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“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance": First Edition of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
WILDE, OSCAR.
An Ideal Husband.
London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1899.
First edition of Wilde’s classic comedic stage play. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 141303
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
WILDE, OSCAR.
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. A Study of Duty.
[London]: Privately Printed 1904.
First separate edition of Wilde’s classic collection of of mystery tales; a pirated edition produced by Leonard Smithers. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, original wrappers bound in. One of 300 numbered copies, this is number 125. In fine condition. A very rare Wilde title.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140581
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"Set in this stormy Northern sea, Queen of these restless fields of tide, England! what shall men say of thee, Before whose feet the worlds divide?" Rare first edition of Oscar Wilde's Ave Imperatrix!
WILDE, OSCAR.
Ave Imperatrix! A Dirge of Empire by Oscar Wilde.
Washington: Snohomish 1902.
First edition of Wilde’s classic Hellenic poem. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with engravings and hand painted initials embellished in gilt, frontispiece by John Dennis Clancy. In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140214
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's Impressions of America; one of only 50 copies printed
WILDE, OSCAR.
Impressions of America.
Sunderland: Keystone Press 1906.
First edition of Wilde’s report on his lecture tour throughout America in 1882. Octavo, original stiff paper wrappers. One of fifty numbered copies, this is number 24. Very good with the majority of the original dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140212
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First edition of Rennell Rodd's Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf
RODD, RENNELL. INTRODUCTION BY OSCAR WILDE.
Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf.
Philadelphia: J. M. Stoddart & Co 1882.
First edition of Rodd’s first book of verse which was published with the assistance of Oscar Wilde. 12mo, original publisher’s vellum with gilt inner dentelles, silk watered endleaves, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated. In near fine condition. Neat ownership inscription. Rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 140655
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's For Love of the King
WILDE, OSCAR.
For Love of the King: A Burmese Masque.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1923.
First edition of the infamous fifteenth volume of Metheun’s Collected Works of Oscar Wilde which caused a legal dispute between Wilde’s bibliographer, Christopher Millard and the publisher. Octavo, original publisher’s white linen cloth. One of 1000 copies printed on handmade paper. Publisher’s “Presentation Copy” stamp to the title page. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 139527
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's A Critic in Pall Mall: Beings Extracts From Reviews and Miscellanies
WILDE, OSCAR. SELECTED BY E. V. LUCAS.
A Critic in Pall Mall: Beings Extracts From Reviews and Miscellanies.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1919.
First edition of this selection of Wilde’s literary criticism. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 139580
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First illustrated edition of The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
WILDE, OSCAR. WITH WOODCUTS BY FRANS MASEREEL.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1925.
First illustrated edition of this rare Wilde title. Royal octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with woodcuts by Frans Masereel. One of 450 numbered copies, this is number 16. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139325
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"To be witty is to be found out": First edition of Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond & Charles Ricketts
WILDE, OSCAR.
Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond & Charles Ricketts.
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press 1932.
First edition of Ricketts’ recollections of Wilde, published posthumously with a design reminiscent of the Vale Press. “The only Nonesuch book linked in a personal way with the private press movement of those years” (Dreyfus, 81). Royal octavo, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed. One of 800 numbered copies, this is number 556. Near fine with the majority of the rare original dust jacket laid in.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139784