Merlin

The Wilde album

1998 · 007202 — New York : Henry Holt 1998 1997 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st American edition 1st printing ; 192 pages : illustrations some color ; 19 cm ; ISBN: 080505894X alk. paper; 9780805058949 alk. paper LCCN: 97-47173 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 828/.809; B ; OCLC: 38024090; "Oscar Wilde was one of the first and unquestionably one of the greatest self-publicists ever. Above all and with that exceptional streak of modernity which characterises much of Wilde's life and works he understood the power of the image in his campaign of promoting himself. As early as his Oxford days he had himself photographed with his contemporaries in loud check suits of the latest fashion. Later when he toured America to lecture on aesthetics in 1882 almost as soon as he landed he commissioned Napoleon Sarony the best portraitist in New York to photograph him in fur coat and velvet suit; and in not one or two poses but at least twenty-seven. The Wilde Album now publishes more of these images of Oscar than have ever been seen together before as well as later photographs some previously unpublished from the family archive showing Oscar his family and his friends. There are also rare snapshots of Oscar in his last years in Italy taken most probably by a friend using Oscar's own camera which we know he owned from a letter of 1900." ; black cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; "The most comprehensive collection of photographs and images of Wilde--compiled by his only grandson." ; "Merlin Holland is a journalist and has spent the last twenty years researching his grandfather's life. He lives in London with his wife and son." ; important collection of never-before seen photos artwork and other Wildeana ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Henry Holt, 1998, 1997 hardcover