chukovsky. Title pages to each vol. states 'Appendix to Niva magazine 1912'. Two volumes 3 and 4 rebound together with separate pagination. Some works have different translators listed. Pages moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Additional notable staining and small holes present. Paper appears to be slightly different colours in places. Print occasionally slightly faint. Binding is firm however book is well read with visible binding thread in places. pp 151-154 slightly loose. Boards have heavy edge wear with bumping and fraying to corners and rub wear all over. Heavy edge peeling. Rubbing and wear to leather spine. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Board corners are bumped. A F Marks hardcover
192787871New York: Wm.H.Wise & Co 1927. Connoisseurs Edition. Hardcover. near fine/varies per volume. Volume 1: Poems Vol.2::Vera and Other Early Plays Vol. 3: The Happy Prince and other Fairy Tales intro by Yeats. Vol. 4:The Picture of Dorian Gray. Vol.5: Intentions. Vol;.6: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories.Vol. 7: Lady Windermere's Fan A Woman of No Importance. Vol. 8: The Importance of Being Earnest. An Ideal Husband Vol. 9: Salome and Other Plays.Vol. 10: The Soul of Man under Socialism and Other Essays. Vol. 11: De Profundis Lectures and Essays. Vol. 12: Criticisms and Reviews.:. !2 Volume Set. Octavo.22 cm x 14 cm.Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spines.All of these volumes in dust jackets.Jackets vary in condition. About half of the dust jackets have chipping some with loss at spines. About half of these are in very nice condition with no loss or chipping. Scarce in the original dust jackets. Wm.H.Wise & Co hardcover
1979Q-0192510010Oxford University Press 1979-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oxford University Press hardcover
1994Q-1566195624Barnes and Noble 1994. hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Barnes and Noble hardcover
1989G0060551704I4N00HarperCollins Publishers 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover
2000SONG0805059156Henry Holt and Co 2000-12-01. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.46x2.11x9.58. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Henry Holt and Co hardcover
1909mon0004059945THE PEARSON PUBL 1909T. hardcover. Good. . 10-volume set. deluxe library edition half morocco by Brentano's with raised bands and gilt decorations top edges gilt marbled boards. some of the spines with professional repair joints starting top boards on 2 of the volumes detached. the ""Poems in Prose"" volume contains work by Lady Wilde ""De Profundis"" is from the original unexpergated German edition translated by Henry Zick there is an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne a 296-page biography of Wilde and Wilde's translation of Barbey D'Aurevilly's ""What Never Dies"" is included. THE PEARSON PUBL hardcover
20001-0198119607Oxford Univ Pr on Demand 2000. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 368 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. Oxford Univ Pr on Demand hardcover
2000Alibris.0016517Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2000. Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Library stamps blacked out along textblock edges. Library labels and card pocket. Complete Works Oscar Wilde; Complete Works of Oscar Wilde. Audience: Professional and scholarly. . Oxford University Press hardcover
190851952London: Methuen & Co 1908. vellum. Very good. Octavo Incomplete set. Five of the Fourteen volumes issued in the first collected edition. This is the very scarce vellum edition printed on Japanese vellum and bound in limp vellum gilt titled. Titles are as follows "The Duchess of Padua" "Lady Windermere's Fan" "Miscellanies" "Reviews" "Salome A Florentine Tragedy and Vera". Very good in limp vellum withlight foxing to the exterior. Bookplate in each. One of 80 sets bound in vellum Mason p460. <br/><br/> Methuen & Co hardcover
1909372173New York: The Pearson Publishing Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1909. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Spines are faded. The spines of a couple volumes slight foxing one has a stain. Spine labels are browned one has edge wear one is partly loose. One volume has light wear to the top spine end. ; In eight volumes. Set #273 of 1000. . The Pearson Publishing Co. hardcover
1923360841Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1923. Patrons' Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy attractive tightly bound in hardcover format a particularly nice-looking set of The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde being twelve 12 volumes complete in the Patrons' Edition De Luxe edition. The author Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was born on 16 October 1854 and died on 30 November 1900 and turned into an important and popular author poet and playwright author of a wildly important Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray eventually also an in-demand dramatist of the first rank. He suffered a criminal conviction in 1895 "for gross indecency for homosexual acts" and suffered greatly in the Reading Gaol Wikipedia about which he wrote compellingly. The set is from the personal library of Jane Devereux Henderson as printed on the half-title surely by the publisher in an ornate brown font see below. All but the first volume feature the name "Jane Henderson Baumann" at first free endpaper in pencil in the same hand but currently of unknown provenance. Generally clean unmarked of interiors lightly toned at worst minimal rubbing to extremities faint cracking to a couple of joint bottoms noted below else attractive and sturdy. Bound simply handsomely in blue paper over boards grayish-blue cloth-backed and gilt ruling between paper and cloth both front and rear. Rubbed and lightly abraded printed paper labels to spine. Light bumping to spine heads and feet here and there all volumes with deckled fore-edges and all top-edges gilt. Volume I Poems Introduced by Richard Le Gallienne liv 2 1-350 pp.; Volume II with Introduction to "The Duchess of Padua" by Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson frontis matter 5-342 pp.; Volume III The Happy Prince and other fairy tales Introduced by W.B. Yeats xvi 2 1-261 pp. with cracking to rear joint and owner's bookplate inside front flap; Volume IV The Picture of Dorian Gray Introduction by Coulson Kernahan and a review by Walter Pater xxix 1 5-406 pp.; Volume V Intentions with an Introduction by Edgar Saltus xvii 2 7-286 pp.; Volume VI Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; the Portrait of Mr. W.H. and other stories with Introductions by Richard Butler Glaenzer and Dr. Clifford Smyth xviii 1 3-303 pp.; Volume VII Lady Windermere's Fan; A Woman of No Importance with an Introduction by A.B. Walkley xiv 4 9-331 pp.; Volume VIII The Importance of Being Earnest; An Ideal Husband with an Introduction by John Drinkwater xiv 4 5-412 pp. with slight cracking to bottom of rear joint; Volume IX Salome and other plays with an Introduction by Arthur Symons xxvi 3 1-228 pp. with cracking to rear pastedown scuffing to rear upper tip plus also a penciled note at rear final endpaper being two lines "All day long like a symmetrical line your practice-like presence like breath"; Volume X The Soul of Man Under Socialism and other Essays with an Introduction by John Cowper Powys xxi 1 1-215 pp. with slight bumping to bottom front tip light scuffing to rear bottom tip; Volume XI De Profundis; Lectures and Essays with Introduction by Michael Monahan and W.F. Morse xlvi 1 1-190 pp. with scuffing to tips abrasions to paper labels and an inked mark to front cover smudge inside rear flap; Volume XII Criticisms and Reviews with an Introduction by Padraic Colum xvii 1-500 pp. with slight staining to paper label. Jane Henderson Baumann was born Jane Devereux Henderson and was sometimes referred to as "Jennie" as a child her older brother being Daniel H. Henderson 1890-1933 and Belle G. Henderson later Belle Henderson Ferris 1894-1985 being her younger sister entry regarding the owner on the archives dot newmexicoculturalaffairs dot org web-site. The truly massive archive spanning 12000 items including transcribed and audio-recorded letters is available in Santa Fe New Mexico as presided over curated and made available by https://archives dot newmexicoculture dot org/solr-search/content/gridsearch_api_fulltext=Jane%20Henderson%20Baumann&field_ancestors=. Her husband Gustave Baumann June 27 1881 – October 8 1971 "was an American printmaker and painter and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America" and whose works were shown for decades at "the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and the New Mexico Museum of Art" Wikipedia. Baumann also gained prominence in the 1930s insofar as he was the "Area Coordinator" of the Public Works of Art Project of the Works Progress Administration Wikipedia. Jane Devereaux Henderson married him on June 25 1925; she bore a daughter Ann on July 31 1927. Ann donated the archive in 2021 and there is a major Baumann family exhibit coming up soon. Jane Devereaux Henderson/Jane Henderson Baumann was a major lover of and student regarding Native Southwest peoples arts and cultures. There is a full photographic record of her and other family members including letters and portraits and even recorded audio letters to and fro.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1927000015986New York: Wm. H. Wise & Company 1927. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vol. 8vo. For pagination please inquire. Brown cloth with a paper label printed in brown and green on each spine; orange topstain. Title pages printed in orange and black. Volume one with a tipped-in leaf stating this set of the Connoisseur's edition of the complete works of Oscar Wilde was specially prepared for Harry N. Jones. With introductions by various hands including Yeats Drinkwater Cowper Powys and a review by Walter Pater in volume four. The first set of Wilde's complete works was done in 1908 this later set is a lovely production of the wit's poems plays and prose. Light foxing to the topstains four volumes with a bit of rubbing to their cloth a small red spot on volume twelve's bottom textblock; jackets with light chipping heavier on volume one the jacket of volume two with two pieces of tape on its reverse. Wm. H. Wise & Company hardcover
