Wilde Poems

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Wilde, Oscar: The Poems of Oscar Wilde, Portland, Maine, U.S.A. Thomas B. Mosher 1903 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed.
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White paper on boards. 600 Hundred Copies Printed on Van Gelder Hand-Made Paper and the type distributed. Deckle-edge pages. Spine is sunned, some browning to the covers. Ravenna (year MDCCCLXXVIII 1878); Poems (year MDCCCLXXXI 1881); Dedication; Helas; Eleutheria: 9 poems Rosa Mystica: 15 poems: Wind Flowers: 8 poems; Flowers of Gold: 13 poems; Impressions de Theatre: 6 poems; The Fourth Movement: 9 poems; Flower of Love: 1 poem The Sphinx (year MDCCCXCIV 1894) The Ballad of Reading Goal (year MDCCCXCVIII 1898) Limited Edition Good Hard Cover; Limited Edition

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Wilde, Oscar: Poems, London: David Bogue 1881 ; fester Einband / hard cover; sig.; 1. Ed.
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First edition. Signed and dated by Wilde in Philadelphia in January 1882 during Wilde's celebrated visit to the U.S., as a lecturer for Major Ponds, he spent some weeks in Philadelphia; where an American edition of his Poems was published in 1881. One of 250 copies. Original japan vellum by Matthew Bell, gilt blossom design within rectangular border to covers, gilt-decorations and lettering to spine, top edge gilt. Lightly rubbed, light toning to endpapers, and some minor occasional minor spots, else near fine. Some of Wilde's best known poems were first published in this collection, many of which had not been published in periodicals. Included are "Helas," "Ave Imperatrix," "Sonnet to Liberty," "Requiscat" and "The Grave of Shelley." Mason 304-5. Signed by Author First Edition Hard Cover; First Edition

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Gray, John: Some Unpublished Poems, Edinburgh The Tragara Press 1987 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0948189177
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Hand numbered limited edition 122/145. Edited with notes by Ian Fletcher. John Gray (March 2, 1866 - June 14, 1934) was an English poet whose works include Silverpoints, The Long Road and Park: A Fantastic Story. Born in the working-class district of Bethnal Green, London, he is known today mostly as an aesthetic poet of the 1890s and as a friend of Ernest Dowson, Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde. He was also a talented translator, bringing works by the French Symbolists Mallarme, Verlaine, Laforgue and Rimbaud into English, often for the first time. Purported to be the inspiration behind the title character in Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Gray distanced himself from this. His relationship with Wilde was initially intense, but had cooled for over two years by the time of Wilde's imprisonment. Like many of the artists of that period, Gray was a convert to Roman Catholicism in the late '90s. He left his position at the Foreign Office and studied for the priesthood at the Scots College, Rome and later became a priest at Saint Patrick's and a rector at Saint Peter's in Edinburgh. His most important supporter, and life partner, was the wealthy poet and early defender of homosexuality, Marc-Andre Raffalovich. He continued to write poetry of a high caliber for the rest of his life; later works were mainly devotional and often dealt with various Christian saints. His collected poems, with extensive notes, were printed in a 1988 edition edited by English professor and nineties expert Ian Fletcher. He died in 1934 at St. Raphael's nursing home in Edinburgh after a short illness. Rare. First Edition New Pamphlet 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Private Press; First Edition

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