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Oscar Wilde. The Plays of Oscar Wilde (Vol. II). John W. Luce & Company, 1905.
Price: US$7.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1905. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt. Rough cut pages to text block edge. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Some pages are dog-earred. Some pages are dog-earred. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean. Black staining present.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
OSCAR WILDE. THE PLAYS OF OSCAR WILDE. VOLUME II. JOHN W. LUCE & COMPANY, BoSTON AND LONDON, 1905.
Price: US$16.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The importance of being earnest, 84 pp.- An ideal husband, 128 pp. impreso en inglés /Enc. tela edit. estampada, Notas de escritos a lapiz en los margenes Size: 20 Cm.
Seller: Librería Gonzalez Sabio, Valencia, VALE, Spain
Wilde, Oscar. The Plays of Oscar wilde. Vols. 1-2. John W. Luce, Boston, 1905.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine ends rubbed. Volume 3, not included, was published in 1907.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston & London: John W. Luce & Company, 1905. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of Volume One from the First American Edition of Wilde's Plays. This volume contains "Lady Windermere's Fan" and "A Woman of No Importance." Red-brown cloth binding with titling in gilt; floral motif decoration on the front cover. Clean text; the pagination is not continuous: 78 pages and 94 pages. Gilt topedge, others rough deckle. Bumped lower corners, and the spine faded but readable. Uncommon. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston & London: John W. Luce & Company, 1905. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of Volume Two from the First American Edition of Wilde's Plays. This volume contains "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "An Ideal Husband." Red-brown cloth binding with titling in gilt; floral motif decoration on the front cover. Clean text; the pagination is not continuous: 83 pages and 128 pages. Gilt topedge, others rough deckle. Mildly bumped corners, and the spine faded but readable. Uncommon. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Plays of Oscar Wilde. Volume I. John W. Luce & Company, Boston and London, 1905.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston and London: John W. Luce & Company, 1905. This is Volume One of the First American Edition of Wilde's plays, containing two of the most popular, still in seen in productions today: "Lady Wildermere's Fan," and "A Woman of No Importance." Brick red cloth binding with gilt titling on spine and front cover; floral decoration on front cover. Clean text; Windermere has 78 pages, Woman has 94. Top edge is gilt, others rough-cut. A Very Good copy. Lightly faded, bumped, and some bubbling at the upper part of the covers. In an archival plastic protector. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Plays of Oscar Wilde, Vol. II. Boston: John W. Luce, 1905.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brick red. cl., gilt lettering, design to cover and backstr. 128pp. The Importance of Being Earnest; An Ideal Husband.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$87.46 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Page Numbers: N/A. Vol. I issue only! A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, scarce, true collectible gem! A great copy! A perfectly acceptable reading copy, with heavy wear and clean text. Pages detached spine. Slightly slanted spine. No dust jacket.
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.