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Oscar Wilde. The DUCHESS OF PADUA, a Play. Methuen, London, 1909.
Price: US$22.46 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG, hardback, dark green cloth covers with gilt titles on spine, ex-libris sticker (Lilly L. Fulton), contents are clean and unmarked, 16mo 183pp. weight 300g. Third edition.
Seller: Rivermead Books, Southampton., United Kingdom
Oscar Wilde (editged by Robert Ross?). The Duchess of Padua: A Play. Methuen, Loncon, 1909.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Methuen, 1909. Third edition (1st was 1908 in a limited edition), NF/. Small book has light wear to corners, spine ends and folds, some spotting on end-papers. Originally finished in 1883, but because he was never satisfied enough, it was not published in his lifetime. Nice, solid copy, 183 pp. BP
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Duchess of Padua. Methuen & Co., London, 1909.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: teg, cut pages; previous owner's signature and notes f.e.p.
Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Duchess of Padua a play. Methuen and Co, London, 1909.
Price: US$48.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small 8vo. Pp vi, 183. Original cloth. Top edge gilt. Light wear to extremities. Signature to ffep. A nice copy.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). THE DUCHESS OF PADUA. London: Methuen, 1909.
Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Description: Third edition. Publisher's green cloth with triple gilt rules to front, repeated in blind on the back, gilt titles to front and spine with circular gilt device to the front. pp [xii] + 183. Top edge of the pages gilt, others untrimmed. A Fine copy.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). THE DUCHESS OF PADUA. London: Methuen, 1909.
Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Description: Second edition. Publisher's green cloth with triple gilt rules to front, repeated in blind on the back, gilt titles to front and spine with circular gilt device to the front. pp [xii] + 183. Top edge of the pages gilt, others untrimmed, spine slightly darkened. A VG copy.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
Oscar Wilde. The Duchess of Padua. Methuen and CO, London, 1909.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stamped Presentation Copy. Preceded only by the 1908 limited edition. Very good (wear to spine crown, spine edges, 1/8 inch starting tear spine base). Deckled edges. Pages sharp and bright. Ditto gold gilt lettering front board, spine lettering almost as sharp. Includes a foldout insert of Methuen Companionable Volumes. A unique volume (with previous English bookseller's penciled price & note left on ffep).
Seller: Bedlam Book Cafe, Worcester, MA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar.. The Duchess of Padua - A Play.. London, Methuen & Co., 1909.
Price: US$159.80 + shipping
Description: Second Edition. Small Octavo. VI, [3], 183 pages. Original Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher's cloth with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine and cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Sprache: english.
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Price: US$1399.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A superb set of the First Foolscap Octavo Edition (Second Collected Edition) of Wilde's works, in 14 matching publisher's bindings, issued as separate volumes beginning in 1909 (twelve by Methuen, one by Charles Carrington of Paris, and one by John Lane). Publisher's bright green cloth, spines titled in gilt, upper covers with gilt lettering and Charles Rickett's star above the "Great Waters" vignette, top edges gilt, sides uncut, printed on thick wove paper. Contemporary ownership inscription of W. W. S. Escott of Magdalen College [Wilde's college], Oxford, to some volumes. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (3rd edn., Mason 481`): [6],196pp. Duchess of Padua (2nd edn., Mason 485): vi,[6],183,[1]pp. Poems (10th edn., Mason 491): viii,320pp. Lady Windermere's Fan (3rd edn., Mason 494): [12],157,[1]pp. Woman of No Importance (3rd edn., Mason 497): [12],182,[2]pp. Ideal Husband (5th edn., Mason 503): [12],246pp. Importance of Being Earnest (Alexander Souvenir Edition, Mason 506): x,[6],181,[1]pp. House of Pomegranates (3rd edn., Mason 510): [8],179,[1]pp. Intentions (4th edn., Mason 513): [8],263,[1]pp. De Profundis (14th edn., 516): xv,[1],156pp. Essays and Lectures (2nd edn., Mason 519): xii,244pp. Salomé, La Sainte Courtisane, A Florentine Tragedy (New Edition, Mason 522): xix,[1],180pp. Picture of Dorian Gray (First Carrington Edition, Mason 525): xi,[1],352,[2]pp. Salome . . . with sixteen drawings by Aubrey Beardsley (First John Lane Edition, Mason 527): xxiii,[3],82,[6]pp. Occasional light foxing, very slight spine lean to several volumes, but an exceptionally handsome collection, tightly bound, with bright gilt, crisp and fresh throughout. Offered with a fifteenth volume, bound to match: Anna, Comtesse de Bremont, Oscar Wilde and His Mother : A Memoir (London: Everett & Co, 1911). Text based on limited edition published by Methuen in 1908, with bibliographical notes to reverse of each title page. A fifteenth volume, the Memoir of Oscar Wilde and his Mother by Anna, Comtesse de Bremont, was published in 1911 by Everett & Co. and bound to match. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Oscar Wilde. The Works of Oscar Wilde (Full 13 Vol. Set). Methuen & Co. 1909-1910, London, 1909.
Price: US$1642.58 + shipping
Description: A fantastic FULL SET of the petite Methuen edition, with the exception of Dorian Gray being published by Charles Carrington (featuring a publisher's note giving thanks for Methuen's permission to adopt the style and format of the other volumes). Thirteen volumes bound in rich three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, and top edge gilt. Contents as follows. Dorian Gray (1910), Salome (1910 Second F'cap 8vo Edition), Poems (1909 Ninth Edition), An Ideal Husband (1910 Fourth Edition), A House of Pomegranates (1909 Third Edition), A Woman of No Importance (1910 Fourth Edition), The Importance of Being Earnest (1910 Fourth Edition), Intentions (1909 Fourth Edition), De Profundis (1909 Fourteenth Edition with Additional Matter), The Duchess of Padua (1909 Third Edition), Lord A. Savile's Crime (1909 Fourth Edition), Essays and Lectures (1909 Second Edition), Lady Windemere's Fan (1910 Fourth Edition).nbsp; In fantastic uniform condition. Slight loss to corners and spines, general marks commensurate with age to leather. Marbled endpapers. Delicately illustrated bookplates to each volume. Generally a little foxing to ffeps but this does not encroach upon the text. Leather recently buffed. Overall, an attractive collection of Wilde's works published only a few years after his death.nbsp;
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Price: US$2117.39 + shipping
Description: Half titles. Uniformly bound in orig. bright green cloth, lettered in gilt, with Charles Rickett's star over water vignette to front boards; heads of some spines sl. bumped, spine of John Lane's Salome sl. faded. An attractive, bright set in original cloth. t.e.g. The complete set of the Second Collected Edition of Wilde's works, published as separate volumes beginning in 1909. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (4th edn., Mason 482), The Duchess of Padua (3rd edn., Mason 486), Poems (8th edn., Mason 489), Lady Windemere's Fan (4th edn., Mason 495), A Woman of No Importance (4th edn., Mason 498), An Ideal Husband (4th edn., Mason 502), The Importance of Being Earnest (5th edn., Mason 506), A House of Pomegranates (4th edn., Mason 511), Intentions (5th edn., Mason 514), De Profundis (25th edn., 518), Essays and Lectures (3rd edn., Mason 520), Salomé, La Sainte Courtisane, and A Florentine Tragedy (3rd edn., Mason 524), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Mason 525), Salome. With sixteen drawings by Aubrey Beardsley (Mason 527), The Critic in Pall Mall (Mason 528).
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom