Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition, reprinted. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 487 pages. Notes; First published in 1982 by Orbis. Includes index to introductions and annotations. Subjects; Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900). 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition, reprinted. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 487 pages. Notes; First published in 1982 by Orbis. Includes index to introductions and annotations. Subjects; Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900). 2 Kg.
Published by London: W. Hodge, 1948
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands, panel edges and front cover somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 384 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900. Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas Marquis 1844-1900. Taylor, Alfred 1862 or 1863. Trials (Libel) Great Britain. English literature. Central Criminal Court. 1 Kg.
Published by London: W. Hodge, 1948
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands, panel edges and front cover somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 384 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900. Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas Marquis 1844-1900. Taylor, Alfred 1862 or 1863. Trials (Libel) Great Britain. English literature. Central Criminal Court. 1 Kg.
Published by New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1975, 1975
ISBN 10: 0374227470 ISBN 13: 9780374227470
Language: English
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xii, 410 pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm ; ISBN: 0374227470; 9780374227470; National Library: 014833416 LCCN: 75-22439 ; Contents: Part one: Success -- Ireland and Oxford -- London and America -- Marriage and The woman's world -- Prelude to disaster -- Part two: Nemesis -- The first trial -- The second trial -- The third trial -- The prisoner -- The exile Postscript: Full circle. ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 828/.8/09; B ; OCLC: 1531885 ; green boards in pictorial dustjacket ; slight wear to dustjacket ; illustrated ; well-received biography of Wilde ; VG/G. Book.
Published by New York : C.N. Potter : Distributed by Crown Publishers, 1982, 1982
ISBN 10: 0517547457 ISBN 13: 9780517547458
Language: English
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st American edtion, 1st printing ; 487 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm ; ISBN: 0517547457; 9780517547458; National Library: 014878580 LCCN: 82-12196 ; LC: PR5812; Dewey: 828/.809 ; OCLC: 8587824 ; purple cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Poems -- Requiescat - Ravenna -- Wasted days -- Madonna mia -- Sonnet to liberty -- The arlot's ome -- On the sale by auction of Keat's love letters -- The new remorse -- To my wife, with a copy of my poems -- The Sphinx -- The ballad of Reading Gaol -- Poems in prose -- The disciple -- The artist -- Prose fiction -- Lord Arthur Savile's crime -- The happy prince -- The nightmare and the rose -- The remarkable rocket -- The selfish giant -- The birthday of the Infanta -- The picture of Dorian gray -- Plays -- Lady Windermere's fan -- Salome -- The importance of being Earnest -- The Gribsby episode -- Lectures and essays -- The Irish poets of '48 -- Impressions of America -- Pen, pencil and poison -- The soul of man under socialism -- Phrases and philosophies for the use of the young -- Letters - De Profundis -- To Robert Ross from Reading Prison -- To the Daily Chronicle -- The case of Warder Martin : some cruelties of prison life -- To Robert Ross from Berneval, France -- To the Daily Chronicle -- Prison reform -- To Robert Ross from Rome ; "Critical introduction and background information accompany selections of Wilde's writings that includes The Selfish Giant, Lady Windermere's Fan, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Picture of Dorian Gray" ; large, heavy volume ; nick on corner of dustjacket, else FINE/FINE. Book.
Published by New York : Farrar, Straus, 1963, 1963
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; xxi, 221 pages : facsimile ; 22 cm ; National Library: 014833497 LCCN: 63-20020 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 928.2 ; OCLC: 362883 ; black cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: From Pentonville to Wandsworth ; Bankrupcy and breakdown ; Reading under Major Isaacson ; Reading under Major Nelson ; Last months in Reading ; Release ; "The ballad of Reading Gaol" ; "De profundis" ; "Based largely on the British Home Office papers in the case, to which access has always been withheld in the past. After a great deal of official obstruction to his seeing these important documents,Mr. Montgomery Hyde raised the matter as a member of Parliament on the floor of the House of Commons, and eventually the papers were made available to him. No restrictions have ben placed upon their use for the purposes of this book." ; an important Wilde source book ; bookplate; spine sunned, else FINE/FINE. Book.