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Oscar Wilde. De Profundis. G.P. Putman's, New York; London, 1909.
Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Description: Book Condition: Very good. Dj Condition: Slightly chipped dj.
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. De Profundis. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909.
Price: US$27.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2nd edition. in original gray paper over boards. Small scuff to front spine gutter.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. De Profundis. G P Putnam's Sons, 1909.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: worn on edges, front binding is loosening, discolored, crease on back, gilt is dull, x library
Seller: FOLCHATT, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar; Ed. by Robert Ross w. prefatory dedication. De Profundis. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1909.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo. Beige bds., gilt embossed lettering, backstr. black w. gilt lettering, dulled. Bds. sl. spotted. Frontis. w. tissue overlay. Xiii, 154pp. Second edition w. additional matter. Contents VG.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. De Profundis. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1909.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: With additional Matter. Edited and with a Prefatory Dedication by Robert Ross. About Very Good, lacking the jacket. Quarter blue buckram with light blue-grey paper on the boards and spine edge, generally rubbed and toned. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, foxed at the endpapers and with the former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The first American edition to appear with additional material of Wilde's letter to Alfred Lord Douglas written during Wilde's imprisonment.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
WILDE, OSCAR. DE PROFUNDIS. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1909.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Second Edition with Additional Matter. Edited, with a Prefatory Dedication by Robert Ross." Navy cloth-backed grey paper covered boards. Paper spine label with gilt title dulled. Top edge gilt. Small bookseller label on front pastedown, contemporay prior owner name on front flyleaf, extremities lightly worn. Text clean and unmarked.
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. De Profundis. G. P. Putnam’s Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1909.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second American edition, with additional matter (80 pages). Small octavo. Edited, with a prefatory dedication, by Robert Ross. Frontispiece portrait from the etching by J. E. Kelly. Original gilt stamped dark blue cloth over gray boards, t.e.g., uncut. No dust jacket. Very good (slight soiling). 154 pages. Small book seller label indicating book is from library of author Sara Bard Field and Charles Erskine Scott Wood. Printed by the Knickerbocker Press. Mason 412.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. De Profundis. G.P.Putnam's and Sons/ Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1909.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth with facsimile signature of Oscar Wilde in gilt on front cover and gilt tiles/rules/design to spine. Top page edges gilt. 156 pp. This copy is VG+. Exterior is rich. Gilt is bright. minimal edge wear , tip wear ,or spine wear.Inside has armorial BP of PO on front paste down as well as her neat signature dated 1923. Otherwise unmarked, clear, and firmly bound with minimal even toning to text block or EPs. SCARCE in this binding and from Knickerbocker.
Seller: Bailey Bonzo Books, Shelbyville, IN, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. De Profundis. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1909.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Published originally by Putnam's in 1905, this is the second edition with additional material, published in 1909. Bound in publisher's gray paper over blue cloth, lettered in gold. Top edge gilt. ( somewhat oxidized ) Frontispiece reproduces 1882 sketch of Wilde by J. E. Kelly. Edited and with introduction by Wilde's friend Robert Ross. A very good copy with light wear at extremities. An extraordinarily intimate assay of turn of the century imprisonment in Great Britain.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. De Profundis. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1909.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. xiii, 154pp. Edited, with prefatory dedication by Robert Ross. "De Profundis" was originally published in 1905, expanded in this 1909 edition, and not fully released until 1949. It is a bitter sweet love letter, written while in prison in Reading Gaol, addressed to Lord Alfred Douglas. Very light wear extremities, faintly toned. Internally very clean, tight, and square. Overall a near fine copy. Blue cloth-backed slate-grey paper boards, teg
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. First published in 1905; this is the "Second Edition with Additional Matter" (First Edition Thus). Light green paper-covered boards with gilt titling on the front cover; the spine is black cloth, with a full-length paper label, with gilt titling. Clean text; xii, 154 pages. Frontis portrait of Wilde, from an etching (1882) by J.E. Kelly. Rubbing and darkening at the margins. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J.E. Kelly. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. De Profundis. G. P. Putnam’s Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1909.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second American edition with additional matter (80 pages). Small octavo. Edited, with a prefatory dedication by Robert Ross. Frontispiece portrait from the etching by J. E. Kelly. Original gilt stamped dark blue cloth over gray boards, t.e.g., uncut. No dust jacket. Good (slight soiling). 154 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Mason 412.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
WILDE, Oscar. De Profundis. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1909.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Presumed Early Printing of the "Second Edition with Additional Matter" without date at title page. "De Profundis was written while its unfortunate author was a prisoner in Reading Gaol, and it contains what is probably the most sincere and personal expression of his peculiarly artificial and sensitive nature". Near Fine, ownership blind-stamp at front and rear endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end and edges, few closed tears mended at verso with archival tape.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. De Profundis. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1909.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Edition (stated "Second Edition with Additional Matter"). A publisher's note states that the new material is "aggregating some eighty pages." Gray-green paper-covered boards with gilt titling on spine and front cover. Clean text; xiii, 154 pages. Frontis portrait of Wilde by J.E. Kelly from 1882. Edited, with a Prefatory Dedication, By Robert Ross. There are previous-owner stamps on both front and rear endpapers. Some rather faint darkening around the margins. The dustjacket has some edgewear, with chipping along the top edges and one at the foot of the spine. In an archival plastic protector. Second American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by J.E. Kelly. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.