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Oscar Wilde AuctionCatawiki is a Dutch on-line auction house. In late March 2115, the following items were offered as Wile-related lots.

The descriptions are those of Catawiki.

1. SPIRITUALISM; PSYCHIC MESSAGES FROM OSCAR WILDE – 1924

Amusing, rare curiosity in first edition

Oscar Wilde (edited by Hester Travers Smith, writer of ‘Voices from the void’): Psychic Messages from Oscar Wilde. With a preface by Sir William F. Barrett, F.R.S. London, T. Werner Laurie, 1924. Cloth with a pattern. XII, 180 p. 1st edition. Instructive , posthumous messages from the afterlife by Oscar Wilde, obtained via industrious spirit mediums. Also contains facsimiles of various manuscripts.

‘Being dead is the most boring experience in life. That is, if one excepts being married or dining with a schoolmaster. Do you doubt my identity? I am not surprised, since sometimes I doubt it myself. I might retaliate by doubting yours.’

Sold for €50

2. ILLUSTRATED; OSCAR WILDE - SALOMÉ - DRAME EN UN ACTE – 1922

First edition in this form from 1922 with illustrations by Alastair (Baron Hans Henning Voigt).

Oscar Wilde - Salome - Drame En Un Acte - Dessins De Alastair - Paris, Les Editions G. Cres & Cie, 21, Rue Hautefeuille, VI, 1922 - first edition- 89 pp. - 19 cm x 14 cm - from an edition of 100 copies.

Condition: Good (a small water stain at the top of the spine, top and bottom of spine slightly dented). The book is covered with blotting paper with a paper cover underneath which is attached to the back of the thin cardboard cover.

First edition in this form from 1922 with illustrations by Alastair (Baron Hans Henning Voigt ), printed in a special manner which combined matte and shiny effects.

Sold for €30

3. FIRST EDITION; OSCAR WILDE - BALLADE VAN DE GEVANGENIS TE READING - 1911

Rare first Dutch translation of Wilde's classic

Oscar Wilde - Ballade van de gevangenis te Reading. Translated by Chr. van Balen - 1st and only edition as such - Amsterdam - Scheltens & Giltay - 1911 -

Oscar Wilde - Ballade van de gevangenis te Reading. Translated by Chr. van Balen - 1st and only edition as such - Amsterdam - Scheltens & Giltay - 1911 - small 8vo - decorated paper cover - frontispiece [after a photo of Wilde, New York 1882?] As far as we know first Dutch edition of The Ballad of Reading Goal, with a lovely frontispiece and an extensive introduction by Van Balen dated December 1910. Rare.

Sold for €85

4. OSCAR WILDE - THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY - 1910

Rare first edition by Charles Carrington, Paris.

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Charles Carrington, Paris, 1910(1908). 8vo, 352 pp. Red half leather tape library book with gilt title on the spine. This edition was printed in 1908, but due to problems of Charles Carrington's printer's it was not published until 1910. Measurements: 17 x 12 cm

Sold for €60

5. BIBLIOPHILE; CASPAR WINTERMANS (ED.) - 'DEAR SIR'. LETTERS FROM MR. AND MRS. COUPERUS TO OSCAR WILDE - 2001

Limited edition, signed by the Wilde collector

Caspar Wintermans (red.) - 'Dear sir'. Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Couperus to Oscar Wilde - Woubrugge - Avalon Pers - 2001 - Paper cover - Edition 250 copies. With a charming dedication by Wilde- & Bosie expert Wintermans.

EXTRA:

H. Maas & J.L. Duncan (reds.) - The Letters of Aubrey Beardsley - Plantin Publishers - 1990 - paper cover. Condition: read but good. All the letters from the young artist who died at a young age, neatly collected and presented.

Sold for €50

6. ILLUSTRATED; OSCAR WILDE - THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER STORIES - 1935

Beautiful early edition, illustrated by Charles Robinson in the style of Dulac and Rackham

Charles Robinson/Oscar Wilde - The Happy Prince and other stories - Oxford, Kemp Hall Press, 1935 - 136 pp - cloth binding with dust jacket- 25 x 19 cm Condition: good. Dust jacket is a bit worn, but has protected the book's cover which is in good condition. Some rust spots in the interior, otherwise a good copy. Ex Libris on the inside. Tipped-in colour print on the dust jacket, the book is abundantly decorated with full colour illustrations throughout the text as well as some in black and white by Charles Robinson (1818-1894). Beautifully illustrated endpapers, illustration in relief

on the cloth binding.

Sold for €52

7. WILDEIANA; FRITS VAN ALPHEN - PUBLISHERS LEAFLETS- CIRCA 1919

Rare Publishers leaflets featuring Van Alphen's frontispieces on Meulenhoff's Oscar Wilde editions.

1. F. van Alphen - 'Reproduction of the book decoration from Oscar Wilde's "Salome". - leaflet from unknown publication - 15.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet). Condition: good.

2. F. van Alphen - 'Reproduction of the book decoration from Oscar Wilde's "De vrouw getooid met juwelen" - leaflet from unknown publication- 15.5 x 10.5 cm. Condition: good.

¶ Obviously inspired by Beardsley, but more ' mainstream', as Beardsley was probably considered too risky for Dutch reading audiences, Design by artist and illustrator Frits van Alphen (1894-1980) for publisher Meulenhoff's small book edition of Wilde's circa 1920. Very rare.

Sold for €20

8. RELATED; HENRI VAN BOOVEN - VAN DE VEREERING DES LEVENS - 1906

Rare autobiographical novel in which Van Booven describes his decadent Wilde

Henri van Booven - Van de vereering des levens - Bussum - Van Dishoeck - 1906 - 1st and only edition - decorated cloth, design: Herman Teirlinck.

Sold for €125

9. LITERARY STAMP: OSCAR WILDE FROM IRELAND - 2000

Sold for €30

10. TRANSLATIONS; LOT WITH 7 OF THE VERY EARLIEST DUTCH WILDE EDITIONS - 1905/1920

Including De Profundis and Reading Goal

1. Oscar Wilde - De Profundis. Translated by L.J. Baronesse van der Borch, introduction by

Lodewijk van Deyssel - 1st and only edition as such- Amsterdam - Scheltens & Giltay - 1905 - Cardboard boards, gilt edges. Condition: fair (damaged corners and spine, no longer straight, cover grubby). ¶ Published in the same year as the original

2. Oscar Wilde - Moderne sprookjes [Modern Fairy Tales]. Translated by M. van Oosterzee. Illustrations: G. van de Wall Perne - 1st and only edition as such - Baarn Hollandia - 1906 - paper cover - printed in red and black. Condition: poor (damaged, stained, pencil markings, wormholes).

3. Oscar Wilde - Een Florentijnsch treurspel [A Florentine Tragedy]. Translated by K.H. de Raaf - 1st and only edition as such- Rotterdam - C. Immig - 1908 - paper cover, uncut. Condition: very good

4. Oscar Wilde - Individualisme en socialisme [The Soul of Man under Socialism] Translated by P.C. Boutens - 1st edition - Amsterdam 1919 - cloth. Condition: very good.

5. Oscar Wilde - Salomé en een Florentijnsch Treurspel. [Salomé & A Florentin Tragedy] Translated by P.C. Boutens - 1st edition -Amsterdam - 1910 - cloth. Condition: good.

6. Oscar Wilde - Het granatappelhuis. [A House of Pomegrates] Translated by L. van Oosterzee, illustrations: J. & B. Midderigh-Bokhorst -2nd edition - Amsterdam - circa 1920 - half cloth. Condition: good.

7. Oscar Wilde - An ideal husband. With notes by D.H. Meijer - Zwolle - 1911 - cloth - with stamp: 'offered by the publisher'. Condition: good.

Sold for €26

11. OSCAR WILDE - A CRITIC IN PALL MALL - 1919

Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies

Oscar Wilde, A Critic in Pall Mall. Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies. Methuen & Co. Ltd. London, 1919. First edition. 8vo. vi, 218pp. Measurements: 18 x 12 cm

Contents: The Tomb of Keats. Keats’s Sonnet on Blue. Dinners and Dishes. Shakespeare on Scenery. "Henry the Fourth" at Oxford. A Handbook to Marriage. To Read and Not to Read. The Letters of a Great Woman. Beranger in England. The Poetry of the People. "The Cenci". Balzac in English. Ben Jonson. Mr. Symond's History of the Renaissance. Mr. Morris's Odyssey. Russian Novelists. Mr. Peter's Imaginary Portraits. A German Princess. "A Village Tragedy". Mr. Morris's Completion of the "Odyssey". Mrs. Somerville. Aristotle at Afternoon Tea. Early Christian Art in Ireland. Madame Ristori. English Poetesses. Venus or Victory. M. Caro on George Sand. A Fascinating Book. Henley's Poems. Some Literary Ladies. Poetry and Prison. The Gospel according to Walt Whitman. Irish fairy Tales. Mr. W.B.Yeats. Mr. Yeats's "Wanderings of Oisin". Mr. William Morris's Last Book. Some Literary Notes. Mr. Swinburne's "Poems and Ballads" (Third Series). A Chinese Sage. Mr. Peter's

"Appreciations". Sententiae

Sold for €45

12. ILLUSTRATED; LOT CONTAINING 2 BOOKS WITH FAIRY TALES AND STORIES BY OSCAR WILDE - 1980

Lovely English books with illustrations by Jeremy Ford, Geoff Taylor and Charles Robinson.

1. Oscar Wilde - Fairy Tales and Stories - London, Octopus Books, 1980 - 335 pp. -Cloth cover with a dust jacket

2. Oscar Wilde - The Happy Prince and other tales - Colorado, Shambhala publications, 1980 - 134 pp. - Paperback

Book 1 contains 5 fairy tales and 8 stories. The numerous black and white illustrations are by Jeremy Ford and Geoff Taylor.

Book 2 contains 5 fairy tales. Illustrations by Charles Robinson. 8 colour illustrations and lots of black and white drawings and sketches.

Sold for €40

13. LETTER IN BOOK FORM; OSCAR WILDE - DE PROFUNDIS - 1911

Famous letter written from the prison in Reading to his friend Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas) along with a photo of Oscar Wilde's memorial stone

Oscar Wilde - De profundis, 15th edition, London 1911, bound edition 151 pp. Introduction by Wilde's friend Robert Ross.

Sold for €15

14. ILLUSTRATED; LOT CONTAINING 3 OSCAR WILDE BOOKS - 1947 - 1979/1988

Het Granaatappelhuis, and De Gelukkige Prins

Oscar Wilde - Het Granaatappelhuis - Amsterdam, Wereldbibliotheek, 1947 - 1st

edition- 119 pp. - hardcover bound edition.

Extra: poem for the members of the W.B.-Vereniging in 't Hooft from 1947. (depicted) This was supplemented to Het Granaatappelhuis as a little something extra for all the members

Oscar Wilde - De Gelukkige Prins en andere verhalen, translated by Gerrit Komrij - Amsterdam, Arbeiderspers, 1979 - 2nd edition - paperback

Sold for €15

15. RELATED; CATULLE MENDÈS - HAND-WRITTEN NOTE - CIRCA 1900

Original letter by one of Wilde's most important Parisian literary friends

Catulle Mendès - Letter addressed to 'Mon cher Bredault [?] - June 1899 [?] - ink on folded paper, 10 x 16 cm - verso.

Sold for €21

16. VARIA; LOT CONTAINING 6 PUBLICATIONS ABOUT OSCAR WILDE IN THE NETHERLANDS CIRCA 1900

1. Oscar Wilde - De Profundis & Ballad of Reading Gaol, Leipzig - 1908 - cloth cover. Condition: normal antiquated condition (back outer shoulder has been repaired). In 1900-1920, Wilde remained controversial and partly 'underground'. This early edition clearly belonged to early Dutch Wilde fan: eg pasted photo portrait, inset clippings from 1920/1937 and J.I. de Haan's 'In Reading Gaol' (from De Gids, 1914)

2. C. Veth - Salomó. Pathologisch muziekdrama in één bedrijf - in: Parodieën, 2nd series - Amsterdam - 1919, p. 80-89 - cloth cover.

3. ' La Revue Blanche' -in: F. Netscher (article) - Hollandsche Revue - volume 1 June - 1896 - p. 380 - original paper cover.

3-5. P.L. Tak (article) - De Kroniek - 1-7& 30-12. 1905; 6-1-1906 - original covers. Condition:loose and damaged

. 6. H. Bossier - De onvermoede tragedie van Oscar Wilde - in: De Katholiek - 1920 -

no. 158

Sold for €25

17. THEATRE; LOT WITH 4 EARLY DUTCH EDITIONS OF WILDE'S CLASSIC PLAYS - 1918/1920

All with the rare Art Deco dust jackets designed by Is. van Mens1. Oscar Wilde - De ernst van ernst. Een triviaal blijspel voor ernstige menschen.

Translated by Chr. van Balen jr. - [The Importance of Being Earnest] Amsterdam - Meulenhoff - 1918 - cardboard cover with dust jacket, design: Isodorus van Mens (1890-1985)

2. Oscar Wilde - Een vrouw van geen betekenis. Play. [A woman of no importance] Translated by Chr. van Balen jr.. - Amsterdam - Meulenhoff - 1918 - cardboard cover with dust jacket design: Isodorus van Mens (dated 1919).

3. . Oscar Wilde - Een ideal echtgenoot. Play. Translated by van Balen jr. [ An Ideal Husband]- Amsterdam - Meulenhoff - 1918 - cardboard cover with dust jacket, design: Isodorus van Mens (dated 1920)

4. . Oscar Wilde - Lady Windermere's waaier. Een spel van een goede vrouw. [Lady Windermere's Fan] Translated by Chr. van Balen jr. - Amsterdam - Meulenhoff - 1918 - cardboard cover with dust jacket, design: Isodorus van Mens (dated 1920).

¶ Complete set (as far as we know) of early these Dutch Wilde editions with dust jackets designed by Dutch orientalist painter and illustrator Van Mens.

Sold for €40

18. BIOGRAPHY; LOT CONTAINING 4 BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT OSCAR WILDE - 1970/1997

The life and work of Oscar Wilde described and illustrated in great detail

1. H. Montgomery Hyde - The Annotated Oscar Wilde - London, Book Club Associates,

1982 - 488 pp. - Gilt imitation leather cover - 29 x 22 cm.

2. Philip Hoare - Wilde's Last Stand. Decadence, Conspiracy & the First World War - London, Duckworth, 1997 - 250 pp. - Cloth cover with a dust jacket - 24 x 16 cm.

3. Sheridan Morley - Oscar Wilde - London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976 - 160 pp. - Cloth cover with a dust jacket - 25 x 17.5 cm.

4. Philip Jullian - Oscar Wilde - London, Readers Union, Constable, 1970 - 420 pp. - Cloth cover with a dust jacket - 22 x 14.5 cm..

Sold for €30

19. GRAPHICS; AUBREY BEARDSLEY - THE REPENTANCE OF MRS.*** - ORIGINAL SUPPLEMENT FROM THE YELLOW BOOK - 1895

Classic print from Wilde's 'Yellow Nineties'.

Aubrey Beardsley - The Repentance of Mrs.*** - original supplement from The Yellow Book, January 1895 - 13 x 18 cm, in modern frame 32 x 23 cm with passe-partout - The Later Work #32 ; Reade 1967# 368. Condition: very good.

Sold for €25

20. VARIA; LOT OF 6 ITEMS ON THE REPUTATION AND THE AFTERLIFE OF OSCAR WILDE - 1901/2009

Including Will Self's Dorian. An imitation & Teleny, of keerzijde van de medaille

1. Octave Mirbeau - Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre - 64me Paris - Charpentier - 1901 (1st = 1900) - half cloth with marble boards, title and author in gold on spine. Condition: usual antiquated condition (read, damaged corners, tear in title page and last page repaired, browned).

2. Robert Hichens - The Green Carnation - London - Unicorn Press - 1949 - cloth

cover. Condition: good. Classic Wilde parody, anonymously published in 1894. Beautiful copy, foreword author.

3. GS Viereck & P. Eldridge - Salome: the Wandering Jewess. My first two thousand years of love - New York - 1930 - cloth cover. Condition: fair.

4. [Attributed to Wilde] - Teleny, of keerzijde van de medaille (Teleny, or reverse side of the coin) - Amsterdam - 1984 - paper cover. Condition: good.

5. Will Self - Dorian. An imitation - 1st edition - Viking - 2001 - bound edition with dust jacket. Condition: very good.

6. Oliver Parker (Director) - Dorian Gray - UK - 2002 - DVD

Sold for €21

21. BIBLIOPHILE; OSCAR WILDE - BALLADE DE LA GEÔLE DE READING - 1946

Beautiful French bibliophile edition with an original etching.

Oscar Wilde (French translation by Henry D. Davray) - Ballade de la Geôle the Reading. Texte anglais avec la transcription française. Frontispice à l'eau-forte de René Ben-Sussan. - Paris, Fernand Hazan, 1946-60 pp - Beautiful original etching as a frontispiece - The bi-lingual text is printed in browny red and black. - Original cover - Approx. 19 x 12 cm - Limited numbered edition (1900 copies).

Sold for €15

22. BIBLIOPHILE; OSCAR WILDE - A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES - 1906

Rare limited bibliophile edition on handmade van Gelder paper by Thomas B. Mosher press.

Oscar Wilde - A House of Pomegranates - Thomas Mosher , Portland, 1906. First Edition. With the Shannon and Ricketts decoration. From an edition of 925 copies on handmade Van Gelder paper. 158 pp. 8vo. Measurements : 18 x 11 cm.

Sold for €20

23. PHOTO; HENRI VAN BOOVEN - SIGNED PORTRAIT PHOTO - 1909

Original portrait of one of the two Dutch biggest Wilde fans circa 1900!

1. Henri van Booven - Original portrait photo - Photographer: F. Hisgen, Amsterdam - 23x17 cm (passe-partout), 14x10 cm (photo) - with dedication by Van Booven for Leopold Aletrino (1890-1970), dated November 14, 1909. Condition: good (some light scratches and surface damage to the chin and neck area)

And:

2. De fraaie comedie: Een Haagsch verhaal – Enkele waarachtige gebeurtenissen uit het leven van een geschoolden en begaafden beuzelaar en menschenhater - 2nd Edition - Amsterdam - Meulenhoff - 1912 - cardboard cover. Condition: good.

3. Sproken - 2nd supplemented edition - Amsterdam - 1915 - hardback cover. Condition: good.

Sold for €80

24. ILLUSTRATED; OSCAR WILDE - SALOME - CIRCA 1950

Complete with 16 beautiful illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Lovely condition!

Oscar Wilde - Salome - New York, Halcyon House - 121 pp. - no date, circa 1950 - Hardcover with relief decorations in black and yellow- 21 x 14.5 cm

Sold for €40

25. RELATED; CATULLE MENDES - LA PREMIERE MAITRESSE - 1888

Very decadent novel by Wilde's Parisian friend, from the library of writer John Fowles (1926-2005).

Catulle Mendès - La première maitresse. Roman contemporain - 19e mille - Paris - Charpentier - 1888 - half leather with corners and marble boards, title in gold on back.

Sold for €31

26. SIGNED; HENRI VAN BOOVEN - TROPENWEE - 1904

The elusive first edition featuring a literary guest appearance by the Dutch Beardsley .

1. Henri van Booven - Tropenwee - 1st edition - Amsterdam - Van Holkema & Warendorf - [ 1904 ] - decorated paper cover. Condition: very fair for such a delicate sewn edition (front cover loose, damaged spine, first section coming undone). BUT with a dedication by the author dated 12-3-1908 on French title partly un-cut.

2. 'Op zee I & II' - in: L. Couperus & C. Buysse (article) Groot Nederland - October 1903 -p. 416-451 - paper cover. Condition: normal, spine has been taped. ¶ Pre-publication of chapters I & II from the 5th part of Tropenwee. Als contains the first part of the pre-publication of Dionyzos by Couperus and the one-act play in the practice of Emants.

Sold for €41

27. BIBLIOPHILE; OSCAR WILDE - THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES - 1904

Rare limited bibliophile edition on handmade van Gelder paper by Thomas B.

Mosher press.

Oscar Wilde - The Happy Prince and other Tales - Portland, ME: Thomas Mosher, 1907. Limited Edition. 12mo. 87pp. One of the 925 copies on handmade Van Gelder paper.

Sold for €27

28. SIGNED; HENRI VAN BOOVEN - TROPENWEE - 1910

With an extensive dedication to Couperian Leopold Aletrino

Henri van Booven - Tropenwee - Second, supplemented and complete edition - Amsterdam - Maatschappij voor goede en goedkope lectuur - 1910 - Half cloth cover. Condition: normal antiquated condition. With a detailed dedication dated 25-07-1910 to Leopold Aletrino with the express request "not to lend it to anyone, (let them buy it themselves)."

Sold for €41

29. ILLUSTRATED; OSCAR WILDE - THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES - 1913

First edition of classic fairy tales illustrated by Charles Robinson

Oscar Wilde - The Happy Prince and Other Tales. Illustrated by Charles Robinson - London - Duckworth & co. - 1913 - 1st edition as such- large 8vo - purple cloth cover with decoration and lettering in gold, gilt edges. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 11 ( = total 12) tipped-in coloured illustrations by Charles Robinson (1870-1937), smaller illustrations in text, end- and tail pieces.

Sold for €80

30. BIBLIOPHILE; OSCAR WILDE - INTENTIONS - 1904

Rare limited bibliophile edition on handmade van Gelder paper by the Thomas B. Mosher press.

Oscar Wilde, Intentions. Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine, 1904. Paper over boards. 4to. 236 pp. Limited edition. 1 of 600 copies printed on handmade Van Gelder paper. With the Ex-Libris of W. F. Baird Smith. Contents: The Decay of Lying; Pen, Pencil, and Poison; The Critic As Artist; The Truth of Masks.

Sold for €20

31. LIT ERARY STAMPS ; O FFICIAL OSCAR WILDE FIRST DAY COVER - 1980

Unwritten First Day Cover - flawless collector's item from Ireland

Sold for €5

32. FIN-DE-SIÈCLE; LOT CONTAINING 4 ITEMS TO DO WITH OSCAR WILDE'S FINAL DAYS 'DOWN AND OUT' IN PARIS

Including some beautiful prints of him having fun in his final days

1. 'Wereldtentoonstelling te Parijs: 'de brug Alexander' - full page illustration by P.H.G. Michel (?) from: De Hollandsche Illustratie - (1900) - framed 30x40 cm. 2. 'Wereldtentoonstelling te Parijs: het paleis der electriciteit' - ditto.

3. Carel de Nerée tot Babberich - Exhibition catalogue - Kleve - 1975 - illustrated - paper cover - text in German - with inset note from De Nerée scholar Dick Veeze to Harry Prick, dated 23-4-1975.

4. Peter Ackroyd - Het laatste testament van Oscar Wilde. Novel - Kritak - 1987 - paper cover.

Sold for €25

33. ILLUSTRATED; OSCAR WILDE / MERVYN PEAKE - EXTRACTS FROM THE POEMS OF OSCAR WILDE - 1980

Special, limited, numbered and signed edition

Mervyn Peake / Oscar Wilde - Extracts from the poems of Oscar Wilde with sixteen illustrations by Mervyn Peake and a foreword by Maeve Gilmore - London, Gordon Spilstead, 1980 - 47 pp. - Cloth binding in the original box - 23 x 15 cm.

The special edition. Published in a small, limited edition of 200 numbered copies. This is number 39 and signed by Maeve Gilmore. Printed on Glastonbury antique laid

paper bound in Tussah silk. Including the original box.

Illustrated edition. The 16 full-page illustrations were done by Mervyn Peake. The introduction is by Maeve Gilmore.

A special edition containing a couple of Oscar Wilde's beautiful poems with the lovely full-page illustrations by Mervyn Peake.

Sold for €110

34. BIBLIOPHILE; OSCAR WILDE - LECTURE ON THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE. ROSE LEAF APPLE LEAF; L'ENVOI - 1905

Extremely rare limited bibliophile edition (50 copies) on Japanese vellum by the Thomas B. Mosher press.

Oscar Wilde, Lecture on the English Renaissance. Rose Leaf Apple Leaf; L' envoi. Portland, Thomas B Mosher. 1905. XVIII, iX, 41 pp, XIV. No. 31 of only 50 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Frontispiece with heliogravure photo of Oscar Wilde, originally created in 1892 by Ellis & Walery.

Sold for €55

35. ILLUSTRATED; OSCAR WILDE - SALOMÉ - 1912

Containing 16 illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley.

Oscar Wilde, Salomé. John Lane, The Bodley Head London 1912. 8vo . 82 pp + advertisements added in back. Top Edges Gilted (TEG). First Edition Thus, newly translated and cited as the most authoritative translation from the French. Original green cloth. Sixteen Aubrey Beardsley illustrations. Perhaps the best known translation of Wilde's classic piece of theatre, with Beardsley's famously risqué illustrations. Complete with all 16 illustrates present in excellent condition.

Sold for €75

36. BIBLIOPHILE; OSCAR WILDE - POETICAL WORKS - 1908

Rare limited bibliophile edition (750 copies) on handmade Gelder paper by the Thomas B. Mosher press.

Oscar Wilde, Poetical Works. Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, 1908. Frontispiece of heliogravure portrait of Oscar Wilde printed on Japanese vellum. xxiv, 394, & 15 pp with facsimiles of advertisements, illustrations and title pages - Cloth binding - 19.5 x 14.5 cm - Limited Edition; one of 750 copies on Van Gelder handmade paper, uncut.

Sold for €150

37. OSCAR WILDE - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - 1910

One of the 1200 copies that were specially printed as souvenirs for George Alexander.

81 pp. 8vo . Gold-plated tips (TEG). Green cloth binding with gold stamped text and borders. One of the 1200 copies 'Presented by Mr. George Alexander As a Souvenir of his Twentieth Year of Management of the St James's Theatre February 1st 1910.'

Sold for €150

38. ART; CORNEILLE - OSCAR WILDE SALOMÉ - 2001

Unique book containing 13 works

Lovely collector's item featuring 13 works by Corneille.

13 original works by CORNEILLE.

1 x approx. 31 x 31 cm.

12 x approx. 22 x 29 cm.

Edition 47/100

Signed by Corneille 2001

Sold for €510

39. ART: AUBREY BEARDSLEY - ''J'AI BAISÉ TA BOUCHE/IOKANAAN': 'ILLUSTRATION OF MR. OSCAR WILDE'S 'SALOME'' 1893

The very first publication of Beardsley's iconic Salomé illustration in The Studio

Sold for €200

40. ILLUSTRATED; OSCAR WILDE - SALOMÉ. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB - 2 VOLUMES - 1938

Limited edition featuring (pochoir) illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley & André Derain

Oscar Wilde, Salomé. Limited Editions Club. London, 1938. Andre Derain & Aubrey Beardsley. Two quarto volumes (8" x 11"). The first volume in black wrappers is the French original illustrated by Andre Derain with gouache drawings on black paper reproduced through the pochoir process and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. The other volume in gilt-decorated cloth is the English translation by Lord Alfred Douglas with illustrations from the first edition by Aubrey Beardsley including four omitted from the original. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. The volume with Beardsley's illustrations is an un-read copy.

Sold for €137

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