Search Results: phrases and philosophies for the use by wilde oscar

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

N.p: Privately Printed , N.d. One of any number of privately and, probably, pirated editions. Softcover. Very good/No jacket issued. N.p: Privately Printed , N.d. One of any number of privately and, probably, pirated editions. 11 pp. Softcover. Small 8vo. Buff thread-sewn, laid paper wrappers, printed in red and black. Wrappers mildly soiled, with several small, closed tears and one small chip from edge; interior is bright and clean. Very good/No jacket issued.

Hardback. New.

Privately Printed. Good with no dust jacket. Softcover. Covers are lightly creased and lightly smudged. Internally very good. ; 11 pages .

Poole, Dorset [England] : New Orchard Editions, [1977], 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. xxxiii, 319 pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm ; ISBN: 1850790043; 9781850790044 ; LC: PR5812; Dewey: 828.809 WIL ; OCLC: 12617749 ; Contents: The preface to The picture of Dorian Gray -- The uses of criticism from The critic as artist -- On Christ from De Profundis -- The soul of man under socialism -- The ballad of Reading Gaol -- The importance of being earnest -- The happy prince -- The young king -- The devoted friend -- The selfish giant -- The portrait of Mr. W.H. -- Lord Arthur Savile's crime -- The Canterville ghost -- Phrases and philosophies for the use of the young. ; grey textured boards in color illustrated dustjacket ; features numerous stills from film adaptations of Wilde's works ; foxing, else FINE/FINE.

London: Printed for Private Circulation. 11 pages. Number 69 of 75 copies. Some light foxing to the pages. A piracy, actually printed circa 1905. In Stuart Mason's bibliography as item 600. . Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 1894.

London: Printed for private circulation, 1894. First edition. Softcover. g+ to vg. 35/75. Octavo. 11pp. Original gray wraps with blue, decorative ruling and lettering on cover. Black and red lettered title page. Decorative head and end piece with historiated initial letter. Of this work seventy-five copies have been printed for private circulation of which this is No. 35. A collection of aphorisms originally written for and published in the first issue of the magazine Chameleon, the successor of "The Spirit Lamp" at Oxford University. "The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered" (Oscar Wilde). These epigrams, so Joseph Pearce, undoubtedly have "an air of subversive decadence that undermined conventional values." Front cover with crease at lower right corner. Block bumped. Wraps and interior in very good, near fine condition.