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CHAPMAN LIBRARY "Zi UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORM roc^^l ^ SANTA BARBARA INTRODUCTION IT will be obvious to readers of this catalogue that this is the greatest Collection of the Works of Oscar Wilde that has ever been formed. Indeed, it is unlikely that such a complete and im- portant collection of manuscripts and books by and relating to a single author has ever before been brought together. There are original manuscripts, many of them complete, of nearly all of the writings of Oscar Wilde; first editions and presentation copies of all his published works; long series of autograph letters to the men and women intimately identified with his life ; letters to him from well-known men and women of the period, and a long series of books relating to his life and works. It is at once a collector's and a student's library and contains the material for a detailed history of the life and times of Oscar Wilde that has yet to be written, not to supersede but as a supplement to that great piece of literary portraiture, ' ' Oscar Wilde : His Life and Confessions ' ' by Frank Harris. It was the owner's intention to publish a series of volumes founded on this Collection and it is because the pressure of other interests made this impossible that he decided to offer it for sale. It is, of course, impossible to predict the position of Oscar Wilde in the literary history of the future, but there can hardly be any question about the increasing interest in his life and works. Only a few months ago, Mr. A. Edward NeW'ton wrote in TJie Amenities of Book Collecting: "There is no halt in the constantly advancing value of first editions of Oscar Wilde," and in this month's issue of The Bookman (New York) there is an article by Arthur Symons, ' ' A Jester with Genius, ' ' in which he says — after quoting one of the unpublished passages of De Profundis — "In that pas- sage, which speaks straight, and has a fine eloquence in its sim- plicity, I seem to see the W'hole man summed up, and the secret ^0 ?>^ ^IfO ->(, L J ^/> ri OSCAR WILDE'S COPY 4. VERA; or, the Nihilists. A Drama in a Prologue and Four Acts. 12mo, three-quarter olive levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, original wrappers bound in, by Hatchards. Enclosed in a full green levant morocco solander case. [London], 1882 One op a very small number of copies issued in an acting edition. At the top of front wrapper ' ' Strictly Private. ' ' The Author 's own COPY, WITH THREE CORRECTIONS IN HIS HAND, twO On page 29 On the margin, and at page 50 on the interleaf, a change of three words. These changes do not occur in the printed version of the col- lected WORKS. 5. VERA; or, The Nihilists. A Drama. 4to, original wrap- <^ pers, uncut. Privately Printed, 1902 One of 200 copies printed for Private Circulation. MANUSCRIPT OF "VERA" j^' 6. VERA. Original Autograph Manuscript of "Vera; or, the Nihilist." Written in a thick 4to blank book, on 175 pp. Pre- served in a full crimson levant morocco solander case, fire-proofed. This valuable and extremely important manuscript is undoubtedly Wilde's earliest draft of this play, showing many variations from the printed text. The interpolations on the opposite blank pages, memoranda, notes, etc., bear evidence to the author's thorough revision. At the end are 55 pages of Manuscript verse and prose, in Wilde's hand, some of which may be unpublished. 7. VERA. Original Autograph Manuscript of 24 pages of "Vera, the Nihilist." 4to, with corrections here and there in Wilde's hand. INSCRIBED WITH UNPUBLISHED POEM 8. POEMS. 12mo, original parchment boards, gilt, gilt top, uncut. London: David Bogue, 1881 Unique First Edition. Inscribed, with an unpublished poem, to M. B. J. The poem is of three stanzas, beginning "Green are the summer meadows," and signed "O. W. " 9. POEMS. Device. 12mo, parchment, ornament in gold on sides, gilt top, uncut. London : David Bogue, 1881 First Edition. At page 21, is inserted an autograph manuscript tran- scription by Wilde, signed, of a portion of one of the verses on "The garden of Eros," — " creaviy mcadoic-sweet, whiter than Juno's throat, and odorotis as all Arabia. Oscar Wilde, April, '87." 10. POEMS. Second Edition. 12mo, vellum, ornament in gold on sides, gilt top, uncut. London: David Bogue, 1881 Inscribed on half-title: "Oscar Wilde, 34 Torlc Street, Janrj. 7, '84," where Wilde at one time lived. VERA; OR, THE NIHILTSTtS\ a Brama IN FOUR ACT/S, BY OSCAR WILDE. LONDON : RANKEN & CO., PRINTERS, DRURY HOUSE, ST. MARY-LE-STRAND, W.C. 1880. [NUMBER 3] jT 7:f PRESENTATION COPY TO WILLIAM MORRIS 11. POEMS. Second Edition. 12mo, half brown levant mo- rocco, gilt top, uncut. London: Bogue, 1881 Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde to Wiluam Morris, with the inscription on verso of the half-title : "To William Morris in deepest admiration from the author." With sale label of William Morris. 12. POEMS. 12mo, original cloth. Boston : Roberts Bros., 1881 First American Edition. 13. POEMS. Imp. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. /Ji ^ New York, 1882 Munro's "Seaside Library," No. 1183, issued Jan. 19, 1882, PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS 14. POEMS. Decorative title by Charles Bieketts. 12mo, orig- ^ inal cloth, gilt design by Ricketts, gilt top, uncut in full olive levant C/ morocco solander case. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892 Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, with the inscription on the half-title: " Fr&ni Oscar To the gilt-mailed Boy. At Oxford, in tlie heart of June." One of 220 copies, autographed by the author. [See Illustration] io 15. POEMS. Title page designed by Ricketts. 12mo, original cloth, ornamentation in gold on sides by Ricketts, gilt top, uncut. London, 1892 One of 220 copies', autographed by the author. Two verses of "Char- mides" have been omitted ajid many minor changes occur throughout. Loosely laid in, is an autograph manuscript sonnet, signed, by Pierre Louys', who has written at the top: "A letter, written in prose poetry by Mr. Oscm- Wilde to a friend, 4' translated into rhymed poetry by a poet of no importance." The Sonnet is in French. / 16. POEMS. 12mo, half blue morocco, gilt top, original wrap- 'j pers bound in. New York: George Munro's Sons, 1895 Munro's Library of Popular Novels, No. 171. This issue follows the text of the 1881 edition but omitsi nine of the shorter poems. 17. POEMS. 12mo, half blue morocco, gilt top, original wrap- '^ pers bound in. New York: George Munro and Sons, [1895] The issue for June 8, 1895, in Munro's "Seaside Library," No. 2144. 18. POEMS by Oscar Wilde. Together with his Lecture on the 3 English Renaissance. (Now first published). 8vo, boards, uncut. Paris, 1903 Edition de Luxe. One of 50 copies on Japanese vellum. 7-1 '^^^ cy-—} c o^^ i<=> fi^^ .-lA- - K- y% t> POEMS. cx-^^ 0/ V J^ ■4.' 7 U^ ^x^ CV <53 J '1^'\^ [NUMBER 14] ->^ ¥6 7 vT >7 /C -1 ytfS 19. THE DUCHESS OF PADUA. A Tragedy of the 16th Century. Large Svo, original wrappers, uncut, in half maroon morocco slip-case. New York: Privately Printed, n. d. FiKST Edition in English (except the prompt copies), and No. one of 30 on Japanese vellum. This version of the play, beginning with the title-page itself, is obvi- ously a translation back into English from the German Edition. That it is a pirated edition is made plain by the statement of Mr. Eoss, who wad ignorant of its existence. 20. DIE HERZOGIN VON PADUA. Ein Tragodie aus dem 16. Jahrhundert von Oscar Wilde. Deutsch von Max Meyerfeld. Autorisierte Ubersetzung. 12mo, cloth. Berlin, n. d. [1904] The first published edition in any language, excepting the prompt copies which were privately printed as' Manuscript at the time the play was produced in 1891. Only four of the twenty copies of this privately printed issue have survived. Although this play was written as early as 1883, after its refusal by Mary Anderson, it was laid aside for a number of years and acted for the first time by Lawrence Barrett at the ' ' Broadway ' ' New York, Jan, 26, 1891, under the title of "Guido Ferranti. " The edition announced by Lane was never issued, and the original MS. was stolen from Mr. Wilde's house in 1895i Mr. Ross writes of this play in a letter "/ have allowed the translation of it to appear in German by tlie translator of 'De Pro- fundis.' The reason it Ims TWt appeared in English forms a subject of dispute between myself and the Official Receiver in BanTcruptcy." 21. DIE HERZOGIN VON PADUA. Ein Tragodie aus dem 16. Jahrhundert von Oscar Wilde. Deutsch von Max Meyerfeld. Autorisierte Ubersetzung. 12mo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Berlin, n. d. [1904 J The first published edition in any language, except the issue of the prompt copies. With bookplate of C. S. Millard. 22. THE DUCHESS OF PADUA (in Russian). 16mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wTappers bound in. Moscow, n. d- 23. DUCHESS OF PADUA. Original Autograph Manuscript of 8 pp., forming a portion of "The Duchess of Padua." Written iQ on 4to sheets, with very few corrections. 24. DUCHESS OF PADUA. Original Autograph Manuscript of part of "The Duchess of Padua," written on 1 p. 4to, without the names of the characters speaking. WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 25. THE HAPPY PRINCE and Other Tales. Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomh Hood. S(|uare Svo, full olive levant morocco, Jansen st^^le, inside gilt borders, gilt top, uncut, original covers bound in, by Riviere. London: David Nutt, 1888 First Edition. Each leaf has been mounted on a guard, and there have been inserted a pencil ])ortrait of Oscar Wilde, which he has auto- graphed: " Yonrs Oscar Wilde, 1878. Magdalene, Oxford"; besides 10 original pei)-;ind-ink drawings of the illustrations, 'i by Walter Crane, and 7 by Hood; together with a sheet containing 4 proof impressious of the vignettes. 8 26. THE HAPPY PRINX'E and Other Tales. Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomh Hood. 8vo, original boards, uncut. London: David Nutt, 1888 First Edition. Autograph presentation copy from Oscab. Wilde TO Charles Burleigh, with inscription on fly-leaf: "Cliarles Burleigh from his friend the author. Oscar Wilde. Christm-as, 1888." si) 27. THE HAPPY PRINCE and Other Tales. Illustrated hy Walter Crane and Jacomh Hood. 8vo, original boards, uncut. / i,"\ London : David Nutt, 1888 [) ^ First Edition. Laid in is an autograph of Oscar "Wilde, dated Majeh 17, 1888. 28. THE HAPPY PRINCE and other Tales. Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomh Hood. Imp. Svo, original boards, un- yT\ cut. London, 1888 ' Large Paper copy op the First Edition. One of seventy-five copies, autographed by the author, with the illustrations on India paper in two states, black and sepia. 29. DER GLUCKLICHE PRINZ und andere Erzahlungen. Aus ,. . dem Englischen iibersetzt van Johannes Gaulke. 8vo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. First German Edition. Leipzig, 1903 30. DER GLUCKLICHE PRINZ. Moderne Marehen von Oskar Wilde. Deutsch von E. Otten. 3. Auflage. 12mo, half ■; ^ maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Leipzig, 1903 An example of the Second Translation of this work into German. 31. THE HAPPY PRINCE (in Russian). 16mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. ^ ^ St. Petersburg, n. d. 32. THE HAPPY PRINCE (in Russian). 16mo, half green ^ ^. levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. 4 Moscow, n. d. THE RARE EARLIEST EDITION 33. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. Large 8vo, original boards, uncut, paper label, in half olive morocco slip-case. i-% *' London: Privately printed, 1890 \f^ The very rare earllkst edition. One of only a few copies printed for private distribution a year earlier than the regular publication of the work. The 1891 edition, commonly called the first, is an entirely differ- ent form from this issue. 34. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 8vo, original wrap- pers, in half blue morocco slip-case. Philadelphia, 1890 The publication of "Dorian Gray" in Lippincott's Magazine for July, 1890. 13 chapters. "yS ^ 35. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. Proof sheets of pp. 31-34, as the work appeared in "Lippincott's Magazine." Mounted with linen guards and bound in full olive levant morocco, gilt fillet panels on back and sides, gilt edges, doublures and flys of pale green moire silk, by Wood. Facsimile of Wilde's signature on front cover. With manuscript corrections by Oscar Wilde. Pages 32-33 are very profusely corrected, with Wilde's manuscrix^t emendations and addi- tions on the margins. ^ 36. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 12mo, original ■^ wrappers. New York: M. J. Ivers and Co., 1890 No. 195 of the "American Series." The pirated edition issued almost simultaneously with Lippincott's Magazine for July. With Colgate's advertisement on the last vrrapper. 37. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 12mo, original f^S^ wrappers. In half maroon levant morocco slip case. g ^ New York : M. J. Ivers and Co., 1890 No. 195 of the "American Series." The pirated edition issued almost simultaneously with Lippincott's Magazine for July. With advertisement on the last wrapper of ' ' The Standard Letter Writer. ' ' ioO />? •^ jT 77 38. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 4to, original boards, parchment back, gilt top, uncut. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891 Large Paper copy op the first published edition, one of 250 copies, autographed by the author. PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS 39. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. Small 4to, full red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt paneled sides, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891 Large Paper copy. Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, with inscription on verso of the half-title: "Alfred Douglas from his friend who wrote this hook. July '91. Oscar." One of 250 copies, autographed by the author. [See Illustration] 40. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 4to, original boards, parchment back, (worn) gilt top, uncut. In half gray levant morocco slip-case. London : Ward, Lock and Co., 1891 Large Paper copy of the first published edition. Autograph presentation copy. "To Lancelot from his friend: the author. Nov. '94." One of 250 copies autographed by the author. PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS WIFE 41. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 12mo, original boards, uncut. In gray levant morocco solauder case. London: Ward, Lock and Co., n. d. [1891] First published edition. Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde to his wife, with the inscription on fly-leaf: "Constance, from Oscar, with his love. May, '9.1." 10 in ^ • ^^ • Crjc a^^ LNUMBER 39] > 7- PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS MOTHER 42. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 12ino, ori^nal boards, uncut. In gray levant morocco solander case. London: Ward, Lock and Co., n. d. [1891] First published edition. Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde to his Mother: '^^To my mother with viy love. Oscar Wilde." 43. DORIAN GRAY'S BILDNIS. Deutsch von Felix Paul Greve. 2. Auflage. 12mo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Minden: J. C. C. Bruns, n. d. [1904] Bookplate of Christopher S. Millard. 44. DORIAN GRAY'S PORTRATT. Ofversattning fran engel- skan af N. Selander. Tredje upplagan. Portrait of Wilde on wrapper. 12mo, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. (A few lower margins stained.) Stockholm [1906] 45. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. Copyright Edition. 12mo, cloth. Paris: Carrington, 1910 46. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (in Russian). 16mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Moscow, n. d. THE AUTHOR'S TYPE-WRITTEN COPY WITH MANUSCRIPT CORRECTIONS OF "DORIAN GRAY" 47. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. The author's TYPE- WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," written on 231 numbered leaves, and signed at the end in full, each leaf mounted on guard, and bound in full gray levant morocco, gilt fillet and ornamental borders, doublures of bromi levant mo- rocco, with a broad ornamental border, inlaid with olive and gTay, outlined with gilt and backgrounds of pointille ; flys of gray moire silk. In gray levant morocco fire-proof solander case. On the margin of the first leaf has been written in pencil : ' ' This is the original copy of Dorian Gray. J. M. Stoddart," and is without doubt the original manuscript from which the earliest issue of this STORY was printed in "Lippiueott's Magazine" for July, 1890, contain- ing r3 chapters. Six leaves have been entirely re- written in Wilde's autograph, and throughout the Manuscript are many corrections, on some of the leaves these corrections amounting almost to Manuscript copy-all being in the author 's hand. ORIGINAL DRAFT OF CHAPTER 3 OF "THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY" 48. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. The original manu- script of Chapter 3 of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," written on ." i.) 23 pp. folio, and bound in full green levant morocco, gilt fillet back ^ and sides, gilt edges, doublures and flys of wliite moire silk, with facsimile of Wilde's signature on front cover, by Wood. This chnpter differs greatly with the j)rinto(l version and contains many deletions, interpolations, etc. 12 7c 36 o - MANUSCRIPT OF CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF "DORIAN GRAY" 49. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. Original manu- script of Chapter Fourteen of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," written on 17 pp. folio, and bound in full green levant morocco, gilt fiUet back and sides, gilt edges, doublures and flys of white moire silk, with facsimile of Oscar AVilde 's signature on front cover, by Wood. After the publication of "Dorian Gray" in "Lippincott 's Magazine" in Jiilv, 1890, George Lock, of Ward, Lock and Co., wrote to Wilde suggest- ing the advisability of both Dorian and Lord Henry being made to live longer, and so new chapters were added to the "thirteen" which were originally published. MANUSCRIPT OF CHAPTER FIFTEEN OF "DORIAN GRAY" 50. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. Original manu- /y .^ SCRIPT of Chapter Fifteen of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," **''t_^ written on 19 pp. folio, and bound in full green levant morocco, gilt fillet back and sides, gilt edges, doublures and flys of white moire silk, with facsimile of Oscar Wilde's signature on front cover, by Wood. This, and the preceding item form two of the additional chapters which were written by Wilde to extend the life of Dorian and Lord Henry, and at the same time differentiate between the periodical publication and the book issue. The manuscripts of these two chapters are profusely corrected by Wilde. PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS 51. INTENTIONS. 12mo, original cloth, uncut, in full olive J 1/ Q levant morocco solander case. London, 1891 First Edition. Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde TO Lord Douglas, with the inscription on fly-leaf "Bosie from his friend the author. August '92. In memory of the higher Philosaphy." 52. INTENTIONS. By Oscar Wilde. The Decay of Lying; Pen, Pencil and Poison ; The Critic as Artist ; The Truth of Masks. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London, 1891 First Edition. On the fly-leaf is a curious presentation inscription BY Wilde, consisting of a grave, with head and foot crosses beneath which is written: "with the compliments of the author." 53. LOGNENS FORFALL och Andra Uppsatser. Ofversattning och forord af Edv. Alkman. 12mo, half dark brown levant mo- rocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Stoekhohn [1893] First Swedish Edition of "Intentions." With bookplate of C. S. Millard. 54. INTENTIONS. Traduction, Preface et Notes de J. Joseph Renaud. 12mo, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original / ;^ wrappers bound in. Paris : P. V. Stock, 1905 First French Edition of both "Intentions" and "Phrases and Philos- ophies. ' ' The first of any edition to contain the reference notes. 13 /^ 55. INTENTIONEN von Oscar Wilde. Ubersetzt von Ida und y .• Arthur Roessler. Mit einem vorwort von Arthur Roessler. Por- f^ trait. 12mo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Leipzig [1905] An example of the Second translation into German. With bookplate of C. S. Millard. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF "THE DECAY OF LYING" 56. INTENTIONS. Original manuscript of "The Decay of Lying." Written on 55 pp. folio, and mounted with inner guards in book form, full blue morocco covers, and preserved in a lined cloth case. This manuscript, signed at the end by Wilde, was originally published in the "Nineteenth Century" for January, 1889, and has been reprinted in "Intentions," the two versions differing considerably. In Mason, this is erroneously stated to consist of 54 folios, whereas there are 55 — 48a and 48b constituting the extra folio. 57. LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME and other Stories. (The Sphinx without a Secret; The Oanterville Ghost; The Model Millionaire.) 12mo, original boards, uncut. First Edition. London : James R. Osgood, etc., 1891 58. LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME and other Stories. (The Sphinx wdthout a Secret; The Canterville Ghost; The Model Millionaire.) 12mo, original boards, uncut (a little worn). First Edition. London: James R. Osgood, etc., 1891 59. LE CRIME DE LORD ARTHUR SAVILE. Traduit de I'Anglais par Albert Savine. 12mo, half olive levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Paris, 1905 In addition to the above title, the volume contains: "L'Ami Devoue"; "La Fameuse Fusee"; "Le Prince Heureux"; "Le Rossignol et la Eose"; "Le Geant Egoiste"; "Ego te Absolvo"; "Old Bishop's"; and "La Peau d 'Orange. " 60. LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S BROTT. En Studie af Plik- ten. Spoket pa Canterville. En hylo-idealistisk saga. Ofversatt- ning af Michael Gripenberg & Ernst von Wendt. Royal 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. One of 50 copies on Hand-made paper. [Helsingfors, 1905] 61. LORD ARTHUR SAVILLE'S CRIME. A Study of Duty. Small 4to, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrap- pers bound in. Privately printed, n. d. One of 300 copies. PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS 62. A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES. With designs and decorations by C. Ricketts and C. H. Shannon. Small 4to, original cloth, uncut, in full olive levant morocco solander case. London : James R. Osgood, etc., 1891 First Edition. Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde TO Lord Alfred Douglas, with inscription on recto of leaf of dedica- tion: " Bosie from Oscar. In June and at Oxford." 14 ^^ X :$ 63. A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES. Wiih designs and decorations by C. Ricketts and C. II. Shannon. 4to, original decorated cloth, uncut. London : James R. Osgood, etc., 1891 '\f^/J First Edition. Autograph presentation' copy from Oscar Wilde TO THE Princess Wagram, with inscription on recto of leaf of dedica- tion: "To the Princess Wayram, trith the liomage and admiration of the author. Oscar Wilde. Nov. '91." 64. A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES. With designs and decorations by C. Ricketts and C. II. Shannon. 4to, original decorated cloth, uncut. London : Jame.s R. Osgood, etc., 1891 First Edition. 65. LA MAISON DES GRENADES. Contes traduits de Uang- lais par Geo. Khnopff avec deux portraits de I'auteur. Deuxieme Edition. Small 4to, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Paris, 1902 66. A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES (in Russian). 16mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Moscow, n. d. PRESENTATION COPY TO RICHARD LE GALLIENNE 67. SALOME. Drame en un Acte. 12mo, original purple wrap- pers, uncut. In full purple levant morocco solander case. Paris: Librairie de I'Art Indepeudant, 1893 First Edition. Autograph presentaton copy from Oscar Wilde to EiCHARD Le Gallienxe: "To Richard Le GalUenne, from his friend the author, Feb. '93." With bookplate of Le Gallienne. This book has a second inscription shomng it to have been given to a mutual friend leaving England for America to be delivered to Le Gal- lienne. 69. SALOME. A Tragedy in One Act: Translated from the Frenche of Oscar Wilde. Pictured by Aubrey Beardsley. 4to, > decorated silk, uncut. London : Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894 First Edition in English. One of 100 copies on Large Paper, with the illustrations on Japanese Vellum. >-v 7 - Z^' 3/0 70. SALOME. Tragoedie in Einem Akt. Translated into Ger- man by Hedwig Lachmann. With two full-page illustrations and ornamental double title-page by Marcus Behmer. Small 4to. boards, uncut. Leipzig, 1903 First Edition of the first translation into German. 71. SALOME. Tragoedie in Einem Akt. Ubertragung von Hedwig Lachmann. Illustrations by Marcus Behmer, and orna- mental double title-page. Square 12mo, half maroon levant mo- rocco, gilt top. Leipzig, 1903 The first translation of Salome into German. The illustrator, Marcus Behmer, is the Beardsley of Germany. 15 •^ .'-/ 72. SALOME (in Russian). 4to, half red levant morocco, gilt / '" top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Moscow, 1904 Large Paper copy. L I u 73. SALOME. Dramat w 1 Akcie. Small 4to, half green mo- rocco, gilt top, uncut. Przeklad : Jadwigi Gasowskiej [1904] 74. SALOME. Drama in einem Aufzuge. Ins Deutsche uber- tragen von Isidore Leo Pavia und Herman Freiherrn von Teschen- berg. 3 Auflage. 8vo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, orig- inal wrappers bound in. Leipzig, 1904 75. SALOME. A Tragedy in One Act. W?Y/i draivings hy An- hrey Beardsley. 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, uncut. Boston, 1906 Together Tvith: Libretto of "Salome" with French and English text, N. Y. (1906); "Salome." A Play. New York: For the Trade, 1907; "The Evening Sun" for Oct. 6, 1906, containing the John Lane version of "Salome." From the Eichard Butler Glaenzer collection, with his bookplate. 3 pieces. 76. SALOME. A Tragedy in One Act. Illustrated with draw- ings by Aubrey Beardsley. 12mo, cloth gilt, gilt top, uncut. Boston, 1906 77. SALOME (in Jewish). 2 vols, in one, 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. New York, 1907 Being the numbers of "Hamorer" Monthly Magazine for April and May, 1907. 78. SALOME. A Tragedy in One Act: Translated from the ■^ French of Oscar Wilde. With 16 drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. ^ Small 4to, original cloth, gilt top, uncut. London, 1907 With bookplate of Martin Bimbaum. - 79. SALOME (in Jewish). 12mo, half blue levant morocco, ? gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. London, 1909 v)- r ^9 80. SALOME (in Jewish). 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. London, [1909J 81. SALOME. Drama en un Acto. Traduccion del Ingles por J. Perez Jorba y B. Rodriguez. Illustrations. 12mo, half olive levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. First Edition in Spanish. Madrid, n. d. 82. SiMjOME. Sorgspel 1 en Akt. Ofversatt af Edv. Alkman. Royal 8vo, half olive morocco, gilt top, uncut, original parchment wrappers bound in. Stockholm, u. d. Odc of 500 copies. 16 T. o >,K-» 7 3c A ^ cr^ /ji*^ '7 f '-\ CS^^ J ^^ iT"? C 'V^ ^^— f Z. ^>^. [NUMBER 85] MANUSCRIPT OF "A GOOD WOMAN" ("LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN") 83. LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. Typewritten Manuscript ^' of ''A Good Woman" ( afterward 's altered to "Lady Winder- mere's Fan"). The Four Acts complete. 4 vols, 4to, wrappers, preserved in a full crimson levant morocco solander case. [1892] The separate Acts have been bound up for convenience in revising, and the author has corrected them very extensively, by deleting and adding. This manuscript varies in many instances from the printed version, -nhole passages being left out, and in some instances, passages deleted in the present copy have been re-instated in the printed text. PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS 84. LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. A Play about a Good Woman. Small 4to, original buckram gilt, uncut, in full olive *"> levant morocco solander case. iy London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893 First Edition. Autograph presentation copy prom Oscar Wildh TO Lord Alfred Douglas, with inscription on fly-leaf: "For Alfred Bruce Douglas from the author. London, Nov. '93." One of fifty copies on Large Paper. ^ /w >^' *>0 /-i' AUTOGRAPH PRESENTATION COPY TO MARCEL SCHWOB 85. LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. A Play about a Good Woman. 8vo, original cloth, ornaments in gold on sides, uncut. London : Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893 First Edition. Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde TO Marcel Schwob, with inscription on fly-leaf: "To my friend Marcel Scliivoh, in sincere admiration and regard. Oscar Wilde, '94." [See Illustration] 86. LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. A Play about a Good Woman. 8vo, original cloth, ornaments in gold on sides, uncut. London : Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893 First Edition. Laid down on inside of front cover, is a copy of the Play Bill of the initial performance of this Play, at the St. James's Theatre on Feb. 20, 1892. 87. LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. A Play about a Good Woman. 8vo, original cloth, ornaments in gold on sides, uncut. London : Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893 First Edition. 88. LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. A Play in Four Acts. 12mo, original wrappers, preserved in a half green morocco slip- case. [New York, 1893] This aciinfT edition was probably prepared for the production of this piny at ['aimer's Theatre, New York City, in February, r893. 89. LADY WINDERMERE'S FACIIER. Das Drama eines guten Weibes. Ins Deutsche iiberytagen von Isidore Leo Pavia und Herman Freiherrn von Teschenberg. 8vo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. First German Editiox. Leipzig, 1902 18 ^ C-.er->„^_^ Z-trv-'^^t^ >»-^-^ €^ i.'-<_-^ Ci-^D ^' ^-■wC?, t 'IsL-jh y-/ -^-^ ^-O cr->-t-, cx--»-. ^c c_ <^_^»_^ c<^ '^ ^ a.~-:> -s.oi ^«^ o?f -7^(u_ '51^2/ '^.^^ ^v /(^^ g~ CL-<-, its ^ .a,_0 "S/^K. t-jo^ ti-JZ^^ t- J5 r- , /A ^ -r\t "^"^J ;^ =^ '^--^--^ [NUMBEE 96] u /^/n >^4 90. LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (in Russian). 16mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Moscow, n. d. 91. LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. A Play in Four Acts. 12mo, original wrappers, in cloth case. N. p., n. d. With the autograph of Oscar Wilde on the half-title. An extremely RARE ISSUE NOT IN Mason, and not in the Glaenzer collection. At the foot of the title is printed the Copyright notice \Tith the date 1893. MANUSCRIPT OF "LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN" 92. LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. Typewritten Manuscript of Act I of "Lady Windermere's Fan." 19 pp. 4to, brown wrappers, in full crimson levant morocco solander case. The Manuscript is profusely corrected by Wilde, in pencil, with many interpolations in the text, and complete dialogue inscribed on the opposite blank pages. PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS 93. THE SPHINX. With decoratiom iy Charles Ricketts. Small 4to, vellum gilt, uncut, in full olive levant morocco solander case. London, 1894 First Edition. One of 200 copies. Autograph presentation copy FROM Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, with inscription on the half-title: "Bosie from his friend the omthor. London, '94. Oscar." ^ 94. THE SPHINX. With decorations by Charles Ricketts. C^ ^^ Small 4to, original vellum, decorations in gold on sides, uncut. ^ ' London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894 First Edition. One of 200 copies. > ' 5or<> 95. THE SPHINX. Square 16mo, boards, uncut. London, 1910 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF "THE SPHINX" 96. THE SPHINX. Original manuscript of ninety stanzas OF "The Sphinx'^ written on 25 4to and folio sheets, and mounted on guards, or loosely laid in, and bound in full olive levant mo- rocco, gx>ld fillet back and sides, doublures and flys of pale green moire .silk, with facsimile autograph of Wilde on front cover, gilt edges by Wood. This collection of Stanzas written by Wilde for his poem "The Sphinx" exhibits in a marked degree his efforts to obtain the most strik- ing and effective rythmical production. On several of the sheets he has matched words in rhyme, apparently for the purpose of using them later as his composition progressed. While but 86 stanzas comprise the poem as published, the present collec- tion contains 90, including a number which were not used in the printed work. Not all the printed stanzas are present in the above collection, and as the variations between the two works are numberless there must have been revision after revision before the author had formed his Manu- script to his final satisfaction. A most interesting collection, [See Illustration] 20 TYPEWRITTEN COPY OF "THE SPHINX" WITH MANUSCRIPT CORRECTIONS BY WILDE 97. THE SPHIXX. Typewritten Manuscript of "The Sphinx," 4 pp. folio, with Manuscript corrections by Oscar Wilde, mounted vrith guards, and bound in full green levant morocco, gilt fillet back and sides, gilt edges, doublures and fiys of white moire silk, facsimile signature of Oscar Wilde on front cover, by Wood. '^vJft- UNIQUE PROOF COPY 98. A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. Small 4to, original boards, parcliment back, uncut. London : Elkin ]Mathews and John Lane, 1894 ^^ V'^ The proof copy, and unique, being the onIiY copy with the impeint / ^^Cx OF Mathews and Lane. Inserted is an A. L. S. from Elkin Mathews to Mi*. Haslam: "I here- with return the two Wildes (1) A Woman of No Importance. {2) Ditto. The proof copy. If you could see your loay of letting me buy bacJc the latter I should ie very much obliged." At the end of the present volume are 20 pages advertising the publications of Elkin Mathews. There are a few pencil corrections on the margins. PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS 99. A W^OMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. 8vo, original cloth, ornaments in gold, uncut. London : John Lane, 1894 First Edition. Axttograph presentation copy from Oscar "Wilde TO Lord Alfred Douglas, who, in 1910 presented it to Eowland Strong. The inscriptions are : ' ' Bosie from his friend, the author, Oscar Wilde, Nov. '94." "Given to Rowland Strong by Alfred Douglas, October 28th, 1910." This latter inscription is in the hand of Lord Douglas. 100. A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. 4to, original buck- ram, ornaments in gold on sides, uncut. London : John Lane, 1894 Laege Paper copy of the First Edition, one of 50 copies. 101. A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. 12mo, original limp boards (one cover loose). In cloth case. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894 With autogi-aph of Oscar WUde at foot of second leaf. One of 15 copies of this "Acting Edition" were printed September 20-25, 1894, for the production of the play in New York. On the verso of back wrapper is the imprint of ' ' Jos. A. Walter, Book and Job Printer, 408 Second Ave., New York." 33 o si'^ 102. A WOMAN OF NO LMPORTANCE (in Russian). 16mo. vj^ O^ half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. ^loscow, n. d. MANUSCRIPT OF "A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE" 103. A WO:\IAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. Author "s Type- written Copy of "A W^omau of No Importance." The Four Acts bound separately, enclosed in silk cover, and preserved in a full 21 I io / 7J >0 red straiglit-gTain morocco solander ease, back handsomely tooled in pointille. With manuscript corrections by the author, being substantially the same as the printed version. With bookplate of Clarence S. Bement. 104. THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM. Together with "The Socialist Ideal- Art," by William Morris, and "The Coming Solidarity," by W. C. Owen. 8vo, half blue levant mo- rocco, gilt top, original ^vrappers bound in. New York, 1892 The Humboldt Library of Science, No. 147, for Jan. 1892. 105. THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM. 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. No. 1 of 250 copies. London: Privately printed, 1904 106. THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM (in Jewish). 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. New York, 1910 107. THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM (in Jewish). 12mo, wrappers. New York, 1910 AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM" 108. THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM. Original MANUSCRIPT of "The Soul of Man under Socialism." 'o^ pp. foHo, but wanting p. 41, and 51-55 inclusive. Bound in full green levant morocco, gilt fillet back and sides, gilt edges, doublures and flys of pale green moire silk, with facsimile of Oscar Wilde's signature on front cover, by Wood. An important and fine manuscript entirely in the autograph op Oscar Wilde, and signed by him in full, with an additional signature and his address in pencil, on the first page. The manuscript has been profusely corrected by Wilde, evidencing the thought given by him to this subject, and represents, in its present state, the copy materially as it appears in the printed version. [See Illustration] WITH AN IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO THE PUBLISHER 109. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. By C. 3. 3. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London : Leonard Smithers, 1898 First Edition. Laid in is an important A. L. S. from Oscar Wilde to his publisher: 4 pp. 8vo. "Jf;// dear Smithers: You are a very good fellow, and I am much obliged to you — But you must really come over and see me and also look on Rodin's wonderful statute of Balsao — a superb worlc of genius ... I went to see the trial of Canuira and his wife yesterday — it was very tragic and the judge tortured them — the audience laughed ivhen the beasft in red made a point Dear Bobbie is so thoughtful for others, in making arrangements for me to live in a cheerful French pension, with table-d-hote at 6 :,°iO and pleasant ladies' society in the evening. I am to play dominoes. Yours 0. W." This edition was limited to 800 copies. 22 /fit / >-> c . — < a— i -L/J'Ct «— :• C •'^ "t^ <^ «*-«--«-. ^ [NUMBER lOS] ->? ^ 00 ^. PRESENTATION COPY TO MAX BEERBOHM 1/ 110. THE BALLAD OF READING GOAL. By C. 3. 3. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London : Leonard Smithers, 1898 First Edition. Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde TO Max Beerbohm, with the inscription on verso of half-title: "Max Beerbolim with the compliments of the author. Naples, Feijf. '88." This edition was limited to 800 copies. >- 111. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. By C. 3. 3. 8vo, 4^ original cloth, vellum back, gilt top, uncut. Loudon: Leonard Smithers, 1898 One of 30 copies printed on Japan vellum. 112. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. By C. 3. 3. 12mo, cloth, uncut. New York: Benj. R. Tucker, 1899 113. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. By C. 3. 3. 16mo, wrappers, uncut. Boston, 1900 "The Cornhill Booklet" for October WOO. 114. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. By C. 3. 3. (in Jewish). 12mo, wrappers. New York, n. d. 115. THE BALLAD OF RESIDING GAOL (in Jewish). 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top. New York, n. d. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF CANTO III OF "THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL" WITH THREE LETTERS TO LEONARD SMITHERS RELATING THERETO 116. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. Original Manu- script of Canto III of ' ' The Ballad of Reading Gaol, ' ' written on 4 pp. folio, together with three A. L's. S. to Leonard Smithers relating to this work. Enclosed in a full red levant morocco case, gilt ornamentation, doublures of white moire silk. This Manuscript contains a number of corrections in Wilde's hand conforming to the printed version, together with comments by him in explanation. He has also written stanza 13 of the first Canto, about which there had been some objection on the part of the Chiswick Press, to which he has added a '■ariation of the objectionable third line, and three variations of the fourth line. deferring to this stanza, he says: "But I am ill at these numhers. I cannot tamper ivith a classic, as I said on a famous occasion. I am still on literary terms with RohMe, will you ash him to choose. But please fight for the original. ' ' A. L. S. from Oscar Wilde to Leonard Smithers. 8 pp. folio. Naples. With addressed envelope. " Noiv I can really think about my position, and form some judgment as to whether it is worth while fighting on against the hideous forces of the world. Personally, I don't thinlc it is, but Vanity .... still drives me to thinlc of a possible future of self-assertion .... The proofs have just arrived; in old days of power and personality I always insisted that my proofs should be sent to me on the paper to be 24 .t=/ UZi7 C ^ ►-» 7~i> S — e. -(^o (^-t cc^ o.Z 7~^ J- C ..-Tj-if-r^^ j -^ S C-C< c^ TSI 7i /!^-<' "2j. ^v ^^ [NUMBER 116] ultimately used .... 7 licul intended that wherever there was a break in my poem a new yage should tegin failing this it really would he better to print on alternate leaves as you suggested." Then follow long and intkresting comments on the make-up of the BOOK, -n-ITH CHANGES IN THE PAGE OF DEDICATION, etc. A. L. S., 12 pp. 8vo, from Oscar Wilde to Leonard Smithers, Naples. No date. With addressed envelope. "Your letter just received. I am glad you are going to print on one side only As I have lost my entire income I can't live uAth Alfred Douglas any more You, give me no news about the verse about the Doctor . . . I thinlc that with my alteration it would stand .... My handicriting once Greelc and gracioiis is now illegible; I am very sorry, but I really am a ivreclc of nerves — I don't eat, or sleep — I live on cigarettes." [See Illustration] A. L. S., 8 pp. 8vo, from Oscar Wilde to Leonard Smithers. With envelope. "Do try and mal'e the ChiswicTc Press less mad and less maddening .... JSowever, if they kick, I cannot sacrifice the lines about the tcatch — so I enclose a feeble substitute — but I shall be outraged and perhaps outrage- ous if it is used," etc. CORRECTED PROOF SHEETS OF "READING GAOL" 117. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. By C. 3. 3. 8vo, full green vellum, gilt border on sides, gilt top, by Roger de -J Coverly. London, 1897-1898 The Proof Sheets of the work, /he title bearing the printed date of 1897, and corrected to read 1898. Contains the half-title, the dedica- tion which was deleted, and a change in the initials on the leaf of dedica- tion which was retained in the printed book. There is scarcely a leaf but contains some manuscript correction by Wilde. WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 118. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. By C. 3. 3. Each leaf inlaid to 4to, full brown levant morocco; the front cover con- tains an inlaid panel of gray IcA'ant morocco, on which is depicted with inlays of different colored moroccos and gilt tooling, the in- terior of a prison yard, with convicts marching; the compartments on the back are emblematically tooled and inlaid with a dagger thrust through a red heart; the front doublure of a darker shade /"] of levant morocco has outlined in gold, tlie figure of a prisoner ^ kneeling beside his cot in his cell; the back doublure has a spider's web in gold on dark brown levant morocco ; pale blue silk flys, gilt edges, in slip-case. New York: Brentano, n. d. Extra illustrated by the insertion of 23 original drawings, in wash, pen-and-ink, and color, by McDougall, George Gibbs, Isabel Lyndall, Dwiggins, P. V. Wilson, IT. S. Pullingcr, M. C. Craven, ,T. L. G. Ferris, and others, all American Artists. The front cover decoration is after the drawing by T. E. Shaver; the front doublure after the drav\-ing by Gibbs; the emblems on the back after the drawing by Dwiggins, and the back doublure after McDougall. 26 ^/ - PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS 119. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. Small 4to, original cloth gilt, uncut, in full olive levant mo- ^ ^ I* rocco solander case. London : Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 First Edition. Autograph presentation' copy FROi^r Oscar Wilde TO Lord Alfred Douglas, with inscription on verso of the half-title: "To Bosie: from the author. Feb. '99." 120. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan, 8vo, original cloth gilt, uncut. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 First Edition. Autograph presentation from the author to Frank Harris: "Frank Harris: In sincere admiration and friendship: from the author. Oscar Wilde." ONE OF TWELVE COPIES ON JAPAN VELLUM 121. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING E^VRNEST. A Trivial y ^. Comedy for Serious People. By the Author of Lady Windermere's ^ \/ J Fan. Small 4to, original full vellum gilt, uncut. London : Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 First Edition. One of 12 copies on Large Japanese Vellum paper, signed by the author. 122. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, by the Author of Lady Windermere's ^^ Fan. 4to, original cloth, ornaments in gold on sides, uncut. w *J^ London : Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 Large Paper copy op the First Edition. One of 100 copies' auto- graphed by the author. 123. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. 2,^^ London and New York: French, [1902] The acting edition of the play as first produced in London, Feb. 14, 1895, and in New York, April 22, 1895, differing quite materially from the First Edition. 124. ERNEST SEIN! (The Importance of being Earnest). Eine triviale Komodie fiir seriose Leute. Ins Deutsche iibertragen von Herm. Freih. v. Teschenberg. 8vo, half maroon levant mo- rocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. Leipzig, 1903 125. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (in Rus- sian). 16mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Moscow, n. d. / MANUSCRIPT OF "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST" 126. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Author's Typewritten Copy of "The Importance of Being Earnest," bound ^ in full polished calf, gilt back, gilt top, by Riviere. "^ ^^ "With manuscript corrections and additions by Wilde, practically agreeing, with the corrections, with the printed version. 27 m'^ r^ 3t /(. /J MANUSCRIPT OF "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST" 127. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Author's Typewritten Copy of "Lady Lancing," afterwards changed to "The Importance of Being Earnest." Act One only. Preserved in a full light blue levant morocco solander ease. A VERY EARLY COPY, with numerous manuscript corrections by the author. MANUSCRIPT OF "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST" 128. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Author's Typewritten Copy of "Lady Lancing," afterwards changed to "The Importance of Being Earnest." The Four Acts bound separately, enclosed in silk cover, and preserved in a full blue straight-grain morocco solander case, back handsomely tooled in pointille. With manuscript corrections by the author, many passages being deleted, and whole paragraphs and dialogues added. With bookplate of Clarence S. Bement. PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS 129. AN IDEAL HUSBAND. By the Author of Lady Winder- mere's Fan. Small 4to, original cloth gilt, uncut, in full olive levant morocco solander case. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 First Edition. Autograph presentation copy prom Oscar Wilde TO Lord Alfred Douglas, with the inscription on verso of the half-title: *'To Bosie: the becmtiful poet, from the author. Oscar Wilde." THE DEDICATION COPY 130. AN IDEAL HUSBAND. By the Author of Lady Winder- mere's Fan. Small 4to, original full vellum gilt, uncut. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 First Edition. One of 12 copies on Large Japanese Vellum Paper. Autograph presentation copy from the author to Frank Harris, to whom the book is dedicated. ' ' To Franlc Harris, whose name I have written on the portal of my play." The author has also inscribed his name on the leaf announcing the issue. [See Illustration] f 131. AN IDEAL HUSBAND. By the Author of Lady Winder- ^ mere's Fan, Small 4to, original full vellum gilt, uncut. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 First Edition, One of 12 copies on Large Japanese Vellum Paper, signed by the author. 132. AN IDEAL HUSBAND. By the Author of Lady Winder- mere's Fan. 4to, original cloth, ornaments in gold on sides, uncut. London : Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 Large Paper copy of the First Edition, one of 100 copies, auto- graphed by the author. Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde to Charles Shannon, with inscription on the half-title: To Charles Shannon in, sincere admiration and affection, from the author, Oscar Wilde." 28 >^ tf- ^ '" ^ cr-^ s: >-n «< / A -< W-? /a o ^-» ^^ -2 ■'"C 7 O— ^ /-o^ ^ / f [NUMBER 130] // 133. EIN IDEALER GATTE. Ins Deutsche iibertragen von Isidore Leo Pavia und Herm. Freih. v. Teschenberg. 8vo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Leipzig, 1903 134. AN IDEAL HUSBAND (in Russian). 16mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. Moscow, n. d. V MANUSCRIPT OF "AN IDEAL HUSBAND" 135. AN IDEAL HUSBAND, Author's Typewritten Copy of "The Ideal Husband." The Four Acts bound separately, en- closed in silk cover, and preserved in a full green straight-grain ^ morocco solander case, the back beautifully tooled in pointille. l*y'l ' With manuscript corrections by the author, being substantially the same as the printed version. With bookplate of Clarence S. Bement. S^ (f> MANUSCRIPT OF "AN IDEAL HUSBAND" 136. AN IDEAL HUSBAND. Original manuscript of Act IV of "An Ideal Husband." Written on 34 pp. 4to and folio, of which 16 pp. are in the hand of Oscar Wilde, and the remainder •^ in typewriter. Enclosed in a full crimson levant morocco solander case. An important manuscript, showing the many changes which were made by the author in rounding out the events in this Act. Some of the typewritten pages are entirely written on the verso with dialogue, and in some cases there are present two versions of the same passages. The situations which rapidly follow one another in this last Act have been worked over by the author, and even the printed version in the Collected Works differs from the present manuscript. 137. DE PROFUNDIS. 8vo, full limp vellum, gilt top, uncut. r^ London: Methuen and Co., n. d. [1905] ^ First Edition. One of 50 copies printed throughout on Japanese Vellum. i' 138. DE PROFUNDIS. Precede de lettres ecrites de la prison. Par Oscar Wilde a Robert Ross ; suivi de La Ballade de la Geole de Reading. Traduite par Henry D. Davray. 12mo, half olive levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Paris, 1905 The rare First French Edition. Though the letters of the French and German editions are identical, two of these bear different dates from those of Meyerf eld 's edition, and of such a nature as to make it impossible to attribute this difference to any typographical error. 139. DE PROFUNDIS. Precede de Lettres ecrites de la Prison, par Oscar Wilde a Robert Ross, suivi de La Ballade de la Geole de Reading, traduites par Henry D. Davray. 12mo, original wrappers, uncut, Paris, 1905 First French Edition. Autograph presentation copy ftom Robert Ross, with the inscription on front cover "With the Compliments of Mr. Robert Boss." Two of these letters l)car different dates from those of Meyerfeld's edition, and of such a nature as to make it impossible to attribute the difference to any typographical error. 30 140. DE PROFUNDIS. Heraus.se,seben uiid einseleitet von Max Meyerfeld. Titles in red and black; Ornamental initmls. . Small 4to, full vellum, gilt top, uncut, with silk ties. Berlin, 1905 J First German Ebitiox ix book form. One of 20 copies printed on hand-made paper. 141. DE PROFUNDIS. Herausgregeben und eingeleitet von . , Max Meyerfeld. Titles in red and black; ornamental initials. ^ Small 4to, original wrappers, uncut. Berlin, 1905 First German Edition in book form. One of 200 copies printed on hand-made paper. 142. DE PROFUNDIS. Auktoriserad ofversattning- (delvis fran manuskriptet) af Anna Lamberg-. 12mo, half blue morocco, / gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Stockholm [1905] First Swedish Edition. 143. DE PROFUNDIS. Seguito da Alcune lettere inedite di O. Wilde. Versione Italiana di Olga Bicehierai. 12mo, half blue "^ morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Venezia, 1905 The First Italian Edition, and the only edition to contain the four letters in English though they may be no more than translations from the French letters. 144. DE PROFUNTDIS. Four Letters by Oscar Wilde which - were not included in the English Edition of "De Profundis." 12mo, original wrappers, in half blue levant morocco slip-case. Privately Printed, 1906 The text of these Letters is taken from pp. 138-158 of the Italian edi- tion of " De Profundis, ' ' in which permission was given for an Italian translation of the letters to appear. By some misunderstanding the ori- ginal English text also was included, which was taken advantage of by "Wright and Jones," who issued this piracy (consisting of 500 copies printed by W. H. White & Co., Edinburgh). 145. DE PROFUNDIS. Four Letters by Oscar Wilde which // were not included in the English Edition of "De Profundis." *^ 12mo, half citron morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in, by Stikeman. Privately printed, 1906 Bound in with the foregoing is ' ' Children in Prison and other Cruelties of Prison Life. ' ' London, n. d. 146. DE PROFUNDIS (in Jewish). Portrait. 12mo, half blue ^ morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers iDOund in. London, 1909 147. DE PROFUNDIS (in Russian). 16mo, half olive morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. Odessa [1909] ' 148. DE PROFUNDIS. The Cornhiil Booklet for October, 1914. 12mo, half blue morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. '^ Boston, 1914 Contains "De Profundis, Suppressed Fragments in the British Museum for Publication in 1960." 149. THE CANTERVILLE GHOST (in Russian). 16mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, original ^^Tappers bound in. St. Petersburg, n. d. > 150. SPOKET PA CANTERVILLE och andra Noveller och Sagor af Oscar Wilde. Ofversattning af Ernst Limdquist. Por- trait on ivrapper. 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Stockholm [1906] Contains in addition to the above title "Mr. W. H's Portrait," "Lord Arthur Saville's Crime" and other pieces by Wilde. 151. CHILDREN IN PRISON and other Cruelties of Prison A / Life, 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers ^ bound in. London: Murdoch & Co., n. d. First Edition. 152. DECORATIVE ART IN AMERICA. A Lecture by I* Osgood Wilde. Together with Letters, Reviews and Interviews. *** Edited, with an Introduction by Richard Butler Glaenzer. Por- trait. 12mo, cloth, uncut. New York, 1906 MANUSCRIPT OF "A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY" 153. A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY. Original manuscript of — ^'^ ''A Florentine Tragedy," originally written on 25 pp. folio. In ^4 the present volume are 13 pp., pp. 7-19 inclusive are lacking. Bound in full green levant morocco, gilt fillet back and sides, doublures and flys of pale green moire silk, gilt edges, with a fac- simile of Oscar Wilde's signature on front cover, by Wood. This manuscript contains a Scenario and an entire preliminary leaf of diaxogue which does not appear in the printed ^^:rsi0n in THE COLLECTED WORKS. The Scenario describes Bianca kneeling before an image of the Madonna; and the preliminary leaf consists of passionate dialogue between Guido and Bianca prior to the appearance of Simone, her husband, at which latter point the Tragedy commences in the pub- lished work. The copy contains many corrections, in some cases amounting to whole paragraphs. The MANUSCRIPT IS ENTIRELY IN THE AtTTOGRAPH OF WiLDE, but Un- signed. y 154. FINE FLORENTINISCHE TRAGOEDIE. Deutseh v. vA Max Meyerfeld, 12mo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, un- cut, original wrappers bound in. Berlin : S. Fischer, 1907 First Edition in German. The First Edition in English did not ap- pear until the following year in the First Collected Edition of Wilde's works. MANUSCRIPT OF "THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM" 155. THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM. Original manuscript of "The Function of Criticism." Written on 19 pp. folio, and bound in full green levant morocco, gilt fillet back and sides, doublures and flys of pale green moire silk, gilt edges, with a fac- simile of Oscar Wilde's signature on the front cover, by Wood. This manuscript, unfinished and in a measure fragmentary, is en- tirely IN THE autograph OF WiLDE, with many corrections. Some of the pages have memoranda jotted down for subsequent use in the piecing together of his ideas. 32 Ua 156. THE HARLOT'S HOUSE. With 5 illustrations by Althea Gyles. In folio portfolio. London: Imprinted for subscribers at the Matliurin Press, 1904 Edition de Grand Luss. One of twelve copies printed on pure VELLUM, with three sets of the illustrations, viz: proofs on pure vellum; on India paper mounted, with black marginal borders, and on plate paper. ^i'i 157. THE HARLOT 'S HOUSE. Small 4to, wrappers, uncut. / , Privately printed, 1905 158. IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. Edited, with an Intro- duction by Stuart Mason. 12mo, original wrappers, uncut, in half olive levant morocco slip-case. Sunderland : Keystone Press, 1906 First Edition. One of 500 copies. Contains the two poems "Le ^^*7 Jardin" and "La Mer" from "Our Continent," Feb. 1882. The test ' of Wilde's lecture, delivered at Wandsworth on Sept. 24, 1883, is on pp. 21-36. 159. LOTUS LEAVES. Proof Sheets of ''Lotus Leaves," cut ^ to size, and bound in small 4to, full green levant morocco, gilt ;' ^ fillet back and sides, doublures and flys of pale green moire silk, gilt edges, "\ntli facsimile signature of Oscar Wild on front cover, by "Wood, This Proof Sheet, printed while Wilde was at Magdalene College, Oxford, has been corrected very carefully by the author, in ink, particular care having been expended on the Greek quotation which heads the poem. Jb' 160. MAGDALEN WALKS. Proof Sheet of the Poem as it appeared in the "Irish Monthly" for April, 1878. Mounted with linen guard and bound in full olive levant morocco, gilt fillet back and sides, doublures and flys of pale green moire silk, gilt edges, facsimile of Wilde's signature on front cover. With manuscript corrections by the author. 160a. the NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE (in Jewish). . 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers J^ bound in. London, 1907 161. POEMS IN PROSE. 8vo, half red levant morocco, uncut, original wrappers bound in. New York, 1894 The "Fortnightly Review" for July, 1894, containing the first pub- lication of this work. 162. POEMS IN PROSE by Oscar Wilde. Square 16mo, full maroon calf, uncut, original wrappers bound in. "The Bibelot" for June, 10(-1. Portland: Mosher, 1904 163. POEMS IN PROSE. 8vo, full maroon levant morocco, un- cut, original wrappers bound in. Paris : Privately printed, 1905 One of 50 copies on Imperial Japan paper, published by Carrington , ) from the "Fortnightly Eeview" for July, 1894, 33 ^ 164. THE PORTEAIT OF MR. W. H. Small 4to, original wrappers, uncut, in half olive levant morocco slip-case. Privately Printed [1904] This was published about 1'904 by Smithei's and (or) "Wright and Jones. ' ' One of 200 copies. 165. DAS BILDNIS DES MR. W. H,; Lord Arthur Saviles Verbrechen. Deutsch von Felix Paul Greve. 12mo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Minden: J. C. C. Bruns [1904] First Issue of the second translation into German. 166. LE PORTRAIT DE MONSIEUR W. H. Traduction d 'Albert Savine. Small 4to, half olive levaut morocco, gilt top, f f '^ uncut, original wrappers bound in. Paris, 1906 One of 10 copies on Holland paper. This volume includes not only the title subject, but also : " Le Fantome de Canterville " ; " Le Sphinx qui m 'a pas de Secret " ; " Le Modele Millionaire ' ' ; Poemes en Prose ' ' ; "L'Ame Humaine sous le regime Socialiste. " 3o iO 167. DAS SONNETTENPROBLEM DES HERRN W. H. (The portrait of Mr. "W. H.) Aus dem Englischen ubersetzt und eingeleitet von Johannes Gaulke. 8vo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Leipzig, n. d. 168. RE SURG AM. Unpublished Letters of Oscar Wilde. 4to, original wrappers, uncut, in half purple levant morocco slip-case. One op 25 copies printed. [London, 1917] WILDE'S OWN COPY 169. ROSE LEAF AND APPLE LEAF. By Rennell Rodd. With an Introduction by Oscar Wilde. Pnnted on very thin paper, and interleaved with green. 12mo, original vellum, gilt top, uncut, in crimson full levaut morocco solander case. Philadelphia: J. I\I. Stoddart & Co., 1882 First Edition with the alternate leaves op apple green. Only a small number op copies were issued in this form. Oscar Wilde's own copy, with his autograph on front cover, dated September, 1882. Laid in are two autograph letters, one from J. M. Stoddart to Herbert S. Stone relative to this work, and one from Louis H. Rhcad to Stone and Kimball, regarding sketches. There are also laid in two sketches of title-pages, presumably for a new edition by Stone and Kimball, by Rhead. 170. ROSE LEAF AND APPLE LEAF. By Rennell Rodd. With an Introduction by Oscar Wilde. Printed on very thin paper, and interleaved with green. 12ino, full vellum, gilt top, uncut. Philadelphia: J. M. Stoddart & Co., 1882 First Edition with the alternate leaves of apple green. Only a small numbkr of copies were issued in this form. Wilde brought the verses over with him on his first visit to America, edited them, and wrote the Introduction, "L'Envoi, " an exquisite bit of writing, designed to aid in continuing and perfecting "The English Renaissance." 34 L-^^^v-A/'aT, , u ; -^v, crv-* ^oc<^ jT-c^-e-^ <^V/fa-i_^ o-€>u= c^ ^ /.rfv-t [NUMBER 173] ^ ^3 vT^ 171. HOSE LEAF AND APPLE LEAF, With an Introduc- tion bv Oscar Wilde. 12ino, cloth, gilt top, uncut. PhUadelphia, 1882 172. ROSE LEAF AND APPLE LEAP. L 'Envoi. With In- troductory Note. Ornamental headpiece. 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1904 This is the first separate publication in England of Wilde's Introduc- tion to Rennell Rodd's volume of Poems which was originally published in Philadelphia in 1882. One of 200 copies. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "ENVOI" THE INTRODUCTION TO "ROSE LEAF AND APPLE LEAF" 173. ENVOI. Original Autograph Manuscript, of "Envoi," written on 40 pp. 4to, preserved in a full blue levant morocco' fire- proof solander case. Entirely in Wilde's autograph and signed in full by him. Written as the Introduction to Eennell Eodd 's ' ' Rose-Leaf and Apple-Leaf ' ' pub- lished in PhDadelphia in 1882. The printed manuscript shows slight variations from the present manu- script, which has many corrections and deletions in the author's hand. [See Illustration] 174. THE RISE OF HISTORICAL CRITICISM. 8vo, boards, eloth back, uncut. Privately Printed, 1905 First Edition. 175. DER SOZIALISMUS. und die Seele des Menschen; Aus dem Zucbthaus zu Reading; Aesthetisches Manifest^ Uebersetzt von Hedwig Lachmann und Gustav Landauer. 12mo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. Berlin, 1904 First German Edition. On the last page appears the "Sonett An Die Freiheit." MANUSCRIPT OF "THE RISE OF HISTORICAL CRITICISM" 176. HISTORICAL CRITICISM. Original Manuscript of "Historical Criticism," written on 90 quarto pages, in limp mo- rocco blank book. Preserved in full chocolate levant morocco solander case, fire-proofed. This manuscript agrees closely with the printed version, and is written on one side of the leaf only, leaving the verso for interpolations and corrections which occur throughout the volume. 177. DIE ROMANTISCHE RENAISSANCE. Zwei kleine schriften et ein Epilog. 12mo, boards, roan back. Insel— Verlag— 1906 178. SEBASTIAN MELMOTH. (Oscar Wilde.) Square 12mo, half red morocco, wooden sides, gilt top, uncut. London: Humphreys, 1905 Contains also, ' ' The Soul of Man under Socialism. ' ' 36 -Xf^O 179. SHAKESPEAREAN SHOW BOOK. With original con- tributions, illustrations and music from well-known authoi-s, artists, and composers. Oblong 4to, limp boards. Manchester, 1884 Contains Wilde's Poem, "Under the Balcony," not included in any "7t edition of his poems; there is also a Sonnet by Browning; Cruikshank, -^ Walter Crane, Caldecott and others contributed drawings. 180. TALES (in Russian). 16mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. Moscow, n. d. ^ COMPLETE MANUSCRIPT BY OSCAR WILDE 181. VALUE OF CRITICISM. Original Autogr.^ph Manu- script, Signed, of "The True Function and Value of Criticism." A Dialogue, with some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing. Written on 152 pp. folio, and enclosed in a full lavender levant morocco, silk-lined case. This important manuscript is from the Richard Le Gax,lienne- WiLLiAM K. BiXBY collections, and contains many corrections, deletions, and emendations in Wilde's hand. It was originally published in the "Nineteenth Century" for July, 1890. It was reprinted in "Intentions," 1891, pp. 95-148, under the title of ' ' The Critic as Artist, art I, ' ' the two versions differing considerably. 182. THE YOUNG KING; The Star-Child. ^/Z^ws^ra^ed 12mo, ^ ^ cloth. Boston, n. d. ^ "^ 184. WILDE (OSCAR). The Writings of Oscar Wilde. 14 y vols. 8vo, buckram gilt, gilt tops, uncut. London : Methuen, n. d. //'^ One of 1,000 copies on hand-made paper. 186. MASON (STUART). Bibliography of Oscar AVilde. By . Stuart Mason. With a Not€ by Robert Ross. Frontispiece and / •- facsimiles. 8vo, cloth, gilt top. London, n. d. 0** 187. NOm^EAUX ESSAIS DE LITTERATURE ET D'ES- THETIQUE 1886-Juin 1887. Traduction d 'Albert Savine. 12mo, -^ half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Paris, 1913 OSCAR WILDE'S SCHOOL BOOK, WITH AUTOGRAPH AND NOTES 188. LIVY. Titi Livii Pataviui: Historiae Romanae. Libri XXI-XXXV. With Notes by John Walker. 8vo, full blue levant / morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges. Dublin, 1862 t \J \ Oscar Wilde's school book, with his autograph on title dated ' '7 ^ November 1868, together with numerous marginal notes and com- ments. Inserted is a 4 pp. 8vo, A. L. S. dated Portora School, Sept. 8, 1868, to his Mother. This letter contains a pen-and-ink drawing picturing their delight on receiving the hamper. "Barling Mamm-a: The Hamper came to-day, I never got sioch a joUy surprise, many tlmnlcs for it, it teas more than Jcind of you to think of 37 it . . . You never told me anything about the PuMisJier in Glascow, ichat does he say.'' and have you loritten to Aunt Warren on the Green Note Paper'" This is one of the earliest if not the earliest of "Wilde's letters extant. OSCAR WILDE'S SCHOOL BOOK 189. SALLUST. Gai Sallvsti Crispi libri De Catilinae Conivra- tione et de Bello Ivgvrthino. Separated and mounted to 8vo, with interleaves, cloth. Lipsiae, 1876 This Text-Book has been separated and the leaves tipped in between interleaves, and on 54 of these interleaves are manuscript notes by Wilde, in a few instances almost covering the entire page. The notes made to the second work, "de Bello Jugurthino, " are more copious than to the first. 190. OPINIONS DE LITTERATURE ET D'ART. Traduit de 1 'Anglais par J. Cantel. 12nio, half blue morocco, gilt top, un- cut, original wrappers bound in. Paris, n. d. PERIODICALS 191. BOOKS AND BOOKPLATES: A Quarterly for Collec- tors. Vol. 5, No. 3 1904-5. Illustrations. Small 4to, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. Edinburgh, n. d. Contains: "Notes for a Bibliography of Oscar Wilde" by W. R. 192. BRUNO'S WEEKLY for June 17th, 1916. Illustrations. 4to, original wrappers. New York, 1916 Contains a review of Frank Harris' book on Oscar Wilde, with illus- trations. 193. THE CENTURY GUILD HOBBY HORSE. Edited by Arthur H. Mackmurdo and Herbert P. Home. Illustrations. 7 vols. 4to, boards, uncut. London, 1886-1892 In the Third Nmnber of the First Volume, appeared Wilde's "Keats' ' Sonnet on Blue ' ' with a facsimile of Keats ' original manuscript produced as a frontispiece. This was rejjrinted, without the facsimile, in ' ' Mis- cellanies," ]908, pp. 73-76. 194. DIE NEUE RUNDSCHAU. For January and February, 1905. In one volume. 4to, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in, by Zucker. Berlin, 1905 Contains "De Profundis" by Wilde, its first appearance in German. This is the only work written by Oscar Wilde in Prison. The manuscript was sent by him to Kobert Ross, with a letter authorizing its publication at his discretion. These extracts have been made by Robert Ross and entrusted to Dr. Max Meyerfeld for translation into German. 195. THE PAPYRUS for June, 1908. 12mo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. East Orange, N. J., 1908 Contains: "Oscar Wilde's Repentance," by Micliacl Monahan, and "Wilde's European Fame," by Harry Thurston Peck. 38 ^% 196. THE SOIL. A Magazine of Art, for April, 1917. Illus- trated. 4to, original wrappers. New York, 1917 Contains four articles on Oscar Wilde. 197. TIME: A Monthly Magazine. Edited bj- Edmund Yates. First Series, 11 vols. ; New Series, 8 vols. ; New Series, 2 vols, 21 vols, in all. 8vo, cloth. London, 1879-1889 In Vol. 1, No. 1, Wilde contributed "The Conqueror of Time," which was reprinted, with revisions, as Athanasia in his "Poems" 1881; In the 4th number of Vol. 1, he contributed "The New Helen." This poem is said to have been addressed to Mrs. Langtry (Lady de Bathe) a year and a half before her first public appearance on the stage. A parody, under the title of * ' Songsters of the Day, ' ' No. II., ' ' The Bard of Beauty," by Oscuro Mild, was printed in Time, April 1880, with a full-page cartoon. 198. THE SPIRIT LAMP. Complete set, consisting of Vol. 1, six Numbers; Vol. 2, four Numbers; Vol. 3, three Numbers; and s,^ >-. Vol. 4, two Numbers. In all, 15 Nos., 8vo and 4to, original wrap- pers, uncut. In half blue levant morocco slip-case. Oxford, 1892-93 Contains numerous contributions by Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas. Lord Douglas edited the last eight numbers. 199. THE WOMAN'S WORLD. Edited by Oscar AVilde. . Illustrations. Vols. 1-3 (all published). 3 vols. imp. 8vo, pub- ^ / lisher's cloth. . London: Cassell, 1888-1890 ^ Wilde contributed Literary and other Notes, but no contributions ap- peared by Wilde after June, 1889. r-> AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS BY OSCAR WILDE 200. BALLADE DE MARGUERITE. Original Autograph j jj Manuscript of "Ballade de Marguerite," written on 3 pp. foiio. | The manuscript contains quite a few corrections in the author's hand, and with one or two exceptions, is identical with the published version. 201. BY THE ARNOS. Original Autograph Manuscript of • "By the Arnos." Written on 2 pp. folio. j There are several corrections by Wilde in this manuscript, which exactly agrees with the printed version in the collected works. 202. CHARMIDES. Original Autograph Manuscript of the entire Third Canto of "Charmides." 8 stanzas, written on 3 pp. folio, with a few corrections. This manuscript is almost identical with the printed version excepting a few slight corrections of plurals and negatives. 39 AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT 203. COMMONPLACE BOOK. An Unpublished Manuscript written in a 4to blank book, and occupying 134 pages. Preserved in a full red levant morocco fire-proof solander case. A Manuscript op more than ordinary interest, as it was written, if not wholly, in greater part, while he was at Oxford, and reflects his intellectual life at this time, and exhibits his thoughts on a wide and varied range of subjects. As a rule, but the recto of the leaf has been written upon, the verso being used for interpolations and afterthoughts. Not having been published, there is an absence of corrections — written in a fluent vein — with here and there evidences of interruption either in thought or expression. The extent of the subjects written on may be judged with the men- tion of "Tragedy"; "Sociology"; "Italian Art"; "Punishment"; Eoman Literature"; "Law"; "Poetry"; "On English Thought from Bacon " ; " Slavery " ; " On the Eenaissanee and the Empire " ; " Idealism and Eealism"; "Necessity"; "Beauty"; "Philosophy", with quota- tions and passages in French and Greek. An interesting entry is made under the caption "Whistler": "We cannot forego tears and laughter for a scientific adjustment of different coloured hlues. Technique is the alplmbet of art." [See Illustration] AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT-TRANSLATION OF TURGENIEFF 204. A FIRE AT SEA. Original Manuscript of Wilde's translation of Tnrgenieff's short story. Written on 25 4to pages, and bound in full olive levant morocco, gilt fillet back and sides, doublures and flys of pale green moire silk, by Wood. This Manuscript comprises pp. 6-11, and 14-32 of the translation, with many corrections. A typewritten transcription of the manuscript is laid in. The original from which this translation was made is in French, as the story was dictated by the author to an amanuensis in the French language, in June r883, three months before his death. 205. THE GRAVE OF KEATS. Original Autograph Manu- script of "The Grave of Keats." 1 p. folio. * This poem was written in Rome, and contains corrections in 3 lines. The printed sonnet is substantially as written. [See Illustration] 206. THE GRAVE OF SHELLEY. Original Manuscript Sonnet, "The Grave of Shelley." Written on 1 p. folio. ^ c\ ' torches y ^ Beginning ' ' Like burnt-out-eandles by a sick man 's bed. ' ' This is un- r doubtedly the original draft, with the correction of the above word. A sub- sequent transcription in the present collection is without any emendations. 207. THE GRAVE OF SHELLEY. Autograph Manuscript Sonnet of "The Grave of Shelley," written on 1 p. folio. A corrected transcription from the original draft in the present collec- tion, without any changes in the text. In the lower left-hand corner "X Wilde has written "Eome," probably indicating where the transcription VI was made. 40 Cc^-t^hu^ :u K.^y-^^'^ A,^ Sf> ^^ ^ ;/ a;<. "? a^j. a. ux:tjui ■h ctxU ^, t*-£2_^^X-0^ ^' -^ ^^£^ Bm ■ ^ (1~PA<^ #v-> l^oL^'^ (AJA.,t-x ^^#x ■ ■n' [NUMBER 203], 10 208. HEART'S YEARNINGS. Original Autograph Manu- script of "Heart's Yearnings," Written on 2 pp. folio. ^ This manuscript contains the \"ery unusual signature of Wilde IN FULL, "Oscar 'F. Wills Wilde." Magdalen College, Oxford, and consists of 8 stanzas of five lines each, with corrections. The last two lines of the second stanza are incomplete, and the poem does not appear IN HIS COLLECTED WORKS. ^4 ^ f& n 209. IMPRESSIONS. Original Autograph Memoranda for his ^■•'Impressions of America," written on 2 pp. 4to. This manuscript contains suggestions of topics to be worked up by Wilde in his "Impressions," and consists of such items as "no poverty," "millions of chimney-pot hats .... but nobody without a hat," "an inordinate amount of badly fitting frock coats but no rags," etc. 210. IMPRESSIONS. Original Autograph Manuscript of "Im- ressions. " Written on 2 pp. folio. This manuscript contains both parts of this poem, ' ' Les Silhouettes ' ' and ' * La Fuite de la Lune ' ' as published in the collected works. Wilde 's first thought for the first title was * ' Impressions du Soir, ' ' which was deleted and changed to "Les Silhouettes." ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SONNET 211. KEATS' LOVE LETTERS. Original Manuscript Son- net, "On the Sale by auction of Keats' Love-Letters. " Mounted on inner guard and bound with a portrait of Keats, in full olive levant morocco, gilt fillet back and sides, doublures and flys of pale green moire silk, facsimile signature of Wilde on front cover, by Wood. This Sonnet, beginning ' ' These are the letters which Endymion wrote, ' ' is written on one page folio, and is signed and dated March 1, 1885. It was originally published in the ' ' Dramatic Eeview ' ' for January 23, 1886, and has been reprinted in his collected Poems. The letters referred to were those written by Keats to Fanny Brawne, which were sold at Sotheby's March 2, 1885. Wilde was present throughout the sale. 212. LES BALLONS. Holograph Manuscript of his Poem ''Les Ballons. " Four stanzas of four lines each, written on one page 4to. With a photograph. Mounted with guard and bound in full olive levant morocco, gilt fillet panels on back and sides, gilt edges, doublures and flys of pale green moire silk, facsimile signature of Wilde on front cover, by Wood. This manuscript poem varies from the poem as printed in the "Lady's Pictorial" ("hristmas Number, 1887, and first reprinted in Methuen's collected Edition in 1908. The Poem begins in the manuscript with "Against the shifting agate skies," wliereas in the printed text the line reads "Against these turbid turquoise skies." This manuscript was unknown to the bibliographer of Wilde's Poema. MANUSCRIPT OF "THE BIRTHDAY OF THE LITTLE PRINCESS" 213. LITTLE PRINCESS. Original Manuscript of "The Birthday of the Little Princess." 36 pp., folio, Signed. Preserved in a full green levant morocco fire-proof solander case. An especially fine Original Manuscript, with quite a few deletions /and additions in Wilde's hand. On the verso of the last leaf is the 42 Vl. ^cc.< ^ ^^^ar? ^1y4 '^aX.^i^ ^^ J ff ■ ■ ^ J ft ■■ 7^ crm^ [NUMBEE 2051 name and address of "F. Fillars, Esq. 42 MarTcham St." with Oscar Wilde's signature repeated. This first appeared in "Paris lUustre, " Vol. II, No. 65 for March. 30, 1889, and was reprinted in "A House of Pomegranates" under the title of "The Birthday of the Infanta." 214. ROSE LEAVES. Original Manuscript Poem "Rose Leaves," written on 3 pp. 4to. Signed by the author and entirely in his hand. This poem, originally conceived as an address to Miss Ellen Terry on her departure to America, was contributed by Oscar Wilde to the ' ' Shake- spearean Show Book, 1884." The published version, entitled "Under the Balcony" comprises four stanzas, the penultimate one not appearing in the original, whilst some interesting variations may be noted between the two versions. 215. SEN ARTYSTY. Original Draft of the First Part of his translation of Sen Artysty, by Helena Modjeska, beginning: "I too have had my Dreams." 1 p. folio, in full red levant mo- rocco case, doublures of white moire silk, by Zucker. This manuscript is apparently the first draft of his translation, some of the lines being incomplete, and varying in a number of instances from the printed version in "Eoutledge's Christmas Annual" for 1884, a copy of which accompanies the Manuscript. "A NOTE ON SHAKESPEARE" 216. SHAKESPEARE. Original Manuscript of the first leaf ^^.\ of "A Note on Shakespeare," 1 p. folio, in full crimson levant mo- *v/ rocco case, white moire silk doublures. This article appeared in the "Nineteenth Century" for May, 1885, un- der the title of ' ' Shakespeare and Stage Costume, ' ' and differs quite ma- terially in the printed version from the manuscript. A copy of the period- ical accompanies the manuscript. Reprinted in "Intentions" under the title of "The Truth of Masks," the two versions differing considerably. "THEOCRITUS" 217. THEOCRITUS. Autograph Manuscript of '' Theocritus, a Villanelle." 6 stanzas on 1 page folio, preserved in a crimson levant morocco case, linings of cream moire silk. The printed version of this Poem appears exactly as written in this manuscript. ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH CONTRACT FOR "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST" 218. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S., 4 pp. 4to, Paris, October 24, 1898. To Horace Sedge. In full crimson levant morocco case. "/ hereby assign and secure to yon, the sole and exclusive performing rights, in the United Kingdom, of the play, the scenario of whifh I sub- mitted to you last night, on the following terms I agree to give yov, my next modern play upon the same terms It is understood that the casting of the play is to he subject to my approval, which shall not be unreasonably vnihheld. It is understood that you will endeavor to procure Mr. Forbes-Eobertson amd Mrs. Patrick Campbell for the two leading parts," etc. 44 i^r^r ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT VOLUME OF POEMS 219. WILDE (OSCAR). Original M^vnuscript Volume (folio blank book) about 140 pages, with poems, portions of dramatic scenes, single lines, and a number of pencil and pen-and-ink sketches. Folio, boards, roan back, preserved in a full black levant ^ morocco fire-proof solander case. y ^''\j Ax iMPOKTAXT AND INTERESTING MANUSCRIPT VOLUME, evidently One in ' TvMch Wilde had jotted down poetical lines as they occurred to him ; there are several completed stanzas and possibly poems, none of which bear any title. On the first page he has written the titles of 14 of his poems, with the number of lines set opposite 5 of the pieces. U AN UNFINISHED PLAY AND MANUSCRIPT POEMS 220. VyTLDE (OSCAR). Manuscript of an Unfinished Play, "with the characters of Beatrice, Astone, and the Cardinal. 16 pp. folio; (also) 23 pages folio, of poems; snatches of scenes and dia- logues; and jottings of thoughts and ideas, several sketches in ^ pencil and pen-and-ink. Bound in one volume, folio, full polished ^ J j calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Riviere. A MOST INTERESTING MANUSCRIPT VOLUME, and in all probability of early period. One of the poems of three stanzas, beginning ' ' Sweet there is nothing left to do," reminds one strongly of Swinburne in rhythm and idea. It does not appear in his collected ' ' Poems. ' ' {H..tAsi^ 221. WILDE (OSCAR). Original Agreement in regard to the publication "The Daisy and other Poems," by Rennell Rodd and ^ ^ Oscar Wilde. Signed "by J. M. Stoddart and Oscar Wilde. 1 p. ^ J folio. This title was originally selected for what was finally chosen "Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf." 222. WILDE (OSCAR). Manuscript itemized Expense Ac- count of Oscar Wilde on his American Tour from July to Septem- ber, 1882. Receipted by Wilde. 4 pp. narrow folio. "1 (J These expenses covered that portion of his tour through the summer resorts from Cape May to Narragansett Pier, together with the Catskills, EJchfield and Saratoga Springs. 223. WILDE (OSCAR). Original Agreement between J. M. Stoddart and Oscar Wilde, in which Stoddart agrees to publish a volume of Poems hj Rennell Rodd if Oscar Wilde will write an ^ K Introduction. Signed by both Stoddart and Wilde. 2 pp. folio. / '^ Philadelphia, 1882 On the verso of the above agreement, is a receipt signed by Wilde for $150 in full for the Introductory Essay mentioned in the contract. This was the agreement for the publication of "Eose Leaf and Apple Leaf. ' ' 45 7 J 7 f SECOND SESSION LOTS 224-423 BOOKS RELATING TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF OSCAR WILDE 224. BIRNBAUM (MARTIN). Oscar Wilde. Fragments aud Memories. Frontispiece portrait and illustration. 12mo, parch- ment boards. New York: James F. Drake, 1914 One of 50 numbered and signed copies on Imperial Vellum. 225. BLEI (FRANZ). In Memoriam. Oscar Wilde. 12mo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Leipzig, 1905 The revised and enlarged Second Edition, to which have been added Arthur Symons' "Artists in Attitudes" and a great number of new epi- grams and aphorisms. 226. BREMONT, ANNA COMTESSE DE. Oscar Wilde and his Mother. A Memoir. Portrait and facsimiles. 12mo, cloth. London, 1911 227. CROSLAND (T. W. H.). The First Stone. On Reading the Unpublished Parts of "De Profundis. " 8vo, original boards. First Edition. London: Published by the Author, 1912 228. D'AUREVILLY (BARBEY). What Never Dies. A Ro- mance. Translated into English by Sebastian Melmoth (0. W.). 12mo, original parchment boards, uncut. I ^ Paris: Privately printed, 1902 One of 500 copies printed for Private circulation. PRESENTATION COPY TO FRANK HARRIS 229. DAVIDSON (JOHN). Plays by John Davidson. Frontis- piece by Aubrey Beardsley. 8vo, original buckram, uncut. J London, 1894 / I First Edition. Autograph presentation copy from tlie author to Frank Harris. On the frontispiece, Mr. Harris has identified the characters' there de- lineated and has written their names on the lower margin, as follows: Mabel Beardsley, "Nude"; Oscar Wilde, "Laurel-crowned on left"; Sir Augustus Harris of Drury-Lane, "bald Jew in centre.'* 46 PRESENTATION COPY TO GEORGE MEREDITH 230. DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED). Poems (In English and French on opposite pages). 12mo, original wrappers, uncut, in maroon half morocco case. Paris, 189 First Edition. Autograph presextatiox copy from the author "^o George Meredith, with inscription on recto of half-title : "To Geor, Meredith, a tribute of profound admiration from the Author. Alfre Douglas. Naples, December, J 896." With bookplate of George Meredith. 231. DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED). Oscar Wilde and Myself. With portrait of the author and 13 other portraits and illustra- J tions, also facsimile letters. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1914 232. EWERS (HANNS HEINZ cloth. C. 33 und anderes. 12mo, Berlin, 1904 / — On the verso of fly-leaf is a pencil drawing "At Grande Marina, Capri," March 19, 1909. PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS 233. FLETCHER (JOHN). The Faithful Shepherdess. Edi- ted with a Preface, Notes and Glossary by F. W. Moorman, Frontispiece. Square ISmo, limp leather, gilt top, uncut. In fijJl olive levant morocco solander case. London : Dent, 189[7 Autograph presentation copy from Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfre: Douglas, with the following inscription on fly-leaf: " Bosie from Oscar. Paris. ' ' 234. GIDE (ANDRE). Oscar Wilde. A Study. From thi French of Andre Gide. With Introduction, Notes and Biblio raphy by Stuart Mason. Frontispiece. Small 4to, half parchment,' gilt top, uncut. Oxford : The Holywell Press, 1905 One of 50 copies' on Hand-made paper. r. 235. GIDE (ANDRE). Oscar Wilde. In Memoriam (Sou- venirs) le "De Profundis. " With a heliogravure portrait. 12mo, t/ half dark blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers ^ bound in. Paris, 1910 236. GREVE (FELIX PAUL). Randarabesken zu Oscar Wilde. 12mo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, orig- ^ inal wrappers bound in. Miuden : J. C. C. Bruns [1903] / First Edition. 237. HAGEMANN (CARL). Oscar Wilde. Studien zur mod- ernen Weltliteratur. 12mo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, -- uncut, original wrappers bound in. Mindeu, n. d. i 238. HAGEMANN (CARL). Oscar Wilde. Studien zur mod- ernen Vv^eltlitcratur. 12mo, original wrappers, uncut. Minden, n. d. 47 / / // « s (o 239. HAMILTON (WALTER). The Aesthetic Movement in England. Third Edition. 8vo, cloth. London, 1882 Contains chapters on Oscar Wilde, the Pre-Raphaelites, the Rossettis, Swinburne, O 'Shaughnessy, and others'. 240. HARRIS (FRANK). Oscar Wilde. His Life and Con- iessions. Illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo, white buckram sides, roan backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York: Printed and published by the Author, 1916 First Edition on Japan Vellum Paper. Laid in is a facsimile letter of 2 pp. 8vo, from Lord Alfred Douglas to Oscar Wilde. 241. HARRIS (FRANK). Oscar Wilde. His Life and Con- fessions. Illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, roan backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York: Printed and published by the Author, 1916 First Edition. P 242. [HICHENS (ROBERT).] The Green Carnation. 12mo, original buckram. New York, 1894 Oscar Wilde and his coterie are represented in this work in the various characters. Wilde and Douglas appear throughout as Esme Amarinth and Lord Reginald Hastings. 243. HINKSON (H. A., Editor). Dublin Verses by Members of Trinity College. Small 4to, original cloth, uncut. London, 1895 First Edition. Contains contributions by Oscar Wilde, Aubrey De Vere, Edward Dowsen, Douglas Hyde, W. E. H. Lecky, and others. One op 50 copies printed on Large Paper. v3 244. INGLEBY (L. C). Oscar Wilde. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London and New York, 1907 245. JACKSON (HOLBROOK). The Eighteen Nineties. Illus- trations. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1913 Contains chapters on Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, John Davidson, and others. 246. KENIL WORTH (WALTER W.). A Study of Oscar Wilde. 12mo, cloth. New York, [1912] 247. LACHMAN (HEDWIG). Oscar Wilde. Zweites tausend. Portrait. 16mo, boards. Berlin and Leipzig, n. d. ^ c 248. MASON (STUART, Editor). Oscar Wilde: Art and ^i Morality. A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray." For- 0" trait and illustration. 8vo, boards, vellum back, gilt top, uncut. yV^ London, 1908 tC] Large Paper copy of the First Edition. One of 25 copies on hand- made paper. 249. MASON (STUART). Oscar Wilde: Art & Morality. A record of the discussion which followed the publication of "Dorian Gray." Portrait. 12mo, cloth. London, n. d. jl, A new edition, containing fresh material and further correspondence. With the slip of errata. 48 250. NEWTON (A. EDWARD). Oscar Wilde. Frontispiece. 12mo, wrappers. Daylesford, Pa. : Privately printed, 1912 251. RANSOME (ARTHUR). Oscar Wilde. A Critical Study. Frontispiece. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. London, 1912 First Edition. /^ 252. RANSOME (xVRTHUR). Oscar Wilde. A Critical Study. Frontispiece portrait. 8vo, cloth, uncut. New York, 1912 PRESENTATION COPY FROM MARCEL SCHWOB 253. SCHWOB (MARCEL). Mimes; avec vn Prologve et vn Epilogve. Square 18mo, full green levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Paris, 1894 One of 20 copies on Imperial Japan Paper. Autograpu presenta- tion COPY FROM Marcel Schwob to Oscar Wilde, with inscription on fly-leaf: "A vion cher Oscar Wilde son admirateur, son ami Marcel Schwob." 254. SHERARD (R. H.). Oscar Wilde. The Story of an Un- happy Friendship. With portraits and facsimile letters. 4to, buckram, parchment back, gilt top, uncut. London: Privately printed, 1902 Large Paper copy of the First Edition. 255. SHERARD (R. H.). The Life of Oscar Wilde. Illus- trated ivith portraits, facsimile letters, and other documents. Royal 8vo, boards, vellum back, uncut. London, 1906 One of 100 copies on Japanese vellum. First Edition. 256. SHERARD (R. H.). The Real Oscar Wilde. To be used as a Supplement to, and in Illustration of "The Life of Oscar Wilde." With numerous u}ipul)lished letters, facsimiles, portraits and illustrations. 8vo, boards, parchment back, uncut. London, n. d. 257. STUART-YOUNG (J. M.). Osrac, the Self-Sufficient, and other Poems. With a Memoir of the late Oscar Wilde. Por- traits and facsimile letters. 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut. First Edition. London: The Hermes Press, 1905 258. TURQUET-MILNES (G.). The Influence of Baudelaire in France and England. 8vo, cloth. New York, n. d. Contains a chapter on Oscar Wilde and is important in coimection with a study of Wilde's place in literature. ll r J- 259. VICKERY (WILLIS). Oscar Wilde. A Sketch, with Notices of some of his Books. 24mo, boards, buckram back, uncut. ^ One of 225 copies. Privately printed, The Torch Press, 1906 260. WEISZ (ERNST). Psychologische Streifzuge uber Oscar Wilde. Portrait. 8vo, boards, paper label. Im Xenien-Verlag zu Leipzig, 1909 49 1 / 261. [WILDE (OSCAR).] Aristophanes at Oxford. 0. W. By Y. T. 0. 12mo, original wrappers, uncut, in maroon half mo- rocco slip-ease. Oxford: J. Vincent, [1894] t/\} The scene is' laid near Oxford. Wilde and his disciples are held up to \ . ridicule for the reasons announced in the Preface: "If questioned as to ^ the motive of this production, we can only reply, that as far as we have any, it is an honest dislike for ' Dorian Gray, ' ' Salome, ' ' The Yellow Book,' etc. Our attack is one on principles, not on persons." Wilde is made the leading character of this satirical play. 262. [WILDE (OSCAR).] In a Good Cause. A Collection of Stories Poems, and Illustrations. Small 4to, boards. London, 1885 Contains "Le Jardin des' Tuileries" by Wilde. The volume was pub- lished for the benefit of the North Eastern Hospital for Children. 263. [WILDE (OSCAR).] In Memoriam Oscar Wilde. By Ernest la Jeunesse, Andre Gide and Franz Blei. Translation and Introduction by Percival Pollard. 16mo, boards, uncut. Greenwich : Literary Collector Press, 1905 264. [WILDE (OSCAR).] A Japanese Picture Book. 8vo, boards, in gray levant morocco solander case. '% On the inner side of front cover is the presentation inscription in the ^ hand of Wilde to "Eric Forbes Robertson from his friend Oscar Wilde." L ]» 265. WILDE (OSCAR). Oscariana. Epigrams. Small 4to, half blue levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. London: Privately printed by Arthur Humphreys, 1895 Contains a number of extracts from Wilde's writings, the name of the book or article from which each is taken being printed in the margin. The selection was made by Mrs'. Oscar Wilde. 266. [WILDE.] The Priest and the Acolyte. Honi soit qui mal y pense. Small 4to, original wrappers, uncut, in a half olive levant morocco slip-case. Privately printed for Presentation onl.y This was for several years attributed to Wilde, but has of late been known not to have been from his pen. Large Paper copy, f 267. [WILDE (OSCAR).] Ye Soul Agonies in Ye Life of 1/ X ^ Oscar Wilde. Illustrated hy Charles Kendrick. Small 4to, original wrappers, in half olive levant morocco slip-case. ^-wr/ [New York, 1882] w 268. WILDE (OSCAR). Oscar Wilde: Three Times Tried. Svo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. London, n. d. This story of a great trial tlirows sidelights on Wilde and his con- temporaries not to be found elsewhere and supplies unique material for / the study of his remarkable personality. / (9 vv^ / * 269. WILDE (OSCAR). The Trial of Oscar Wilde from the Shorthand Reports. 8vo, half dark brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. Paris: Privately printed, 1906 One of 500 copies on Handmade paper iss'ued for Private Circulation ft^' only. GO O^ (P 6 270. WILDE (OSCAR). Etched proof portrait of Oscar / — Wilde, by (Kelly). Small 4to. ' 271. WILDE (OSCAR). Etched Proof Portrait of Oscar J^^ Wilde by Kelly, signed, Jan. 21, 1882. Autograph presentation copy from Kelly to J. M. Stoddart. ^"H^ Ti2. WILDE (OSCAR). Panel Photograph of Oscar Wilde, ' * bv Sarouv. Inscribed: '' Joseph Marshall Stoddart from his friend Oscar Whde, Jamj. '82." 6 ^; 273. WILDE (OSCAR). Original Panel Photograph by Sarony, Autographed "Oscar Wilde, New York, June '82." 273a. WILDE (OSCAR). Colored caricature portrait, by ^ , ''Ape," from "Vanity Fair" for May 24, 1884. Framed. ^ 274. WILDE (OSCAR). Portrait on pure vellum, 1892. From o the photograph by Ellis & Walery. Framed. ^ Inscribed by Thomas B. Mosher " TTm's is one of eight copies done on the pure vellum. Aug. 15, 1905." 275. WILDE (OSCAR). Portraits of Oscar Wilde (5). Cabinet and smaller, two of -which are autographed by him. In one of the photographs he is seated with Lord Alfred Douglas. 276. WILDE (OSCAR). Oscar Wilde's Photograph Album, large oblong 4to, half old red morocco, with his initials in gold on side, ''0. O'F. W. W. " Preserved in half maroon levant morocco slip-case. This Album contains 15 photographs, in six of which Wilde appears, either in a group with college associates, or with a coaching party. With the exception of two additional portraits of a later period which have been loosely laid in, these portraits and photographs represent the period of Wilde's Oxford days, and include Cricket teams. Coaching parties, etc., etc. 277. WILDE-WHISTLER. Wilde v. Whistler, being an Acri- monious Correspondence on Art between Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler. 8vo, original wrappers. London: Privately printed, 1906 One of 100 copies ox Large Paper. ^^^ 278. YOUNG (DAL.). Apologia pro Oscar Wilde. Small 4to, i; i half blue levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. jJ y^ London: Reeves, n. d. ' Large Paper copy of the First Edition, with "judgemnt" for "judg- ment" on page 14. 279. YOUNG (DAL.). Apologia pro Oscar Wilde. Small 4to, original wrappers, uncut, in half olive levant morocco slip-case. London: William Reeves, n. d. \ First Edition. Second issue (in dark brown wrappers). 1"T*7_ 280. YOUNG (DAL.). Apologia pro Oscar Wilde. Deutseh von Felix Paul Greve. 12mo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in. Minden, n. d. 51 r L V. ( f AUTOGRAPH LETTERS FROM OSCAR WILDE TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS, MRS. LEVERSON, "THE SPHINX"; LEONARD SMITHERS, J. M. STODDART, AND OTHERS 281. WILDE (CSCAU). A. L. S., 3 pp. 8vo, 16 Tite Street. To Mr. Appleton. '•The lecture cannot he on Cellini — it is on Dress. I hope there is no mull in the matter," etc. A POWERFUL LETTER SPEAKING OF HIS IMPRISONMENT 282. A. L. S., 4 pp. small 4to, Hotel Sandwich, Dieppe, no date. To (Mrs. Bernard Beere). "My Dear Good beautiful Friend. I knew you would he always stveet and good to me for now I need sympathy, and know its value, a kind icord to me now is as lovely as a flower is, and love can heal all wounds ... 7 feel as if I had heen raised from the dead, the Sun and the Sea seem strange to me. But, Dear Bernie, although my life looks ruined to the outer world, to me it is not so .... I feel that out of it all — out of the silence, the solitary life — the hunger, the darkness — the pain .... the disgrace of these things . . . It was wrong of me. Worse things might have happened to your old friend, dear, tJuin Two years' hard labour .... Suffering is a terrible fire, it either purifies or destroys. With love and gratitude. Ever yours, Oscar." 283. A. L. S., 4 pp. 12mo, 16 Tite Street. To John Brod- , rick. "I have been asked by Cassells to edit one of their monthly magazines for them and am anxious to make it the o^-gan for tvomen of culture and position. Mrs. Jeune, Miss Thackeray, Mrs. Fawcett, Lady Archibald Campbell, Lady Pollock, Lady Dorothy Neville, and many others have promised to write for it and I should like to nmrnber your sister amongst my contributors," etc. TWENTY-FIVE LETTERS TO LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS WHICH WILL FIRST BE OFFERED IN ONE LOT. BUT IF THE RESERVE PRICE BE NOT REALIZED EACH LOT WILL IMMEDIATELY BE SOLD SEPARATELY AS CATALOGUED 284. A. L. S., 4 pp. small 4t(), Babbacombe, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "My dearest Bosie. I have written to your man and have received UQ reply from him' — which is most annoying — as things are the wrong coXotirs without gold to light them up .... 1 am rather unhappy as I cak'i write — I don't krurw only thiwgs are all wrong .... My charge fof the Sonnet is £300," etc., etc. A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, Hotel Albemarle, London, Satur- no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. ' ' Tlianks for your telegram which I got last night on my arrival from Jersey — where I had been for a riight, on my way over to see a perform- ance of my play by Miss Ungard and the South Company — it was rather good, and I had a great reception from a crowded house," etc., etc. 52 296. A. L. S., 4 pp. 12mo, 16 Tite Street, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "I lunched with Prince Trmibetzkoi and Mrs. Chanler this afternoon. He has done a lovely picture of her and would do a beautiful one of you. .... You must really be painted, and also have an ivory statue executed. Willard, the actor, lunched with me on Thursday to talk business, I hope to lure him to give me some of 'the gold the gryphon guards in rude Armenia,' " etc. 287. A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, Sunday night, June 6th. No place nor date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "I must give up the absurd habit of writing to you every day .... next week I must make a resolution to write to you only every seven days and then on the question of the relation of the Sonnet to modern life, and the importance of our writing romantic ballads, and the strange beauty of the lovely line of Eossetti's suppressed till lately by his brother, where he says tliat 'the sea ends in a sad blueness beyond rhyme,' ... 7 am so glad ymi went to bed at 7 o'clock. Modem life is terrible to vibrating delicate frames like yours. A rose leaf in a storm of hard hail is not so fragile. With us, who are modern, it is the scabbard that wears out the sword," etc. 288. A. L. S., 4 pp. 12ino, Friday, June 4, 2.30. No date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "I have just got your letter, but Ernest Dawson, Dal Young and Conder are here, so I cannot read it — except the last three lines — I love the last words of anything. The end of art is the beginning/. Don't think I don't love you . . . But our lives are irreparably several as far as meeting goes," etc. 289. A. L. S., 4 pp. Svo, Thursday, 2.30, no place nor date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. Keferring to a possible duel of Lord Douglas. "The intervieiv is quite Jiarmless, and I am really sorry you took any notice of it. I do hope it is not tvith the low-class joum-alist that you are to fight . ... if you ever fight in France let it be with some one wlw exists .... Please always let me see anything that appears about myself in the Paris papers — good or bad, but especially the bad. It is a matter of vital import to me to know the attitude of the com-munity .... Ernest Dawson, Conder and Dal Young — what a name — are coming mit to dine," etc. 290. A. L. S., 8 pp. small 4to, Bernaval, Wednesday, June 16, no year. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar, "I am upset unth the idea that you don't get my letters .... 7 have asked you to come here on Saturday .... 7 hope to be in my chalet by Saturday: so you will stay with me there: I have a little 'walled in place' in the garden of the Hotel where I Jiave my dejeuner and diner — and bouquets and trees .... You must not have our letters sent on andei' your own name. It might do me serious harm. I still request — for the third time Jonquil du Fallon, but any name you like will do . . . ." 291. A. L. S., 4 pp. small 4to, Bernaval-sur-Mer, Tuesday 15th June, no j-ear. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "Ycni ask me to let you come on Saturday: but dear honey-siceet boy I have already asked you to come then, so we both have the same des-ire as u,sual. Yaw name is to be Jonquil du Fallon," etc. 53 292. A. L. S., 12 pp. 8vo, Dieppe, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. A fine long letter. ' ' The production of Salome tvas the thing that turned the scale in my favour, as far as my treatment in prison by the Government was concerned . . . If I ivere aslced of myself as a dramatist, I would say that my unique position was tliat I had taken the Drama, the most oijectvve form known to Art, and made it as personal a mode of expression as the Lyric or the Smmet, while enriching the characterization of the stage, and enlarging — at any rate in the case of Salome — its artist horizon . . . The Ballad is the true origin of the romantic Drama, and the true predecessors of Shakespeare are not the tragic writers of the Greek and Latin Stage, from Aeschylus to Seneca, but the Ballad writers of the Border," etc. 293. A. L. S., 2 pp. 4to, Dieppe, Tuesday, 7.30, no year. To Lord Alfred Douglas, Signed Oscar. "I got your telegram . . . and just send a line to say that I feel tlmt my only hope of again doing creditable work in art is being with you — it was not so in the old days — but now it is different, and yon can re- create in me the energy and sense of joyous poiver on ivhich all depends," etc. 294. A. L. S., 2 pp. 4to, Dieppe, Wednesday, June 23, no year. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "My Fete was a huge success: 15 gamins were entertained on straw- berries and cream . . . They sang the Marseillaise.. . . I gave the health of La Reine d'Angleterre, and finally I gave Le President de la Republiqus .... They cried out with one accord ' Vive7-t le President de la Bepub- lique et Monsieur Melmoth.' It was an amusing experience as I am hardly more tlmn a month out of goal," etc. 295. A. L. S., 2 pp. 4to, Dieppe, Thursday, June 17, 2 o'cl. p. M. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "/ have been obliged to ask my friends to leave me, as I am so upset and distressed in nerve by my solicitor's letter, and the apprehension of serious danger, tlmt simply I must be alone . ... Of course, at pre- sent it is impossible for us to meet . . . if your father . . . came over and made a scene and scandal it wotdd utterly destroy my possible future and alienate all my friends from me ... 7 think of you always and love you always but cliasms of moonless night divide us: We cannot crown it without Jiideous and nameless peril, ' ' etc. 296. A. L. S., 2 pp. 4to, with postscript. Dieppe, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. Mentions Ernest Dow- son. "7 received your letters all right and have half tcritien my answer . . . 7 am waiting here for a new servant . ... he is to come here to find me. Brutes, bald and bearded have arrived, and Ernest Dowson says he is .sure my servant is among them," etc. 297. A. L. S., 8 pp. 8vo, The Haven, 5 Esplanade, Worth- ing. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "Whal do you think of three days at Dieppe? (7 could only arrange three days as I am so busy) Last night you and I and the Mayor figured as patrons of the entertainment given by the vagabond singers of the sands. I was greeted with loud applause," etc. 54 298. A. L. S., 12 pp. 8vo, The Haven, 5 Esplanade, Worth- ing. No date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Sig^ued Oscar. "How sweet of you to .send me the charming poem — / can't tell you Jiow it touches me, and it is so full of that light lyrical grui'e that you always have — a qualify that seems so easy to those who don't understand how difficult it is to vwlce the white feet of poetry dance lightly among flowers without crushing tliem Dear, dear boy — you arc more to me than any one of them has any idea — you. are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life — you are the incarnation of all lovely things," etc. 299. A. L. S., 3 pp. 8vo, no place nor date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "/ have just come in for luncheon. A horrid ugly Swiss governess, has, I find, been looking after Cyril and Vivian for a year — she is quite im- possible Also, you, the gilt and graceful boy ivoidd be bored," etc. 300. A. L. S., 6 pp. 8vo, 16 Tite Street, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. Complains of his penniless con- dition. "Your father is on the rampage again — been to Cafe Eoyal to enquire for us, iL'ith threats, etc. To-day I wrote at home, then went and sat tvith mother. Death and Love seem to wrecTc on either hand as I go through life — they are the only things I think of — their wings shadow me. London is a desert without your dainty feet, and all the buttonJwles have turned to weeds — nettles and hemlocks are 'the only wear'. . . . Always, and with devotion, — but I have no words for how I love you." 301. A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, 16 Tite Street, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. ' ' Your telegram has jast arrived .... but I miss you so mu^h — the gay gilt and gracious lad has> gone away and I luite everyone else . . . also I am in the purple valleys of despair, and no gold coins are dropping down from heaven to gladden me. London is very dangerous — 'writters' come out at night and writ one — the roaring of creditors towards daicn is frightful — and solicitors are getting rabies and biting people .... The 'Yellow Book' has appeared — it is dull and loathsome: a great failure — I am so glad, ' ' etc. 302. A. L. S., 8 pp. 8vo, Piccadilly, no date. To Lord Al- fred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "My own dear Boy: I lunched with Gladys de Grey — Reggie and Aleck Yorke there. They want me to go to Paris with them . . . . I have no money as usual and can't go — Besides I want to see you. It is really absurd — I can't live without you. You, are so dear, so wonderful — / think of you all day long, and miss your grace, your boyish beauty, ihe bright sword play of your icit, the delicate fancy of your genius, so sur- prising always in its sudden sicallow-flights towards north or south, to- wards SU71 or moon — and above all, you yourelf aiid I hope that early in January you and I will go axeay together for a long voyage — and that your lovely life goes always ha)id in hand with mine — My dear wonderful boy, I hope you are brilliant and luippy," etc. 303. A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, 16 Tite Street, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "Life here is much the same — / find a chastened pleasure in being shaved in Air Street. You are always enquired after and sonnet like allusions made to your gilt silk hair. I saw an emissary from Mansfield, the actor, this morning," etc. 304. A. L. S., 4 pp. 4to, London, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "Yes! the Scarlet Marquis made a plot to address the audience on the first night of my play ! ! Algy Burl-e revealed it and he tvas not allowed to enter. He left a grotesque bouquet of vegetables for me! This of course malces his conduct idiotic — robs it of dignity All love in the world, Devotedly yours Oscar." 305. A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, 10 and 11 St. James's Place, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "My dearest Boy: I am overwhelmed by the wings of vulture creditors — and out of sorts, but I am happy in the knowledge that we are friends again. Our love has passed through the sliadow and the night of estrange- ment and sorrow and come out rose-crowned — as of old — let us always be infinitely dear to each other — as indeed we have been always," etc. 306. A. L. S., 8 pp. Svo, 16 Tite Street, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "7 canH bear your sadness and unhappiness: because I cannot cure it. But you hnow what a joy it will be to see you again . . . . I heard all the details of the divorce of the Scarlet Marquis the other day: quite astonishing I am sending you a copy of 'Eafis' the divinest of poets — I hope the honey of his verse may charm you." etc. 307. A. L. S., 4 pp. Svo, Albemarle Club, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. "My dearest Boy: I have been very lonely witlwut you: and worried by money matters. To-day is golden enough, but rain has dripped monotonously on all other days. I went to Haddon Chambers' play; it was not bad, but oh! so badly written How strange to live in a land where the worship of beauty, and the passion of love are con- sidered infamous — / hate England: it is only bearable to me because you are here," etc. 308. A. L. S., in pencil, 3 pp. 8vo, no place, no date. To Lord Alfred Douglas. Signed Oscar. A hurried pencil note. "We have only just finished Act 2. Order of course what you want. Don't wait. I do not rehearse to-morrow at all." THREE LETTERS TO FRANK HARRIS 309. A. L. S., 4 pp. small 4to, Sandwich Hotel, Dieppe. To Frank Harris. "Just a line to thank you for your great kindness to me, for the lovely clothes and for the generous chcq^ie. You liave been a real good friend to me and I shall never forget your kindness," etc. 310. A. L. S., 4 pp. Svo, Paris, no date. To Frank Harris. Signed Oscar. ' ' Your secretary has sent me tiic £20 in a banknote of extraordinary beauty. A thousand thanks, my dear Franlc, for all your kindness and thought fulne.ss I am getting my clothes to-day from th^ Hotel whose evil proprieior detained thrm. Vp to the present time I Jiave be< a at any rate dreadfully shabby, and am more than ever in disaccord with Carlyle on the question of the relation of clothes and soul," etc. 56 311. A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo. Paris, no date. To Frank Harris.. Signed Oscar. "Jfj/ proprieiaire is worrying me to distraction, to pay my bill, or part of it. Could you send me £20? I am quite without a sou and must give the landlord £15 If you can manage it, it will be a great kindness. ' ' 312. A. L. S., 2 pp. on card. (Chicago, Feb. 12, 1882. To Mrs. Julian Hawthorne. With addressed envelope. ' ' Your letter has been following me from city to city. You should have asked me when I was at Boston but now I am many hundred miles off — in Chicago / mu^t come in April. May I come then?" 313. A. L. S., 4 pp. Svo, Albemarle Club, no date. To Miss Kenealy. "I have read your article with great interest, and the passage at the end about the body having its own ideals seems to me most fine and finely said . . . There is a passage in the eleventh cliapter of Dorian Gray that ... 7 should like you to see . . . How everything that you say in your clever article makes for the Greek Ideal, the only ideal that has its feet in reality," etc. 314. A. L. S., 3 pp. small 4to, 16 Tite Street (April 16, 1889) to Richard Le Gallienne, with addressed envelope. "Thank you so much for the sonnet, which I greatly like — it is very subtle — one of your best things. London, for all its gloom, is not killing but making the poet," etc. X^ 3^ I'D D TWENTY-TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS TO MRS. LEVERSON, "THE SPHINX," WHICH WILL FIRST BE OFFERED IN ONE LOT, BUT IF THE RESERVE PRICE BE NOT REALIZED EACH LOT WILL IMMEDIATELY BE SOLD SEPARATELY AS CATALOGUED 315. Latter portion of an A. L. S., 4 pp. To Mrs. Lever- son. "Your sketch is brilliant as your work always is, and Dorian Gray looks quite charming. It is quite tragic for me to think how completely he has been understood on all sides, ' ' etc. 316. A. L. S., 4 pp. Svo. Brighton, n. date. To Mrs. Leverson. Signed Oscar. "Dear Sphinx: I hope to be in London on the 15th. Will you be there? Your article in Punch Dorian and I read with joy, and detected you of course, before you sent it to me. Dorian has a child — and is not allowed to go out to-day: he is very sweet and beautiful — an^ looks like a narcissus," etc. 317. A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo. From H. M. Prison. To Mrs. Leverson. Signed Oscar. "Dear Sphinx and Ernest. I write to you from prison where your kind words have reached me and given me comfort though they have made me cry — in my loneliness — not that I am really alone — a slitn tiling, gold- haired like an angel, stands alivays at my side. His presence oversJiadows me — He moves in the gloom like a white fioicer. With what a crash this fell! Why did the Sibyl say fair things? I thought but to defend him for his Father," etc. 57 3o / /O \1 / 318. A. L. S., 1 p. 8vo, 16 Tite St. No date. To Mrs. Leverson. Signed Oscar. "Your letters are ironderful and delight fid like. Quite soon I hope to meet." 319. Your feast teas rose- — A. L. S., 1 p. 12mo, no place nor date. To Mrs. Leverson. Signed 0. W. Asking Avhether she will be disengaged for the evening. 320. A. L. S., 3 pp. Svo, 16 Tite Street, no date. Hastily written in pencil. Signed Oscar. "Alas! dear SpM7ix I believe we are going to 'La Femme de Claude' to-night otherwise I would eat honey cake with you at Willey's are the only Sphinx." You J /ij 321.- \ -date. To Mrs. Leverson. Signed Oscar A. L. S., 4 pp. Svo, Hotel Avondale, Piccadilly, no V i; i1 "My Bear Sphinx. You were Jcind enough to say I might bring some- one to dinner to-night .... I liave selected a young man, tall as a young palm tree (I mean tall as two young palm trees). His Christian name is "Tom' a very rare name in an age of Algies and Berties . . . I met Mm on Tuesday, so he is quite an old friend," etc. 322. A. L. S., 4 pp. 12mo, New Travellers Club, Piccadilly, no date. To Mrs. Leverson. Signed Oscar. "Dear Sphinx: Any night next weeJc except Monday I shall be cheered to come and dine with you — Of course I sit next you . ... my friend is more golden than ever. If a curd with M. Dorian Esqr is found on your prophyry hall-table you will Icnotv who has called. He has ordered fifty! All for you." 323. Latter portion of an A. L. S., 2 pp. Svo. No place nor date. [To Mrs. Leverson.] Signed Oscar. "I am just told that here there to be f casters on Tuesday. Do let me know, and all my other days of the week belong to yon. How wilful and wonderful you are." 324. - son. Signed Oscar A. L. S., 4 pp. Svo, London, no date. To Mrs. Lever- "Dear Sphinx. Oh! how rash of you to trust me witli, your brilliant article — I had put it into a casket, and thrown the key into the waters, But, now- I have shattered the casket, and send you the purple papyrus of your perfect panegyric, . . . . I hope it will be published," etc. 325. A. L. S., 4 pp. small 4to, Dieppe. To Mrs. Leverson. igned Oscar. "My Dear Sphinx: Your date of your letter is only 'June': a date quite acmrate enough when a golden rose is writing . . . When however a golden rose . . . states 'there is a notice of your letters in the Daily Chronicle of today' . . . I am troubled . . I am in the Public Press some- times the 'ex-convict', tohich is too obvious; sometimes I am 'Mr. Oscar Wilde,' a phrase 1 deserve: sometimes 'the man Wilde,' a phrase I don't," etc. 58 "Zs Ca^ ^-^ i-w^ c?*^ ^--^-^ / >^ 0lf ^^L^ c_^ ^ 2i o -^ y • c /-". C-CSL ^ ^^ ^:. ^ /C_^ i* <'^-^ ^*^-e — Z) [NUMBER 333] 5^ -X) 340. A. L. S., 4 pp. small 4to, 16 Tite Street, Chelsea, no date (1890). Kegarding his biography for a Cyclopedia. "It is difficult to ivrite one's own life, hut I have indicated the lines on ichich it might be treated. I have no claim to he regarded as a journal- ist, as all my loorlc is literary criticisms — I notice hoolcs, not events," etc. 341. A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, 16 Tite Street, October, 1892. "My dear Sydney. I enclose you tickets for Holiday night your Ferdinand in the Duchess of Malfi was a really fine performance ..." 342. 1885). A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, 16 Tite Street, Chelsea, (April 15, Kef erring to ' ' The Harlot 's House. ' ' "I beg to acknowledge receipt of yotir cheque ££. 2. for my article on Shakespeare. If you would like a poem I will send you one, hut I xoould ask you not to include any other poem in the number in which it appears ... a poem should he printed across a page — there shd. he no column line — so you see there are difficulties . . . The poem is in 12 stanzas of 3 lines each. It is called ' The Harlot 's House. ' ' ' EIGHT LETTERS TO LEONARD SMITHERS ON PUBLISHING MATTERS A. L. S., 2 pp. 4to, Hotel Margollies, (June 6, 1899), 343. To Leonard Smithers. Signed 0. W. With envelope. "I hope to receive soon the title-page, dedication, and play-hill of the 'Ideal Husband.' . . . I saw Ernest Bowson the other night — he forced me to go to the Pantheon at midnight — it was dreadful — a Cafe Pande- monium. The drawing on the Cover of Hunger is like a horrible caricature of Ernest — " etc. 344. A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, Wednesday Dec. 14, (1898). To Leonard Smithers, with addressed envelope. Signed 0. W. Re- garding the dedication of "The Importance of Being Earnest." "The dedication of the play is To Robert Baldwin Boss in appreciation in affection. Of course Shannon's design is to he repeated on the cover as in the other editions . . . I suppose the book is out in January?" etc. Go-J (J)^ 345. A. L. S., 4 pp., 8vo, Hotel d 'Alsace, (March 28, 1898), To Leonard Smithers. With addressed envelope. "No Letter from you this morndngi You don't know how ill I am, and what a narrow escape I had. You seem quite heartless," etc. 346. A. L. S., 3 pp. 8vo, undated, [June, 1898]. To Leonard Smithers. Signed with initials. With addressed en- velope. Asking for a loan of £10, as he is quite penniless and on the brink of expulsion from his hotel. C2 347. A. L. S., with initials, 4 pp. 8vo, no place nor date (August, 1898). To Leonard Smithers. Thanldng him for cheque received. With addressed envelope. "I hope to receive your proofs soon . popular in Paris now — as all those who direction — are thoroughly respectable. There is much indignation on the Boulevards. I try to convince them that they are our worst specimens — hut it is a difficult tasJc. ' ' . . The English are very un- are over here — under Cook's (^ 348. A. L. S., 3 pp. 8vo, Paris, Sundaj^ no date. To Leonard Smithers. "As regards the complete suit — I could wish you would send them on to me here. The MSS. I have returned to Burgonne who ivill rcvieiv. I have not as yet contemplated the Venice arrangements, hut I will send you further particulars shortly. My affairs move me to despair," etc. 349. A. L. S., with initials, 8 pp. 8vo, Wednesday, May 24. To Leonard Smithers. On literary matters. With addressed en- velope. "Maurice arrived this morning — looking tired and heautifid — . . . . my friend Bobert Boss especi-ally seems to have taken quite an interest in him — He is so fond of children, and of people like myself, ivho have child- like simple natures . . . I am thinking of writing a novel called 'The Boy-Snatcher of Clements Inn,' " etc. 350. A. L. S., 8 pp. 8vo, from Oscar Wilde to Leonard Smithers. Naples, Sunday (Nov. 23, 1897). With addressed en- velope. "Do try and make the Chiswick Press less mad and less maddening. I now have 'while some coarse-mouthed doctor straddles hy with a flattened bull-dog nose, fingering the watch, ' etc . . . if they kick I cannot sacrifice the lines about the icatch. I icish you ivould start a Society for the Defence of Oppressed Per- sonality ; at present there is a gross European concert headed by brutes and solicitors against us — it is really ridiculous that after my entire life has been wrecked by Society, people should still propose to exercise social tyranny over me, and try to force me to live in solitude," etc. cr^ ,r 4,X. SIX LETTERS TO J. M. STODDART, ABOUT THE PUBLICATION OF "ROSE-LEAF AND APPLE-LEAF" 351. A. L. S., 5 pp. 4to, Cincinnati, n. d. To Mr. Stoddart. Keferring to ' ' Rose-Leaf and Apple-Leaf. ' ' "I send you the volume of Poems and the Preface. The Preface you tvill see is most important, signifying my new departure from Mr. Buskin and the Pre-Baphaelities — and marks an era in the aesthetic ni'^icment," etc. 352. A. L. S., 3 pp. 4to, (Chicago), no date. To J. M. Stoddart. In re "Rose-Leaf and Apple-Leaf." "I enclose final proof. I call it now ' L'Envoi' and not 'Envoi' — please see that the headings are right ... 7 ivish yo^i could insert 'The Sea King's Grave' before 'Tiber Mouth' it comes in well there — but it is not much importance." G3 67.' rv p 353. A. L. S., 1 p. 4to, Undated (May, 1882). To J. M. Stoddart. ^'My young singer never wearies of singing. Here are tico more -poems — quite beautiful." 354. A. L. S., 4 pp. 4to, Columbus, Ohio, Way, 1882. To J. M. Stoddart. " BlanJc pages of themselves being non-beautiful, could not add. any- thing to the cJiarm of the booTc, they must be ornamented . . . you might have one page of roses and the other of apple blossoms and call the booTc ' Bose-Leaf and Apple-Leaf or 'Narcissus and Daffodil' using those flowers ..." A transcription in indelible pencil has been made under each word to facilitate reading at the printing office of J. M. Stoddart. 355. A. L. S., 1 p. 4to, Kansas City, April 17, 1882. To J. M. Stoddart. "/ send yo^i the proof — there are a good many corrections — so per- haps I better have another to see tluit it is all right . . . Where is Whitman? In Camden Town?" 356. A. L. S., 8 pp. 8vo, no place, no date. To J. M. Stod- dart. Giving a list of names to whom copies of the Press and Times are to be sent. The list includes Lady Wilde, Whistler, Hon. George Curzon, Oscar Browning, Burne-Jones, Mrs. Lajigtry, and others. 357. WILDE— SWINBURNE— WHITMAN — A. L. S., 8 pp. 8vo, no place nor date. To J. M. Stoddart. Preserved in a crimson levant morocco case, linings of cream moire silk. "/ send you an extract from a letter of Swinburne which I have just received from him about our grand Walt. You might care to publish it . . . 'I am sincerely interested and gratified by your account of Walt Whitman, and the assurance of his kindly and friendly feeling towards me; and I thanl: you no less sincerely for your kindness in sending me word of it . . . assure him . . . that I have by no manner of means relaxed my admiration of his noblest works,' " etc. 358. A. L. S., 3 pp. 8vo, Paris, no date. To Dear C. Re- fers to the "Dublin affair." Wilde refers to several persons by initials on\y, and the whole letter is Avritten in a hurried, though apparently confidential manner. 359. — A. L. S., 1 p. 8vo. London, no date. To Mr. [Green]. Enclosing tickets for a performance. 360. A. Ij. S., 4 pp. small 4to, 16 Tite Street. To [Mrs. Hamilton King.] Referring to his work on "The Woman's World." A fine letter, mentioning Keats. 361. A. L. S., 3 pp. small 4to, 16 Tite Street, no date. To [Mrs. Hamilton King.] Expressing his gratification that she has consented to write for ["The Woman's World."] 64 362. A. L. S. in the third person. 4 pp. 8vo, Chelsea, Sept. 1, 1887. To Mrs. Hamilton King. AiinounciBg his connection with ["The Woman '3 World"] and solicit- ing her contributions, and mentions that he has already secured Miss Thackeray, Olive Schreiner, Mrs. Craik, Mrs. Pfeiffer, and many others. 363. A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo, London, Oct. 31, 1887. To Mrs. Hamilton King. Written while he was engaged as Editor of ' ' The Woman's World." "/ am very much pleased at the prospect of publishing some of your work in my magazine." 364. A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo, Chelsea, no date. To Mrs. Hamil- ton King. Regretting a previous engagement will prevent seeing her. 10' n 365. A. L. S., 1 p. 8vo, Oxford, no date. To My Dear Frank. Regretting an engagement will prevent seeing him. 366. Frank. A. L. S., 3 pp. small 4to. Brighton, n. d. To Dear "I am staying down here .... when I return I will let you Icnow: So you are a confessed playwright now? I am so glad. You must tell me all about your worJc." 367. Frank. A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, Goring-on-Thames. To My Dear "7 never got your invitatio7i, or ivould have answered 'yes' in all Icnow n and unTcnoivn tongues . ... I go to Birmingham to-morrow for the night to see the first performance of the provincial company of my play." 368. A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo, Albemarle Club, no date. To My dear Frank. Sending him a seat for a ' ' first night. ' ' 369. A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo. Goring on the Thames, no date. To My Dear Frank. "Thanks for your long and interesting letter. I don't approve of your having been in Manchester. Charming people should never be in Manchester — but Sunbury sounds delightful. I live in a Canadian canoe, the curves of which are of surpassing beauty," etc. 370. Autograph Post Card to Maurice Gilbert, announcing his arrival at Palermo; (2). His "Sebastian Melmoth" visiting card, containing an autograph note to Maurice Gilbert; (3). An Autograph Post Card from J. Dupoirier, the Hotel-keeper at Paris, dated Oct. 2, 1900, announcing the death of Wilde; (4) A Postal Telegram to Maurice Gilbert, stating that he and Bosie are at Nogent. 4 pieces, mounted with guards on heavy paper. 371. Visiting Card of Mr. Sebastian Melmoth, Wilde's as- sumed name after his release from prison, with an address in his hand on verso ; also, a visiting card of Mrs. Leverson. 2 pieces. 65 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE TO OSCAR WILDE AND OTHERS 372. ALEXANDER (E. P.). A. L. S., 1 p. 4to, Louisville, Ky., June 12, 1882. To Jefferson Davis. Introducing Oscar Wilde, ^ith addressed envelope. 373. ANDERSON (MARY). A. L. S., 3 pp. 8vo, Friday, Chi- cago, no date. To Oscar Wilde. ^'Father tells vie you have come to no agreement yet, but that he ha.s made you an offer ' Vera' charmed me, it is very powerful. I think I would nice to play the part," etc. 374. ANDERSON (MARY). A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, Victoria, Fri- day, no date. To Oscar Wilde. "Dear Mr. Wilde. I liave shipped to-day to your London address, ' Tlie Duchess of Padua.' . . . I could not under any circumstances produce your play at the time mentioned in the contract .... The play in its present form I fear, would no more please the public of to-day, than would 'Venice Preserved' or ' Lucretia Borgia' . . . ." 375. BOURGET (PAUL). A. L. S., 1 p. 4to, 2 Walton Place. No date. To Oscar Wilde. In French. " Mon cher Oscar Wilde, ce Lundi projete n'est pas un bon jour, comme je le constate en rentrant sur I' engagement book. Entre les arbres de la faret de Shakespeare j 'avals oublie que ju me suis lie pour ce jour la. Mais que vous m'ea'iviez un mot pour me fixer un autre rendes-vous, et vous seres le plus charmant des hommes," etc. 876. BURNE- JONES (EDWARD). A. L. S., with initials, 1 p. 8vo, West Kensington, n. d. To Oscar. "Every day we lunch at one — bid that is the very heart of the day to you. What if you come in Sunday afternoon and I coidd find a minute ju^t to say what I want," etc. 377. BURNE- JONES (EDWARD). A. L. S., 4 pp. 12mo, The Grange, Northend, no date. To Oscar Wilde. "Will you say fur me to Mile. Sara BernJiardt that as soon as she had left I set my mind to think what drawing I Jiad that I might offer to Jier as homage and remembrance of an interview I had long looked for — and •- y now your letter comes and makes it clear for me," etc. 378. CRANE (WALTER). A. L. S., 3 pp. 8vo, Beaumont Lodge, Shepherd's Bush, July 1, 1888. To Oscar Wilde. "i am sorry there sho-uld exist the slightest cloud over this little trans- action. I should not be candid, hoivevcr, if I said that your history of I the matter at all answered to my recollection . . . I sJuill of course be charmed to receive 'The Happy Prince' in such luocuriou-s form. I am » glad to hear the book Juis been so .successful." 379. DE VERE (AUBREY). A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo, Adare, May 18, 1897. To Oscar Wilde. "Are you returned^ And to what address can I send you a Vol. I leave ju^t brought out? . . . I should like you to liave the book chiefly for the sake of the chief poem which is . . . to make plainer what I con- ceivi: to be ... . the true and only possible 'Philosophy of our Irish History,' " etc. 66 'V AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT BY LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS OF SONNET WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF OSCAR WILDE 380. DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED). Manuscript Sonnet "Toi Oscar." 1 p. small 4to. Written on the death of Oscar Wilde Signed ''Alfred Douglas." 381. HARE (SIR JOHN). A. L. S., 1 p. 8vo, Garrick Theatre, Jan. 8, 1894. To Oscar Wilde. "/ am delighted at heart to have news of you and loolc forward with much interest to the 28th." 382. HENLEY (W. E.). A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo, Chiswick, 27/11/88. To Oscar Wilde. Signed, W. E. H. "Many thanks for 'The Young Prince.' I have read it with singular pleasure I haven't time to write of your power generally. It is admirably clever; it is full of colour and light and life . . . ," etc. 383. HENLEY (W. E.). A. L. S., 1 p. 8vo, Edinburgh, 25/3/1893. To Oscar Wilde. Signed W. E. H. ; " Thi^ comes of talcing yourself seriously. I am heartily sorry I ever j succeeded in persuading you to do so," etc. J 384. LANGTRY (LILLIE). A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo, 21 Pont Street, S. W. No date. To Oscar Wilde. "Dear Oscar. Will you loolc in this afternoon before five? I want to speak to you about to-morrow. . ." 385. LELAND (CHARLES G.). A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, Phila- ,^ delphia, May 11, 1882. To Oscar Wilde. / / j "/ ca7i never thank you a^ y ambassador ! — Eememher he travels no lo does he not represent The A necessarily of the most refii and he is able to sum up astonish your dull friend What more shall I say logue — and for the rest l Adio!— (P. S.) Frank Ms ti , canonised among us a^ a ' OF MAKING ENEMIES" M.). A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo. Signed To Oscar Wilde. I longer if needs must — behave well to off wine of inferior quality upon my • as Water — Of course he is amasing — for :ing One — and his tastes are fo-r the nonce — Even the Louvre holds for him no secrets '- situation with a rapidity that may well Professor — He can explain to you the Amazing Cat a he not my blessing and his return ticket z^- lersistency nt — Voiia. of the true Christian and he %s -^ dated. A. L. S., 1 p. sn To Oscar Wilde. "Oscar — You have i yau — and so allowed yo I looked the other way. more of your own pud- Labby Jias pointed one way to self resp' is fo-r him boldly to d- You Oscar, can go you the envy of aV prends son bien, la o Laid down on thi:? troversy. 4to, signed with his butterfly and un- down the aven. again I see! — I had forgotten nair to grow over the sore place, and now, while u, have stolen your own scalp! and potted it in 'J- that, for the detected plagiarist, there fs still [^besides hanging himself, of course), and that re: 'Je prends mon bien la ou je le trouve.' ther, and with fresh affrontery that will bring iminal confreres, unblushingly boast: 'Mai. ir. le trouve!!' " t€r is a newspaper clipping referring to the in- A. L. S.. 1 1 dated. To Oscar Wi "Oscar how da. Chelsea ! — Eestore you masquerading Kossuth and Mr. nail 4to, signed with his butterfly and im- lou! — What means this unseemly carnival in lut ■:e things to Natlmn — and never again let me se'- ■'it nets in the combined character of a degraded itolini." 71 A. L. S., 1 p. oblong butterfly. To Oscar Wilde. "Oscar!— We of Tite Stre\ triumplis — and delight in your cepiion of your epigrams, you ti and that, with the exception of] Quilter — Signed. On the side of the sheet Whisth copy. ' ' The above four letters bound i: maroon levant morocco, gilt back ), Feb. 4, 1882. Signed with his and Beaufort Gardens, joy in your ess — but — tve think that, with the ex- like Sidney Colvin in the Provinces, — w knee breeches you dress like 'Arry leNeUl Whistler Campbell *lden Bodd. ' ' IS written "New York papers le volume, mounted to 4to full sides, gilt edges. SEVEN LETTERS TO OSCAR WILDE FROM HIS WIFE, CONSTANCE LLOYD WILDE.WHICH WILL FIRST BE OFFERED IN ONE LOT, BUT IF THE RESERVE PRICE BE NOT REALIZE) EACH LOT WILL SEPARATELY BE SOLD AS CATALOGUED 414. WILDE (CONSTANCE LliJVD). First portion of an A. L., 4 pp. 12mo, Dublin, Nov. 11,3883. Written before their engagement. "Dear Mr. Wilde. You ask me to lekmmi know what I think of your play, and thv' I have no pretensions tctjk^ng a critic and do not even know wh/it constitutes a good play, I 1m*t, I suppose, give you some answer. 1 was much interested in 'Vera'\. . . . I cannot understand why you should have been so unfortunate inMs reception unless either the acting was very inferior or the audience ii^ unsympathetic I am afraid you and I disagree in our opiriions tft art, for I hold that there is no perfect art without perfect morality, ip^«f you say they are distinct and separable things, and of course you H^f your knoivledge to combat my ignorance with," etc. 415. WILDE (CONSTANCE LLOYB; First portion of an A. L., written to Oscar Wilde before theiiniarriage, 4 pp. 8vo, 100 Lancastf^r Gate, Sundaj^ night. "My darling love. I am sorry I was so st away, I have no power to do anything but i with ine Do believe that I love yc the .strength of my heart and mind . . . . I buried, it does not belong to me: for the fututt and when I have you, for my Jiusband, I will loye and devotion so that you shall never leave | as I can love and comfort ' ' — ¥ou take all my strength love you when ymi are passionately ivith all content to let the past be "■list ami faith ivill come, you fast with clmins of , or love any one as long 416. WILDE (CONSTANCE LLOYD) A, L. S., written to Oscar Wilde before tl Constance. ' ' still a week before I can begin to think abc the days crawl! .... next week will be dolefritt house at Lancaster Gate where the roams seem] shadows," etc. 72 liter portion of an marriage. Signed fifur coming bock — liow dreary in that huge ipled with dreams 4" L. S., 7 pp. 300 Signed Constance. 417. WII.DE (CONSTANCE LLOM)). A. Lancaster (i-Ate, Wednesday morning, • date. "Written ro Oscar Wilde before their : u-riage. "3/// darling Oscar. Such a lovely I,, lias just come from you and I am so Itcppy over it. How very swee f you to send it : It is like a floictr from Paradise bringing memorv Tov, viust not give up any i won 't promise to have a proper suppe Saturday evening. I am still very < you uere starving la^'it Saturday . . . to Mr. nhistler's without me think 1 did not want to come .... / love you you must read my if you wish to know liow passionate I '/■ Heaven and all lovely things < Saturday lectures and if you nt are not to come to see me on !l with you for not telling me I am afraid you tvill fuive to go • use don't let him be offended or have nothing to xorite except that ''t and not any outward semblance worship and love you," etc. 418. WILDE (CONSTANCE I A. L. S., written to Oscar Wilde b ^-igned Constance. " / don 't miss you the quite Jutppy: I know this will p'l - take all my sleep away with you. about last night trying to catch < left, but not to much purpose," > OYD). Latter portion of an -re their marriage, 5 pp. 12m0y -7 bit in the world darling, and avt ' you. Only I wish you would not / might leave me a scrap. I tossed stray fragment that you might have 419. WILDE (CONSTANCJ LLOYD). First portion of an A. L., written to Oscar Wilde Ely Place, Dublin, Thursday, "My own Darling Oscar. I always molt me mad for joy again that you are mine, and lluit y