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Wilde, Oscar. The Rise of Historical Criticism. Privately Printed (at the Sherwood Press), Hartford, Conn, 1905.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: 1/225 This copy out of series. Octavo. 45 (3)pp. Green cloth-backed marbled boards with printed label on spine. The essay was written for the Chancellor's English Essay Prize at Oxford in 1879. The original manuscript was considered lost, possibly sold at the sale of Wilde's effects on April 24, 1895 and in 1905 offered for sale in the catalogue of S. B. Luyster, jun. The essay as published by the Sherwood Press was included in the Methuen edition of Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, vol. vii. Some time after the publication Robert Ross found the remainder of the essay in two quarto exercise books uniform with the volume described in Luyster's catalogue. The rest of the essay was included in the last volume of Methuen's collected works in 1908. See Mason # 434. Spine slightly rubbed and sunned. Foredge and bottom uncut. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good+ condition.

Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Oscar Wilde. The Rise of Historical Criticism. Privately Printed (Sherwood Press, Hartford, Connecticut), 1905.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The Rise of Historical Criticism. By Oscar Wilde and privately printed at the Sherwood Press in Hartford, Connecticut. 1905, 45 pp, 8 . 5.5 , 8vo, hardcover boards with paper title label on spine. Overall very good. Light rubbing to boards and label, primarily along edges and corners. Hinges remain tight and text block remains bound well. Minimal markings and marginalia. Handwritten number at back. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce limited edition of a work by then-deceased Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Number 212 of only 225 copies printed. COLL1905AFGB-0124-aj0852

Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.

Wilde, Oscar. The Rise of Historical Criticism. Privately Printed, [Hartford, Conn], 1905.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: [Hartford, Conn]: Privately Printed, 1905. Written in 1879 and submitted by Wilde to the Chancellor's English Essay Prize contest at Oxford. An interesting Wilde item - the manuscript in its entirenty was presumed to be lost. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition Thus, which was LIMITED to 225 copies (precedes the First Trade Edition). Marbled paper-covered boards with a green cloth spine; paper label titling on the spine. Clean text; 45 pages, deckle, with a Limitation Page at the end. Privately printed (by the Sherwood Press). Charming contemporary bookplate on the front paste-down that features an angel, cliffs, and ships at sea. Light rub to the margins. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.

Oscar Wilde. THE RISE OF HISTORICAL CRITICISM.. Privately Printed By Sherwood Press, Hartford, CT, 1905.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This is a privately printed edition of this work and is Limited to 225 copies of which this is number 7. The paper spine label has yellowed with age, although the printed title is still very legible. The rest of the book is quite nice with marbled boards, good quality paper and is mostly uncut. A nice copy of a scarce Oscar Wilde piece. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.

Oscar Wilde. The Rise of Historical Criticism. Hartford Ct: Privately Printed By Sherwood Press, 1905 January 1905, 1905.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Privately Printed Limited Edtion, Number 130 of 225 copies. Number is in ink on the verso of page 45. Octavo, 8vo, 8 in. 45 p. Tissue jacket intact with chips and tears. Marble paper covered boards quarter bound with green cloth on the spine. Water spotting on green cloth binding. Cream spine label with black text. Deckled fore-edges. The book is unread with top of pages uncut. No markings. This is an essay by Oscar Wilde evaluating the history of literary criticism.

Seller: Bookends, Hutchinson, KS, U.S.A.

Wilde, Oscar. The Rise of Historical Criticism. Hartford Ct: Privately Printed By Sherwood Press, 1905, Hartford Ct, 1905.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Cloth/ Marble. Very Good. First Edition. Essay. Green cloth, marbled boards, slight edge rubbed, tan paper title plate spine. Limited edition # 930 ? in ink top inside rear board. 45 pgs. last page has tape repair- perhaps by binder as the page was cut short? Scarce Wilde work.

Seller: Open Door Books MABA, Bath, ME, U.S.A.

Wilde, Oscar. The Rise of Historical Criticism. Privately Printed [by the Sherwood Press], [Hartford, Conn.], 1905.

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Description: First edition, no. 41 of 225 numbered copies. 45 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An uncommon private printing, ostensibly preceding the appearance of this essay in the Methuen collected edition of 1908. Wilde wrote the essay as an entry in the Chancellor's English essay prize contest at Oxford in 1879. The ms., except for a portion in the Clark Library, was not recovered until the edition had progressed, so it appears in fragments, split between 2 volumes, and then is finally collected as a complete entity in the 1909 Miscellanies volume. This printing is unrecorded by Millard and was not present in the Dulau catalogue, so one might suspect a false imprint date. A copy did appear in the 1924 Quinn sale, with the date represented as literal. Mason makes reference to this title, but does not list a separate citation for it. Quarter green cloth and marbled boards, spine label First edition, no. 41 of 225 numbered copies.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Wilde, Oscar. The rise of historical criticism. privately printed [at the Sherwood Press], Hartford, 1905.

Price: US$437.50 + shipping

Description: First edition ltd to 225 numbered copies, 8vo, pp. 45, [3]; original green cloth-backed marbled boards, printed paper label on spine; very slightly rubbed, else a fine copy. A scarce Wilde title, written for the Chancellor's English Essay Prize while at Oxford in 1879. See Mason 434 for a convoluted account of the manuscript, part of which was separately sold in America and then later restored.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.