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Oscar Wilde. Poems.. David Bogue, 1881.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: London: David Bogue, 1881. First Printing, One of 250 copies only. "Handsomely Bound" Thick Parchment Vellum boards by Matthew Bell, in excellent state, with gilt stamped, "much smaller prune blossom design", as called for. Light age, with a few spots, some rubbing, extremity wear. Watermarked "Van Gelder", Dutch Handmade Paper, Top Edge Gilt (T.E.G.) very bright, other edges deckled, with "leaves varying slightly in size" as issued. Light browning offset to endpaper as per usual. Binding extremely tight. Free terminal of "Panthea" remains unopened. An exceptional copy of Wilde's First True Book, in which he oversaw the production, designing the prune blossoms binding, "wanting the cover and typography to be distinctive" (Ellmann, p.137). With a "Limited Edition", total print run of only 750 copies, it was issued in three "Printings" of 250 each. This First was released June 30, the Second and Third to follow on July 22 and September 26, using both the First Print Run sheets, and later printed sheets, with a new title-page. Some age, wear to binding as above, still, approaching Fine. (Mason [304]). First Edition. Vellum Parchment, T.E.G., Sewn. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" tall.

Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.

WILDE, Oscar.. Poems.. David Bogue. 1881, 1881.

Price: US$4645.88 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION. Half title; f.e.ps browned. Partially uncut in orig. parchment, with gilt prunus blossom design on alternating corners of front & back boards & on spine, spine lettered in gilt; boards v. sl. soiled, sl. bumped at head & tail of spine. A nice copy. t.e.g. Mason 304. One of 250 copies of the first edition, the other 500 produced in the same print-run were used as the second and third editions; this is the first edition binding with the prunus blossom leaves smaller and closer together than subsequent editions. This was Wilde's first published collection of poetry and included the works The Garden of Eros, Athanasia, The Grave of Keats, Amor Intellectualis, Apologia, Her Voice, My Voice, and others.

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

Wilde, Oscar. Poems. David Bogue, London, 1881.

Price: US$4750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight with a few stains to the original publisher's vellum. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition. We buy Wilde First editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.