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	1 WILDE. OSCAR.; . DE PROFUNDIS. A Facsimile. Introduction by Mervyn Holland.. The British Library, London.,2000  LIMITED EDITION. Large 8vo. (14 x 9 inches). Limited Edition. One of 495 numbered copies published on the occasion of the centenary of Wilde's death (30th November 1900). Portrait frontis of Wilde by Phil May. A fine copy in publishers dark blue cloth binding, the spine lettered in gilt. The book contains a complete facsimile of Wilde's hand-written manuscript, complete with his corrections, written while imprisoned in Reading Gaol. This was to be the last work of prose that Wilde wrote.:  Price: 150.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	2 WILDE.OSCAR.; . LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. A play about a good woman. Title page states just-Paris 1903.No Publisher.Pirated edition actually published by Leonard Smithers in London.,1903  PIRATED EDITION.One of 250 copies,this copy is number 22.Small 4to (8.4 x 6.3 inches).Text is a reprint of the First edition,published by Bodley Head in 1893,with new title page.Previous woenrs name,dated 1908,on front paste down endpaper.Both endpapers and first & last text pages suffering from some foxing but overall a very good clean copy.Original maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine.Boards a little bit marked and spine very slightly faded but generally a very good copy.:  Price: 145.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	3 WILDE. OSCAR.; . SALOME. A tragedy in one act, translated from the French. John Lane, The Bodley Head. London.,1906  FIRST ENGLISH TRADE EDITION. 8vo. (6.5 x 5.2 inches). A bright, clean and tight copy in original publishers off white boards with Aubrey Beardsley illustration and lettering in dark green to the front. Spine lettered in green. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. In the scarce original orange paper dustwrapper which reproduces the front board and spine in dark blue. Small amount of loss to the top and bottom of spine but a very good example of an uncommon 1906 dustwrapper. Preceded in English only by the rare 1894 limited edition. ( Mason 352). :.  Price: 375.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	4 WILDE. OSCAR.; RICKETTS. CHARLES. Illustrates. THE SPHINX. With decorations by Charles Ricketts. Elkin Mathews & John Lane. At the Sign of The Bodley Head. London.,1894  FIRST EDITION. 4to. (8.8 x 6.9 inches). Limited Edition. One of only 200 copies published for England, so stated on verso of half title page. Printed, in 3 colours, on hand made paper. Illustrated with 9 full page, and one half page, engravings by Charles Ricketts. Decorative initials to each section. A remarkably bright, clean and tight copy in the original publishers full vellum binding by Leighton, Son and Hodge. Both boards feature full gilt decorations by Ricketts. Spine with rule, Circe and Lamp design in gilt. Page edges untrimmed. A fine, fresh copy of this beautiful and scarce book.:  Price: 6000.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart