The Picture Of Dorian Gray

London: Ward, Lock, 1891. First English Edition; deluxe, large-paper issue; one of 250 numbered copies, signed by Wilde. Recased with the original spine laid down (including the gilt lettering with the author and title), utilizing matching material at the top and bottom of the spine and along the joints; back cover spotted; with the appropriate Beardsley bookplate of Herbert Pollitt; very good in a custom clamshell box. The published novel was revised and expanded from its 1890 appearance in Lippincott’s. While its publication was met with poor reviews, time has treated Wilde far better than his contemporaries ever did.

Ward, Lock & Company, 1891 SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. This edition is limited to 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Oscar Wilde. The book is in excellent shape for being over 100 years old. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with no writing marks of bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy SIGNED by the author. We buy Oscar Wilde First Editions.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Ward, Lock & Company, London., 1891. First edition. Royal octavo. pp viii, 334. Original parchment-backed boards with gilt design by Charles Ricketts, bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. Number 176 of 250 copies signed by the author.From the library of Sir Winston Churchill: laid in is a slip of paper on which is written, ''de M. Winston Churchill - Château du Muguet''. The Château du Muguet, in the Val-de-Loire region of France, was the setting for the penultimate session of the Anglo-French Supreme Allied Council on 11th and 12th June, 1940. Even as the Nazis were at the gates of Paris, Churchill flew to southern France in one last attempt to try and stiffen the resolve of the French military and promise them every assistance he could muster. Although de Gaulle was receptive to Churchill's ideas for a heroic defence of Paris, Pétain was already resigned to defeat. It is poignant that Churchill chose this book to accompany him on his mission, as it was to Paris that Wilde fled in an attempt to escape the stigma of his imprisonment.The book was among the effects sold at the auction of the Château du Muguet's contents . The slip of paper with its inscription is contemporaneous with Churchill’s stay and is likely to have been written shortly after his understandably hurried departure from the Château to indicate that the book had been inadvertently left behind .In his book The Literary Churchill, Jonathan Rose quotes Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland: 'Winston Churchill was once asked whom he would like to meet and talk with in after life and he replied, without hesitation, ''Oscar Wilde'' '. In the 1890's Wilde was very friendly with Churchill's mother Jennie and described her as ''both beautiful and brilliant''. Churchill himself was given on occasion to quoting from Wilde's plays, both in private conversation and public speeches.Inner hinges cracking but tight. Spine rubbed, chipped and splitting. Covers a bit marked and rubbed. Preserved in a recently custom-made quarter red morocco folding box by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, Churchill's choice of binders for his own books for presentation.

Ward,Lock and London,New York & Melbourne, 1891. Book. Good. Hardcover. Good Copy Plus in Original Grey Boards. First Edition First Issue nd on 208 in Brown Solander Case. Owners Bookplate. Excellent Copy.Tight Copy in Boards..

London: Ward Lock and Co., (1891). First edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. N.d. (1891) .First edition in book form, preceded by the 1890 appearance in Lippincott's Magazine. 8vo. in three-quarter polished dark brown morocco over navy cloth boards; raised hubs, spine lettered and compartmented in gilt; marbled endpapers. vii + 334 pp. with fore edges uncut. A tight, internally clean example, scattered foxing to the marbled endpapers and a touch of foxing to the final leaf of text. The binding, while polished, shows previous scuffing down primarily the left side of the spine strip and has some fading to the leather along the left side of the front cover. Wilde's most famous and widely known work, this tale of horror about a dissipated "young" man whose aging and sinfulness shows not on his person but only on a painted portrait of himself that is kept locked away. Famously, the tale was a result of a luncheon between Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle and their Lippincott publisher who challenged them to each produce a thrilling short story that would appeal to a broad, popular readership; Wilde produced "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and Doyle the Sherlock Holmes novella "The Sign of Four".

This is the rare first edition, first impression published by Ward, Lock & Co in April 1891 having all the identifiers of a true 1st/1st:- thick, grey paper-covered and bevelled edge boards - no publishing history - typographic error at the beginning of page 208, line 23 ("nd" instead of "and" - this was corrected for the second edition published in July 1891) - publisher displayed as "Ward Lock AND Co London New York & Melbourne" (no reference to "Bowden") - no publisher's imprint or advertisements at rear Book condition : GOOD. 8vo, vii + 334 pages. All pages are exceptionally clean for their age with minimal foxing as shown in the pictures. The spine has been restored at some stage but the gilt decorated grey boards (Charles Ricketts' 10 gilt "butterflies" design) are original and present. The binding is in great condition with no pages loose and no pages lost i.e. all 334 pages present. Best of all, the book has NO inscriptions or ownership marks as is usually the casemaking this fantastically rare for this book.

London: Ward, Lock and Co, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Contains the first printing of The Picture of Dorian Gray appearing on pages 3-100. Sheets of this magazine were printed in America and issued simultaneously by J. B. Lippincott in America, and by Ward, Lock and Company in England. Bound in contemporary blue cloth over leather spine, all edges marbled, without original wraps. In Very Good condition, cloth a bit soiled. Previous owner and bookseller labels to front paste down, along with minor pencil notations. The first trade edition of Dorian Gray did not appear in book form until the following year, much expanded with added content.

New York: Ward, Lock & Bowden Limited. [1895]. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good, bound in 1/4 canvas and paper-covered boards. Canvas at spine has given a sturdy rebacking. Stains and edge wear to boards, including a few bumps. Owner name to front panel and front end page. A few spots of toning to end papers, small crack to paper at head and base of gutter of both front and rear end papers. Text is clean and unmarked. Original grey buff boards with ten "butterfly" design. Letter 'B' to right side of bottom margin of page one. No date; according to Mason (347) , this second printing was published in 1895. Eight pages of advertisements at end, missing "a" has been fixed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages .

Lippincott, 1890 Ist edition, first printing of this important work,professionally bound in blue cloth publication binding has title and and in small lettering at the bottom of the spine " first edition", internally the front cover and ads are intact, back cover of the original magazine is missing, paper is yellowed shows some signs of wear Lippincott, Philadelphia, First printing. First printing, 1890. This was issued as a special number of Lippincott's Magazine in July, 1890. Extremely rare, hardly ever comes up for sale or auction. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company July 1890, 1890. FIRST EDITION. The first printing of the complete novel. The sheets of the magazine were printed in America and issued simultaneously in America by Lippincott and in London by Ward, Lock. The first edition in book form was published in April 1891, which featured a substantially altered text, including the addition of six new chapters. Listed in The Observer's All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003]. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng

London: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Company, n.d. [c.1890]. FIRST PRINTING of the complete novel. The sheets of the magazine were printed in America and issued simultaneously in USA by Lippincott and in London by Ward, Lock. These monthly magazines contained a complete novel in each issue and many went unsold; the remaining sheets were then bound up as the collections 'Six Complete Novels' or 'Four Complete Novels from Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'. The present copy was bound after August 1891, due to the imprint on the general title. The bibliography concedes 'the contents of these bound volumes are not always identical, the selection of monthly parts varying considerably. Dorian Gray is always placed first in the volume' (Mason 81c). Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four also appeared in the magazine around this time and his bibliographers expand upon the publisher's commercial approach to anthologizing; 'this was an attempt to dispose of the large number of early issues by including the short novels by Oscar Wilde or Rudyard Kipling' (Green and Gibson pp.37-8). Large octavo, pp.578. Publisher's light blue cloth blocked in red and gilt, coated yellow endpapers. The binding is mis-titled 'Four Complete Stories' emphasising the cavalier attitude towards the publication. Contents clean, edges toned, some 'stepping' to sections where bound from the parts, binding rubbed and edgeworn. A used but serviceable copy of the EARLIEST SHEETS of the novel, albeit bound later than the book-form edition. Most uncommon. Mason [81-82, 332]. Listed in The Observer's All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003].

Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto, pp.312. Elegantly bound by Bennett of New York in three quarter red crushed morocco, with gilt to spine, buckram sides ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., others untrimmed. Illustrated with seven full-page wood engravings by Eugene Dété from drawings by Paul Thiriat of Paris, with titled tissue guards. Inserted before the half-title is a slip of paper (5 x 7½ inches) on the front of which, printed in red, was the following interesting note: "First Illustrated Edition / of / "The Picture of Dorian Gray" / - / This illustrated edition was intended to be issued in 1908, the date given on the title-page; but, after the text had been printed, the artist unfortunately fell ill, and this is the reason why the book has not appeared before the present year, 1910". Internally clean, two bookplates to pastedown Binding a little worn, some scuffing neatly touched-in, label removed from foot. Very good. Mason 335, p.349.

Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908. [1910]. One of Two Hundred Copies with Label. Publisher's tipped-in notice of publication's delay until 1910, with 1908 on title page. Professionally rebacked with gilt-stamped leather spine label. Paper french wrappers mounted over card wrappers, 312 pp., numerous plates under protective tissue. Engraved by E. Dege from illustrations by Paul Thiriat (uncredited). Covers stained and worn with chipping at edges and corners; edgewear and occasional small chips to leaves; page edges tanned, one page corner turned, faint finger marks to a few margins, dampstain to upper margins of last several pages. Mason 335. Size: Small 4to. Paperback. Collectible - Good/N/A.

Charterhouse Press, 1904. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine Copy in Full Green Leather. Limited Edition #69/800 .Very Scarce.Small Book Plate.Excellent Fresh Copy..

Buccaneer Books, 1990-07-01. Library Binding. Good.

Horace Liveright, 1930. Book. Illus. by Henriette Stern Majeska. Fine. Cloth in Box. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine Copy In Like Box Limited Edition 1/1500 Copies With 7 Illustrations By Majeska.Beautiful Copy.

Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated "One of One Hundred Fifty Copies with Label" on a chipped, laid-in purple leaf. About Very Good, bound in purple suede, faded on the spine and outer edges. Square with general wear on the binding, blue moire endpapers with less than half an inch of separation at the top and bottom edge of the front gutter, clean pages with a gilt top edge. Wilde's classic novel offered in a scarce binding variant of this Parisian edition.

NY: Horace Liveright. As New with no dust jacket. 1930. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on pink panel on spine, additional gilt lettering and decoration on spine, bevelled edges, t.e.g., fore and bottom edges deckle. Illustrated with eight full-page, full-color, tissue-protected drawings by Majeska. This edition of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is limied to 1540 copies of which 1500 only are for sale, of which this is number 713. The book is designed by Werner Helmer and printed from type at the Van Rees Press, the type distributed after printing. When it was first published by Lippincott's Magazine in 1890, Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" was considered by some members of the English public to be immoral. Its controversial reputation only grew when, in 1895, Wilde stood trial for homosexual acts, and the novel was used as evidence. This is the limited American edition of 1930, beautifully printed and bound by Horace Liveright, with colour illustrations by a woman known as Majeska, who chose to depict the physical transformation of Dorian Gray's portrait. Majeska's designs, strongly influenced by Aubrey Beardsley's works of the 19th century fin-de-siècle and Decadent movement were quite popular. Madame Yna Majeska (Henriette Stern), artist, decorator, designer and book illustrator served as a costume designer for both the Zeigfeld Follies, movie producer Cecil B. Demille and Irving Berlin’s Music Box. Born in Philadelphia, she started in her youth as a dancer then turned to character art, receiving her professional training in Europe. She discovered that by changing her name and pretending to be European, she would get more work as an artist. Many of her drawings would be published in Vanity Fair magazine. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. A absolutely beautiful copy. AS NEW. . Color Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 282 pp .

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New York: Charterhouse Press, 1904. Limited. Leather . Very Good. Tissue-guarded sepia-tone frontispiece portrait. Green boards bound in 3/4 polished morocco. Gilt-titled decorative spine with raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Number 219 of an edition limited to 800 copies. Very attractive edition.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Mint. Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. ; Easton Press Collector's Library of Famous Editions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, accented in 22kt gold gilt decoration all edge gilt, hubbed spines. No book plates or owner markings a pristine copy. ; The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. SEALED in SHRINKWRAP As New, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Pristine. ; Easton Press Collector's Library of Famous Editions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Pristine. ; Easton Press Collector's Library of Famous Editions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Limited Edition of 1540, this is #1178. Top edge gilt is in great shape. Overall book is quite nice with a tiny tear in cloth at head of spine. Slipcase is present but is in four pieces.. Hardcover. VG+ to Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Illus. by Majeska.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in decorative boards. 22k gold accenting with hubbed spines. Pristine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. .

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound in full leather with hubbed spines. Pristine. A Limited Edition. ; The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Brentano's, 1906. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1906, original tan cloth, lettered in gilt. First Brentano's Edition. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine, deckled fore and bottom page edges, NO DUST JACKET. a bent top page edge on page 81, exterior of the book shows some light soiling and browning to the spine.Previous owners small label on the back lower left corner. Text remains bright and clean

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Charles Carrington, 1908. Paperback. Acceptable. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908. First illustrated edition. Hardcover. 312 pp. Fair. Lacking the backstrip, which appears to have been once affixed to the book with textured tape. Bumping and scuffing to the edges and corners with scuffing to the boards. Small pen note on the front free endpaper. The interior is quite nice and unmarked with illustrations and captioned tissue guards present. A few pages opened poorly, resulting in some tearing at the fore edges, none affecting the text or illustrations. An excellent candidate for rebacking or rebinding.

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Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908. 362 pp; heavily edgeworn, halfbound in red, some foxing, rebound.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Ye Olde Paris Booke-Shoppe, 1926. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good. green cloth gilt lettering to spine no dust jacket 352 pp signed by Julian Green (dated July 1939) on the front free endpaper bookstore label glued to front pastedown top edge of spine frayed.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1919. Handsomely rebound 3 volume set, this edition originally published in wrappers. Dark leather spines with gilt titles, 5 raised bands, marbled boards and end pages, ribbon markers. All 3 volumes Near Fine to Very Good Plus, top edges darkened, pages with some toning, prior owner name to half-title page 1 volume. . Later Edition. Leather and Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Buccaneer Books. Used - Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside.

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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2004. Hardcover. New. Size=7.5"x10". Frontis of Author, Illus. (full book description) The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 2004. Collector's Ed. NEW, LEATHER BOUND, DJ Not Issued. Size=7.5"x10", 286pgs. Frontis of Author, Illus. Brand New copy. Clean, bright and very tight. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing, etc. Red leather binding with gold gilt letter & cover decorations, 5 raised spine ribs, all around page end gold gilt, attached satin page marker & moire endpapers. One book in publishers series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Illustrated by Lucille Corcos. Introduction by Andre Maurois. [Leather Bindings; Classic Fiction; Collectors Edition; NEW BOOK; Classic Literature; 100 Greatest Books] SELLING WORLDWIDE SINCE 1987. WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE!

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Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Pristine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Oneworld Classics, 2008-09-01. Reissue. Paperback. Used:Good.

Easton Press. LEATHER_BOUND. GREAT SHAPE! Book is in pristine shape with minuscule scratches on the page scratches. Book features a rich navy leather binding and gilded page edges. 100% of proceeds go towards international distribution of books to promote literacy. . Fine.

Octopus Publishing Group. LEATHER BOUND. 0706418824 Like New Condition. . Fine.