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Auction archive: Lot number 271

WILDE, Oscar. The Sphinx, London: Privately Printed [Pirated Edition], 1901. 4 (252 x 195mm.), wood-engraved illustrations (occasional light spotting), ?original cloth-backed paper-covered boards (corners rubbed, faded), slipcase. LIMITED TO 300 COPI...

Auction 23.04.1999
23 Apr 1999
Estimate
£150 - £250
ca. US$241 - US$402
Price realised:
£207
ca. US$333
Auction archive: Lot number 271

WILDE, Oscar. The Sphinx, London: Privately Printed [Pirated Edition], 1901. 4 (252 x 195mm.), wood-engraved illustrations (occasional light spotting), ?original cloth-backed paper-covered boards (corners rubbed, faded), slipcase. LIMITED TO 300 COPI...

Auction 23.04.1999
23 Apr 1999
Estimate
£150 - £250
ca. US$241 - US$402
Price realised:
£207
ca. US$333
Beschreibung:

WILDE, Oscar. The Sphinx, London: Privately Printed [Pirated Edition], 1901. 4 (252 x 195mm.), wood-engraved illustrations (occasional light spotting), ?original cloth-backed paper-covered boards (corners rubbed, faded), slipcase. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, THIS NO. 181 OF 250 ON "ANTIQUE" PAPER." Mason p.[73]. STAR, Maria & Raffaele MAINELLA (illustrator). Les Legendes de Venise, Venice: Institutio Veneto di Arti Grafiche, 1909. 2 (425 x 232mm.), printed in black and red, 14 tinted plates on india paper and illustrations by Raffaele Mainella original pictorial wrappers (torn at margins), ties. NO. 397 OF AN UNSTATED LIMITATION. THOMPSON, Francis & Frideswith HUDDART (illustrator). The Hound of Heaven, London: Chatto & Windus, 1914. 4 (305 x 250mm.), 10 mounted plates by Frideswith Huddart, text volume in pocket at front, original vellum gilt. NO. 34 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With 5 other books including R. C. Sherriff and Vernon Bartlett's Journey's End. A Novel (London, 1930, signed, limited edition). (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 271
Auction:
Datum:
23 Apr 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

WILDE, Oscar. The Sphinx, London: Privately Printed [Pirated Edition], 1901. 4 (252 x 195mm.), wood-engraved illustrations (occasional light spotting), ?original cloth-backed paper-covered boards (corners rubbed, faded), slipcase. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, THIS NO. 181 OF 250 ON "ANTIQUE" PAPER." Mason p.[73]. STAR, Maria & Raffaele MAINELLA (illustrator). Les Legendes de Venise, Venice: Institutio Veneto di Arti Grafiche, 1909. 2 (425 x 232mm.), printed in black and red, 14 tinted plates on india paper and illustrations by Raffaele Mainella original pictorial wrappers (torn at margins), ties. NO. 397 OF AN UNSTATED LIMITATION. THOMPSON, Francis & Frideswith HUDDART (illustrator). The Hound of Heaven, London: Chatto & Windus, 1914. 4 (305 x 250mm.), 10 mounted plates by Frideswith Huddart, text volume in pocket at front, original vellum gilt. NO. 34 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With 5 other books including R. C. Sherriff and Vernon Bartlett's Journey's End. A Novel (London, 1930, signed, limited edition). (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 271
Auction:
Datum:
23 Apr 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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