An Ideal Husband

by Wilde, Oscar

From the book:The room is brilliantly lighted and full of guests. At the top of the staircase stands LADY CHILTERN, a woman of grave Greek beauty, about twenty-seven years of age. She receives the guests as they come up. Over the well of the staircase hangs a great chandelier with wax lights, which illumine a large eighteenth-century French tapestry - representing the Triumph of Love, from a design by Boucher- that is stretched on the staircase wall. On the right is the entrance to the music-room. The sound of a string quartette is faintly heard. The entrance on the left leads to other reception-rooms. MRS. MARCHMONT and LADY BASIL-DON, two very pretty women, are seated together on a Louis Seize sofa. They are types of exquisite fragility. Their affectation of manner has a delicate charm. Watteau would have loved to paint them.

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Leonard Smithers and Co. London. 1899. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to.(8.4 X 6.3 inches). xvi, 213pp. Original light purple cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and decorative designs by Charles Shannon in gilt to both boards and spine. All edges untrimmed. A small amount of light offsetting to the blank endpapers. Some mottling to the spine and a little… Read more about this item
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Leonard Smithers, London., 1899. First edition. Octavo. pp [xvi], 213. One of 1000 copies. Original gilt decorated cloth. A drama in four acts.Bookplate on front pastedown. Covers marked and rubbed at head and tail of spine. Possible water-staining to the lower half of the spine. Endpapers faintly spotted. Very good.
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London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. First signed limited edition of Wilde's classic comedic stage play. Octavo, original lavender publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt flourishes to the spine and front panel. One of 100 large paper copies signed by Oscar Wilde, this is number 85. In near fine condition with a touch of toning.… Read more about this item
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Oscar Wilde - An Ideal Husband - London, Methuen, 1908 - Limited Edition (1000 copies on handmade paper) - 239pp - 22x16cm Condition Good: Spine a bit discoloured, some traces of use, ex-libris inside. Some light foxing but in general the book is clean and solid. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. If you have any questions or want to see… Read more about this item
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London: Smithers, 1899. Limited. hardcover. very good. [16], 214 pages. Square 8vo, original lavender cloth with gilt decorations on covers, uncut edges. London: Leonard Smithers 1899. Limited First Edition. Some minor soiling & bubbling on the cover but still a very good(+) internally clean copy of this exceedingly rare book.<br/> <br/> One of Wilde's most frequently produced plays.… Read more about this item
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8vo. London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. 8vo, 213, (1, imprint)pp. Original salmon cloth stamped in gold, backstrip dull, internally very good. Wilmerding bookpate upside down in back. § First edition, one of 1000 copies. “Although Wilde's third play opened in 1895, it was not published until four years later and after Wilde had been released from prison. The success of… Read more about this item
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London: Leonard Smithers and Co,, 1899. Wilde's favourite play, with an appealing association First edition, one of 1,000 copies printed, presented in the year of publication from Lady Lewis, the wife of Wilde's solicitor, to their mutual friend the actress Elizabeth Robins. Lewis has inscribed the front free endpaper: "With love from B[eth]. L[ewis]. Aug. 6th 99, Vulpera"; Robins's… Read more about this item
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8vo. London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. 8vo, 213, (1, imprint)pp. Original salmon cloth stamped in gold, one corner creased, slightest of soiling to covers, ink signature at front “Winifred M.F. Carritt Christmas 1900”. Blue quarter morocco slipcase. § First edition, one of 1000 copies. “Although Wilde's third play opened in 1895, it was not published until four years… Read more about this item
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London: Smithers, 1899. Limited. hardcover. very good(+). [16], 214 pages. Square 8vo, original lavender cloth with gilt decorations on covers, uncut edges. London: Leonard Smithers 1899. Limited First Edition. Some fading, soiling & shelf-wear on the binding; old heraldic bookplate on end-paper, which has offset onto front flyleaf, still a very good(+) clean copy of this exceedingly rare… Read more about this item
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An Ideal Husband : by The Author of Lady Windermere's Fan

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London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London 1899: Leonard Smithers and Co. First edition, one of 1000 copies only. Octavo. Lavender cloth decorated in gilt and with spine lettering gilt. Fore edges uncut. 213 pp. A tight example, very good with three very small chips along the rear gutter edge and a approximately ½" square… Read more about this item
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London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. First edition of Wilde's classic comedic stage play. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
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NY: Penguin Books, 1999. A stock image [photo] is an accurate representation of the listed book's cover design. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Covers clean, colors bright, spine and extremities with minor wear. Cover art ©1999 Miramax Films. A dazzling blend of farce and morality, this play masterfully explores human frailty and social hypocrisy. Media Mail, Priority &… Read more about this item
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An Ideal Husband: a play

An Ideal Husband: a play

by Oscar Wilde

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Methuen, 1912. Book. Good-. Hardcover. 5th edition. Deckle-edges of pages tanned and foxed, mild foxing to endpapers, else internally in very good condition; top edge gilt, cover has gilt still bright, old damp marks to both panels, backstrip darkened. No wrapper..
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