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See below our stock of Oscar Wilde First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: Samuel French Ltd, 26 Southampton St., n.d. [c.1900]. French's Acting Edition, 'The Dramatic Works of Oscar Wilde' No.1. pp.52. Publisher's decorative pale green paper covers printed in black with 'Gothic' title in two lines (some show the title over three lines, priority unknown). Original price 1d,.6s. Some trivial handling..... More
London: The Edinburgh Society 1911. Literature. 14 volumes, Octavo. LIMITED MAGDALEN EDITION, number 30/480 sets. Frontispiece and other illustrations. Bound in half dark green oasis morocco with cloth sides, gilt rules to spine, raised bands, top edge gilt. Internally clean, exterior unmarked. A fine set in a superb recent leather..... More
London: Red Fox, 2015. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK THUS. Small quarto (30 x 23cm), pp.[32]. With fine colour illustrations to every page by Deacon. SIGNED by the illustrator in black marker to title page. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, priced at £7.99. A fine, as-new copy. Abridged and illustrated by..... More
London: Murdoch and Co., 1898. FIRST EDITION in book-form. Pamphlet, pp.16, printed wrappers. Trivial toning. A fine copy, but for the rust-through from the single staple at fold. The text of Wilde's celebrated letter to the Daily Chronicle, appearing on 28th May 1897, which concerned the affair of Warder T...... More
London: Methuen and Co., 1908. [Short Stories] FINELY BOUND LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[10] 266 [4]. One of just 1000 copies thus printed on handmade paper. Contemporary brown half crushed morocco by ZAEHNSDORF with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and brown cloth over boards. Neatly..... More
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[4] 168. Publisher's tan paper covered boards with titles in dark brown, rebacked with remains of the original spine laid over. W.H. Smith blind stamp and recent bookseller's ticket to flyleaf. Light spotting to..... More
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., [1891]. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x14cm), pp.334. First issue showing the correct imprint (later Ward Lock and Bowden), plus the misprinting 'nd' on page 208, line 23. Bound in original grey paper-covered bevelled boards with titles and ornate gilt decoration to upper..... More