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Published by Limited Editions Club
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Editions Club edition; contains boths in a single volume; limited to 1500 copies; signed by the illustrator Tony Walton. Light wear to the boards. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. Missing the slipcase. 2.4. signed by author.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, London, 1973
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First edition thus. 11'' x 8''. 125pp. ; 114pp. Signed by the illustrator Tony Walton. Tiny nick to fore edge. A touch of silverfishing to slipcase.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1973
Book Signed
Hardcover. Tony Walton (illustrator). #1269 of 1500 copies. Signed by illustrator on colophon. Dos-a-dos binding. Clean, bright, and unmarked. Lacking the slipcase. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Limited Editions Club, London, 1973
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. Hardcover. Limited edition. Number 1338 from an edition of 1500 copies. Bound dos a dos. Features an introduction by Sir John Gielgud. Includes illustrations by Tony Walton. A fine copy in green cloth boards in a very good plus slipcase with some bumping to the top edge. No dust jacket. Signed by Tony Walton on the limitation page. Attractive edition of these two plays.
Published by Limited Editions Club, London, 1973
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Tony Walton (illustrator). Quarto (7-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound dos-a-dos in full green buckram with the spine stamped in dark green and pure gold and the covers lettered in gilt, top and bottom edges gilt. Introduction by Sir John Gielgud. Illustrated by Tony Walton with 14 in-text line drawings, 6 full-page paintings, and 4 double-spread paintings. Copy #457 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Mild spotting to the cloth. Very Good in worn glassine and a Very Good slipcase.
Published by LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION; number 226 of 1500 copies signed by illustrator Tony Walton on limitation page. Very Good+ in slipcase; gilt and black-stamped green cloth boards. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by The Limited Editions Club, N.P., 1973
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Signed
cloth, slipcase. Limited Editions Club (illustrator). tall 8vo. cloth, slipcase. xi, 114; vi, 125, (3) pages printed dos-a-dos. With an Introduction by Sir John Gielgud and illustrations by Tony Walton. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Walton (LEC 457). Monthly Letter / prospectus loosely inserted. Fine in fine slipcase.Printed at the John Roberts Press with design by Bernard Roberts.
Published by Limited Editions Club, 1973
Seller: Northmont Books and Stamps, Farmington Hills., MI, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Thus. A beautiful copy of this very fine collectible edition of these two works by Wilde. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Limited Editions Club, Avon, CT, 1973
Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Cloth Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Tony Walton (illustrator). Signed Limited Edition. Top & Bottom Edges gilt. Two of Wilde's best-known plays bound dos-a-dos in one volume. Illustrated in color by Tony Walton who has signed the book on the limitation page. Limited to 1500 copies, housed in the original slipcase which is fine save for a few white marks on one panel. LEC newsletter and prospectus laid in. Size: Large Thick 8vo. Signed by Illustrator.
Published by ca. 1930s., 1930
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster Signed
Condition: Good. Etching. 8 x 6 inches. Signed and titled in pencil.
Published by Methuen, London, 1910
Seller: Bath House Books, Ditchingham, United Kingdom
Signed
Cloth Gilt. Condition: Good. Small 8vo. 1910. Uncut and marked up in pencil for acting in original cloth gilt. t.e.g. Slightly rubbed and worn. This edition , limited to 1200 copies as a souvenir presentation by Mr George Alexander. Presentation inscription by G.A. to Miss Dorothy Green, dated Feb 1st 1910. i.e. date of publication (stage actress 1921-53, mainly Old Vic and Stratford Shakespeare) with portrait postcard of her, inscribed to her daughter. She played Gwendolen Fairfax in the 1911 revival. With presentation autograph of Allen Aynesworth who had a lead role in the premiere production of Importance ,1895 as Algernon Moncrieff alongside George Alexander as John Worthing, and together reprised their roles in a hugely successful revival in 1909. THIS COPY BEING SIGNED BY ALL OF THE CAST OF THE 1909 PRODUCTION. This copy is particularly nostalgic as the inscription from Stella Patrick Campbell is to Dorothy Green who took over her role as Gwendolen Fairfax. 'I like you already more than I can say. My first impressions of people are never wrong!'.Unique association copy. Images available on request. Book.
Published by Atlantic Theatre Company, Barnstaple, Massachusetts. [c 1981], 1981
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition. The poster is printed in black and purple on thin white card and measures 43 x 28 cm. The design showing two of the characters from the play is by Edward Gorey, as is the lettering of the titles.Number 29 of 60 copies numbered and signed by the artist in the bottom margin.Slight crease to bottom corner, otherwise fine.
In publisher's green cloth. Signed by the illustrator. With 6 full-page and several text illustrations. In publisher's green cloth. 78 [2] p. Association copy, inscribed to the American socialite and fashion icon, Mona von Bismarck and her husband, Count Albrecht Eduard "Eddie" von Bismarck-Schönhausen. Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (1904-1980) was an English photographer, painter, illustrator, writer, and designer. Besides regularly working as a photographer for Condé Nast publications, such as the Vogue, he pursued a career as a stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He won three Academy Awards for his art directorial work as well as for his costume designs. Mona von Bismarck (1897-1983) was a long-time friend of Beaton. . Cover somewhat rubbed at edges. Otherwise in fine condition. Signed by the illustrator. With 6 full-page and several text illustrations.
Published by Leonard Smithers and Co, London, 1899
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Signed
Signed limited large-paper edition of the authorâ s masterpiece, number 68 of 100 copies signed by Oscar Wilde on the limitation page. Octavo, original pale purple cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt floral motifs from designs by Charles Shannon on spine and covers, edges untrimmed. Presentation copy, with an autograph letter signed by the third and final wife of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, actress Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, to stage actor Harrison K. Ford laid in which reads, "To Harrison Ford Do hope you will enjoy this!- All good wishes Carlotta Monterey O'Neill Dec 6th 31 1095 Park Ave.-" From the library of Harrison K. Ford with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. In near fine condition. An exceptional example with noted provenance. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personć to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humour, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play. The successful opening night marked the climax of Wilde's career but also heralded his downfall. The Marquess of Queensberry, whose son Lord Alfred Douglas was Wilde's lover, planned to present the writer with a bouquet of rotten vegetables and disrupt the show. Wilde was tipped off and Queensberry was refused admission. Soon afterwards their feud came to a climax in court, where Wilde's homosexual double life was revealed to the Victorian public and he was eventually sentenced to imprisonment. His notoriety caused the play, despite its early success, to be closed after 86 performances. After his release, he published the play from exile in Paris, but he wrote no further comic or dramatic work.
Published by Leonard Smithers and Co, London, 1899
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Near Fine. Signed Limited First Edition. Signed limited first edition. [xii], 152 pp. Bound in publisher's original pale lavender cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations by Charles Shannon. Copy number 82 of 100 large paper copies signed by Oscar Wilde with a flourish. Near Fine with subtle sunning, several barely discernible spots to cloth, short bubble to rear cloth. Typical offsetting to endpapers, and a 5" tear to the rear endpaper. Contents bright and fresh. A beautiful copy. Wilde's masterpiece, which opened to wide acclaim at the St. James's Theatre, London, on February 14, 1895. It was withdrawn after 86 performances following his arrest and imprisonment on charges of gross indecency as a consequence of his failed libel suit against Lord Queensbury, the father of Wilde's homosexual lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. He was outed as gay (a disgrace in Victorian society) and the play was not published in any form until the present edition, following his release from prison. It has been hailed as an exemplary farce, called by poet W.H. Auden "a pure verbal opera.".