Wilde, Oscar
£600
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
Lord Arthur Saville's crime and other stories. London: James R. Osgood, 1891. First edition, 8vo, original salmon boards printed in brown, some spotting to endpapers, shelf-lean, covers and spine a little rubbed and dust-soiled, lower joint slightly cracked and small split at base of spine; [Idem] Intentions... London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, occasional internal spotting, pages a little discoloured, covers and spine soiled and faded; [Idem] The portrait of Mr W.H. [N.p , London?.]: Privately printed, [c.1904] One of 200 for private circulation, original blue printed wrappers with two closed tears repaired on reverse with Selotape, covers a little chipped along edges, protected in green buckram envelope; [Idem] After reading... [Westminster]: Beaumont Press, 1921. 8vo, number 87 of 475 copies, titlepage printed in orange and green, original printed boards, a little offsetting onto and some fading of title, some soiling to spine and boards; [Idem] After Berneval... [Westminster]: Beaumont Press, 1922. 8vo, number 133 of 475 copies, titlepage printed in blue, brown yellow and green with printed vignettes of Venice? to endpapers, original printed boards, some soiling to spine and boards; [Idem] Rose-leaf and apple-leaf, l'envoi. London: Printed for private circulation, 1904. 8vo, number 99 of 200 copies, original green printed covers, covers a little chipped and faded; [Idem] Ravenna. Oxford [London]: Thomas Shrimpton and Son [pirated edition], 1878 [1904]. 8vo, previous ownership inscription in pencil to title page, original covers without the Oxford University crest, signifying that it is the later pirated edition, covers a little browned around edges and chipped; [Idem] The ballad of Reading gaol. London: Leonard Smithers, 1899 [actually later, unauthorised, edition, c.1900-1907]. Small 4to, gift inscription to paste-down endpaper dated 1908, green and white painted cloth, occasional spotting, spine and covers soiled and covers rubbed; And another, in a similar condition, in orange and white painted cloth; [Idem] The picture of Dorian Gray. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908. 8vo, one volume only of a set of 15 volumes of the Works of Oscar Wilde, original cream cloth gilt, endpapers foxed, spine faded, covers soiled; And 7 others (17)