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Wilde, Oscar. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E.P. Dutton, 1929.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Considerable wear to the covers and edges; pages tanned; a little staining but a good reading copy of an old book. No jacket. Illustrator: Vassos, John. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 199586.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E.P. Dutton, 1929.
Price: US$17.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover and edges shows wear. Pages shows light tanning.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Oscar Wilde. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Jacket has heavy wear. General shelf/age wear to book. Pages clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E.P. Dutton, 1929.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Binding is tight, page block is sturdy and clean, boards straight, no highlights or underlining. Mylar covered dust wrapper shows some chipping/rubbing. Mild tanning. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. US veteran operated.
Seller: thebookforest.com, San Rafael, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1929.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 102pgs.frontispiece. green boards with woman design on lower right hand corner. Covers are very scuffed, Backstrip is missing. spine intact. a 3/4 chip near the upper right corner of the front panel. Caricature of Oscar Wilde laid in to the inside cover.16 poems accompanied by a surreal drawing by John Vassos in each poem. Size: Ocavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Oscar Wilde. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., New York, 1929.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: August Derleth's copy with his signature and 1929 date on front endpaper. Green paper over boards with black cloth spine. Slight color loss to spine cloth, lettering dulled but legible. Edges of boards rubbed, lower tips bumped. Upper edge of back cover age darkened. Pages yellowed.
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NOT an ex library book. Book with black cloth spine, green boards. Print on spine is dulled but legible. Green boards show heavy rubbing. Name and 1933 date on front endpaper. 102 pages with great John Vassos illustrations.
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 5 p. l., 3-102 p., : 2 l. incl. front., plates. ; 24 cm. Very good condition, bottom edge worn
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Harlot's House: And Other Poems. E. P. Dutton & Company, 1929.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition thus. A good copy in original black cloth over boards; partial jacket (jacket lacks spine and has nocks and wear to edges; binding rubbed; ink signature on endpaper). [8], 102, [3] pages. Text of 16 poems in all; notable for Vassos' full-page 'interpretations' (title page); 'printed by the Knudsen Process' (title page verso). Vassos, John (illustrator); 18 b/w Illustrations (including title page).
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NODJ, 1929, 1st edition, Dates Match, NF+/Good, NO DJ, Cover STAINED, . 7 3/8 x 9 3/8 Inches , Spine Small Chip Fade, 105 pgs, Some pgs Uncut interior nice Condition Light Wear FoX, Covers bright Green Boards are Stained, with Black Cloth Spine with tiny chips tears Extremities Cover, GOLD Gilt Decoration on Front, 4to. Square Octavo,
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$47.00 + shipping
Description: Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NODJ, 1929, 1st edition, Dates Match, NF+/Good, NO DJ, Cover STAINED, . 7 3/8 x 9 3/8 Inches , Spine Fade to gold Gilt, 105 pgs, Interior nice Condition Light Wear FoX, Covers bright Green Boards are Stained spotted, with Black Cloth Spine with tiny chips tears Extremities Cover, GOLD Gilt Decoration on Front, 4to. Square Octavo,
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Oscar: Wilde. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E.P. Dutton January 1929, 1929.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Green hardboards with gold and black emblem in lower corner; black linen backstrip with gold lettering. Rubbing along edges, color faded, corners, ends and spine. Scratches on back cover. Pages and illustrations are clean and unmarked. Illustations by John Vassos Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.
Oscar Wilde. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E. P. Dutton, 1929.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: illustrated/interpreted by John Vassos. Covers shelfworn, with faded spine. Name written inside front cover.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1929.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Spine sunned and covers toned in places - see image. ; Inscribed and Signed by the illustrator on the half-title page. Book is in very good condition - tight binding and clean, unmarked text and illustrations. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 102 pages; Signed by Illustrator
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Oscar Wilde. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1929.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first such edition. Clean, square, binding tight. 16 poems by Wilde, each accompanied by a wildly evocative full page black & white illustration by Vassos. All plates present. Dark green boards with black cloth to spine. Gilt stamped to spine. Gilt and black icon to bottom right corner of front cover. General wear to boards with sticker pull top right corner or front cover. Enigmatic gift inscription to front end paper: "To our darling from Her." Very light pencil sketches to last page.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Includes sixteen full page illustrations from the imagination of John Vassos. This was the third Wilde work illustrated by renowned book illustrator and industrial designer, John Vassos. This edition was limited to 200 signed and numbered copies, this is copy 165. Signed by the illustrator on the limitation page. Moderate shelf/edge wear, spine sunned, tips through, light toning to text block edges, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, black cloth spine, green paper boards, pale green endpapers. 8vo. 102pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, New York, 1929.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Interpretations by John Vassos. 1 vols. Small 4to. Black cloth-backed green boards. Very Good. Bookplate Interpretations by John Vassos. 1 vols. Small 4to
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Harlot's House. E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, 1929.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good condition green hardcover with quarter black cloth. 4to. 104 pages. illustrated by John Vassos. Bookplate on inside front cover. Wear to edges and slight wear to corners.
Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Illustrated by John Vassos. Small quarto. 102pp. Leather-backed patterned papercovered boards with spine titling and topedge gilt. Attractive pictorial bookplate of former owner ("Florence Henderson") on the front pastedown, along with a brief 1929 gift inscription. Binding is edgeworn, worn through in several places, with a bit of loss at the crown and upper shoulder, hinges starting a bit but holding, about very good; interior is otherwise fine. One of 200 copies Signed by Vassos on the limitation page. John Vassos (1898-1985), Greek-American artist, was born in Romania to Greek parents; he emigrated to Boston in 1919. He studied at Boston's Fenway Art School and the Art Student's League of New York. He is noted for his art deco graphic and industrial design, including a turnstile for subway stations, cabinets for RCA first television sets, as well as his illustrations for several publications from 1927 to 1935, including a few titles by Oscar Wilde.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$357.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 7 3/8 X 9 3/8 Inches. #96 of 200 signed copies. TEG. Original publisher marbled paper binding. Vassos helped define the modernist art movement via his work as designer for RCA in addition to his illustrated books. Via RCA, John was instrumental in the original designs of the earliest televisions, mid-century microphones, radios, consoles etc. His industrial art is among the widest spread and most important of the 20th century. Noted art deco artist. Lacks original DJ and/or slipcase. Original boards scuffed and worn at edges. Wear to head and foot of spine. PO bookplate on inside front pastedown. Title-page has a 3 3/4 inch closed tear to bottom edge. An acceptable copy of this art deco rarity.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 102pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black leather over gray illustrated boards. Title gilt stamped on backstrip. Bright pink endsheets. Heavy rubbing to extremities, corners exposed, 1" loss to spine at head, toning and light wear to boards; hinges cracked (but holding), ink name on front pastedown, light spotting to endpapers, light foxing to half-title and rear flyleaf, else interior is clean and lightly toned. Includes sixteen full page illustrations from the imagination of John Vassos. This is the third Wilde work illustrated by 1930s book illustrator and industrial designer, John Vassos. This edition was limited to 200 signed and numbered copies, this is copy 165. Signed by the illustrator on the limitation page.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: All three Oscar's in One, each illustrated by John Vassos, the industrial genius and artist, all bound in one 4to volume by the Whitman Bennett Bindery of Brooklyn and signed by them in a crushed levant red rare art deco boards and endsheets, presentation copy by Vassos to his mentor John Pillar of Dutton, thus an association copy as well. spine relaid and new joints else very good copy. all the Vassos plates are fine. repair by Alan Grace of Surrey UK, and St. Simons Island GA.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.