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WILDE | Collection of six volumes, 1903-1934
Description
From the Collection of Steven BerkoffWILDE, OSCARCOLLECTION OF SIX VOLUMES, COMPRISING:Poems by Oscar Wilde… Paris: [Leonard Smithers], 1903, 8vo, number 31 of 250 copies, [‘pirated edition’], original cream cloth, lettering in gilt, [Mason 607], binding soiled, browning to endpapers, hinges splitting, spotting to top edge;Salomé. London: Melmoth Co. [Leonard Smithers], 1904, 4to, number 18 of 250 copies, [‘pirated edition’], illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, original light blue cloth, lettering in gilt, [Mason 615], some light spotting and browning, binding slightly soiled, bookplate;Salomé. London: John Lane, 1912, 4to, illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, original green cloth, lettering in gilt with design on upper cover by Beardsley, [cf Mason 356], some browning, ownership signature on front fixed endpaper, binding worn and soiled, minor loss and tears to spine;The Importance of Being Earnest. London: Samuel French, Ltd., [n.d.], 8vo, later edition (“26 Southampton Street” address), original printed wrappers, [cf Mason 384], some browning to wrappers, tears and some minor loss to wrappers--Renier, G.J. Oscar Wilde. London: Peter Davies, 1933, 8vo, number 352 of 500 copies signed by the author, frontispiece, original cream cloth, lettering in gilt, top edge gilt, original acetate dust-jacket--Sherard, R.H. Oscar Wilde Twice Defended. Chicago: Argus Book Shop, Inc., 1934, 8vo, original purple wrappers, spine fadedthese last two volumes in collector’s slipcase (6)
Auction
Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany
From July 28, 2020 to Aug. 4, 2020 in London
Jean Lurçat | NATURE MORTE
Description
Executed in 1927.
signed
Lurçat
and dated
27
(in the middle right)
pastel on paper
28,5 x 56,7 cm; 11 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.
Auction
Collection Marcel Arland : Dans L’Amitié des Peintres
From March 28, 2019 to March 28, 2019 in Paris
