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New York:: Brentano's, , 1904.. An early American edition.. publisher's boards with printed paper labels.. Boards rubbed at extremities and a little soiled.. 12mo,.

London : Hoyles House, 2000. Centenary Edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description1 v. ; 19cm. Subjects; Poetry. Art. Prison writings. Historical accounts.

London: Journeyman Press, 1980. 3rd edition reprint. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 64p; ill; 20cm. Notes: Originally published: with these illustrations. London : s.n., 1924. Subjects: English poetry. Prisons; Poetry.Prisoners Poetry. Poetry in English 1837-1900 Texts.WILDE, Oscar Fingall. O'Flahertie Wills - poetry.Other names: Masereel, Frans 1889-1972. Genre: Illustrated. Poetry.

London:: Leonard Smithers,, 1899.. Seventh edition.. publisher's white and gold cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine.. Bookplate; same owner's old ink ownership signature on front free endpaper; endsheets a bit tanned. The original binding is dust-soiled; spine quite tanned with shallow chipping at its extremities; tight and sound. . 8vo,.

London: Journeyman Press, 1980. Reprint. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: review copy. Physical description: 64 pages: illustrations; 20 cm. Subjects: Prisons; Poetry. Prisoners; Poetry. Prisoners. Prisons. English poetry. Poetry in English, 1837-1900 Texts. WILDE, Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills � poetry. Genre: Illustrated. Poetry.

New York:: Brentano's, , [1901].. First US edition, second printing.. publisher's cream cloth decorated in colors. . January, 1901 ink ownership signature on front free endpaper; shallow chipping at extremities of spine; a few tiny losses to cloth at edges; slight dust-soiling. Contents fine.. 12mo,.

New York: The Platt & Peck Co, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition by this publisher. 16mo. 79pp. Tan decorated paper-covered boards. Fragile binding has started to split at edge of spine, lightly bumped at tips of corners, else a near fine copy in attractive custom chemise of three-quarter black morocco stamped in gold with red paper-covered boards and slipcase.

Leonard Smithers, London., 1899. Seventh and last authorised edition; also the first to have the author's name on the title-page. Octavo. 31 leaves, printed on rectos only. Two-tone buckram covers.Some light foxing to prelims. Small bump to top edge of rear cover. Covers a little marked. Very good.

Large 8vo. New York: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Harbor Press, 1937. Large 8vo, 42 pp. Illustrated with lithographs. Printed in red and black. Original gray leatherette with embossed brick design on upper board. Backstrip and tips worn, pastedowns with a couple spots, otherwise very good internally; in the red card slipcase, lightly shelf worn. § Limited edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator Zhenya Gay. Introduction by Burton Rascoe.

London, 1899. Flecken auf Einbd., berieben. EA 8°. Hln. Literatur

London, Leonard Smithers, 1898 2nd edition (1000 copies only). Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Quarterbound with white cloth spine lettered in gilt, and beige cloth to boards. In generally good condition. Some handling marks and darkening to cover, white cloth on spine browned and darkened. Some minor rubbing to corners. Some tanning and minor spots to endpapers. Some occasional minor marks and spots to pages, edges rough/uncut. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 31pp. Second edition of Wilde’s famous poem.

New York:: Brentano's, , [1901].. First US edition, third printing.. publisher's cream cloth decorated in colors; t.e.g. . Spine a little tanned; otherwise very attractive.. 12mo,. Horodisch, p. 73.

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Cream linen and mustard colored cloth boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Sixth edition and the last edition to be published under the pseudonym C.3.3. (block C, landing 3, cell 3). This sixth edition was printed on handmade paper in 1,000 copies on 21st of May 1898. Stain on frontcover, endpages with offsetting. Spine darkened. No bookplates, marks or inscriptions. 31 pp., 23 x 14,5 cm. .

Leonard Smithers, London., 1898. Fourth edition. Octavo. 31 leaves, printed on rectos only. Two-tone buckram covers. Published anonymously. It was only after the sixth edition that Wilde's name appeared on the title-page. Covers a little marked. Cloth slightly bubbled. Small rustmark at outer edge of front free endpaper.

London:: Leonard Smithers,, 1898.. Second edition.. publisher's white and gold cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine.. Ink ownership name on front free endpaper; endsheets tanned; a very few smudges and spots to text and deckled fore-edges a bit tanned. The original binding is dust-soiled and stained; spine quite tanned; but tight and sound. . 8vo,.

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Wilde used his prisoner's number as his nom de plume for the early printings. This is a Very Good copy of the "Fourth Edition" (Printing). Tan and cream-coloured binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 31 pages, text printed only on the recto. There is a contemporary (22 May 1898) previous-owner signature (only three letters) on the front free endpaper. There is a tiny bookseller label (Brentano's, Paris) on the rear paste-down. The paste-downs and free endpapers are typically tanned. The corners are bumped; surfaces soiled; and there is a crease on the rear cover. The spine has darkened but the lettering remains readable. Within this rather used-looking exterior the textblock is wonderfully fresh and bright. A solid copy of this rare edition.. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York:: Brentano's, , [1898].. First US edition, first printing.. publisher's olive cloth decorated in colors; preserved in a custom quarter morocco folding box. . Cloth lightly rubbed at edges, joints and corners; 1899 private library book label on pastedown; but an attractive, tight and sound copy. . 12mo,. Horodisch, pp. 72-75.

London, Leonard Smithers, 1898. . First edition, one of 800 copies on handmade paper, from a total edition of 830; 8vo; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some age-toning to edges, endpapers browned (as often); publisher's white linen-backed cinnamon cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine slightly rolled and darkened, light soiling to boards, slight rubbing to corners and spine ends, else very good. First edition, limited to just 800 copies on handmade paper, with a further 30 copies on Japanese Vellum. The poem was composed following Wilde's release from the titular prison and published under the pseudonym 'C.3.3.' after his cell (the third cell on the third landing of Gallery C). Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison. The first edition sold out within a week, resulting in a second edition being published soon after, yet it was not commonly known, until the 7th printing in June 1899, that… Read More

London: Leonard Smithers,, 1898. Written from exile in France First and limited edition, one of 800 unnumbered copies printed on handmade paper; a further 30 copies on japon were also issued. Wilde published this work under the pseudonym "C.3.3." after his cell in Reading Gaol (the third cell on the third landing of Gallery C). The first edition sold out rapidly, and a second edition was printed within weeks. Octavo. Original white quarter cloth, spine lettered in gilt, yellow cloth sides, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Bookplate of Douglass Cooper to front pastedown. Spine ends bumped, a little soiling to cloth, endpapers lightly browned and foxed, else a near-fine copy in unusually nice condition. Mason 371.

London: Smithers, 1898. First. hardcover. very good(+). Slim 8vo, mustard cloth backed in white with gilt lettering. London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Limited First Edition.<br/> <br/> One of 800 copies printed on hand-made paper on one side only. Inscribed on title page; "I.O. from F.A.S. Guilsborough Hall." A very good copy with some bubbling of the cloth and light soil. Irene Osgood, later the wife of R.H. Sherard (author of the life of Oscar Wilde) was a novelist. This book was given to her by Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Preserved in an attractive,1/4 leather slipcase with an elaborately gilt spine.<br/> <br/>