Reading, Berkshire: The Carpathian Press, 1999. Wilde’s Greatest Poem in a Modern Private Press Masterpiece One of Only 25 Copies on Velin Arches Blanc WILDE, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Engravings by Peter Forster. Introduction by Bryan Forbes. Reading, Berkshire: The Carpathian Press, [1999]. One of 25 copies printed..... More
London: John Lane., 1894. “A Woman of No Importance — Wilde Before the Fall” First Edition, One of 500 Copies — The Slocum Copy WILDE, Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. London: John Lane, 1894. First edition. One of 500 copies. Small quarto (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches; 210..... More
London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. “The Trivial Comedy for Serious People - Wilde’s Masterpiece” First Edition, One of 1,000 Numbered Copies WILDE, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. By the Author of Lady Windermere’s Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. First edition..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1922. “The Infamous Fifteenth Volume — Wilde’s ‘Lost’ Play That Wasn’t” WILDE, Oscar. For Love of the King. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1922]. Limited to 1,000 copies. Small quarto (8 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 213 x 146 mm.). [vi, blank], [xiv], 1–39, [1..... More
Oxford [&] London: J. Vincent [&] Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1894. “Wilde at Oxford — A Lifetime Edition Issued on the Eve of Scandal” Limited to 750 Copies - Published May 1894 WILDE, Oscar. Aristophanes at Oxford By O[scar] W[ilde]. O.W. by Y.T.O. [all rights reseved]. Oxford [&]..... More
London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co Ltd, 1913. “Dorian Gray on the Stage - A Rare Early Dramatic Adaptation” WILDE, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Play in Three Acts and Prologue. Dramatized by G. Constant Lounsbery, from the romance of Oscar Wilde. London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent..... More
London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. “A Play of Conscience and Corruption - Wilde at His Brilliant Peak” First Edition, Limited Issue - From the Library of Esher Place WILDE, Oscar. An Ideal Husband. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. First edition, limited..... More
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1916. The first and still foundational bibliography of Oscar Wilde MASON, Stuart [pseud. of Christopher Sclater Millard]. WILDE, Oscar. Bibliography of Oscar Wilde. With a note by Robert Ross. Illustrated. London: T. Werner Laurie, [n.d., ca. 1916]. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 210 x...... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1908. First Collected Edition Handsomely Bound by Birdsall of Northampton WILDE, Oscar. Works. London: Methuen & Co., [1908-1922]. The Picture of Dorian Gray with imprint: Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908. First collected edition including For the Love of the King which was published in 1922. One of..... More
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