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Importance of Being Earnest, The

Importance of Being Earnest, The by WILDE, Oscar; Shannon, Charles

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Importance of Being Earnest, The
Author
WILDE, Oscar; Shannon, Charles
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. The Trivial Comedy for Serious People - Wilde's Masterpiece" First Edition, One of 1,000 Numbered Copies WILDE, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. First edition. One of 1,000 numbered copies, this being No. 256. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Small quarto (8 3/4 x 7 inches; 222 x 178 mm.). [16], 151, [1] pp. Publisher's light red-brown linen over boards, covers decoratively stamped in gilt, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, the design by Charles Shannon. All edges uncut. The bare minimum of rubbing to extremities, free endpapers minimally browned from paste-down glue, as usual; spine slightly darkened and gilt a little dulled. Still a near fine copy, sound and unrestored example. The first book appearance of Wilde's most celebrated play, originally performed in 1895 at the St. James's Theatre. Issued four years later by Smithers - Wilde's principal publisher during and after his fall - this edition presents the definitive text of his final and finest comedy. The Importance of Being Earnest represents the culmination of Wilde's dramatic art: a perfectly constructed satire of identity, social convention, and moral pretense, combining epigrammatic brilliance with unmatched theatrical economy. The edition is notable for its elegant production, including the Chiswick Press printing and the distinctive gilt cover design by Charles Shannon, placing it among the most visually refined of Wilde's first editions. Bibliographical Reference A pleasing and well-preserved example. The slight spine darkening and mellowing of the gilt are typical; copies retaining such integrity are increasingly scarce. Mason 382.
Etiquette in Society, in Business, and at Home

Etiquette in Society, in Business, and at Home by Post, Emily

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Etiquette in Society, in Business, and at Home
Author
Post, Emily
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Biblioctopus (United States)
Description
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1922. First Edition. First edition of “the blue book of social usage” with an enormous, and largely positive, impact on modern life, suggesting throughout, that today’s pervasive love of lights, noise, and commotion are not social instincts. Near fine with some minimal rubbing and offsetting to the endpapers (as usual), in the scarce dustjacket, with rubbing, chips, and short splits to the flap folds, but without restoration or strengthening. Emily Post’s comprehensive manual emerged during a critical moment in American social history, codifying behavioral standards for a rapidly modernizing society grappling with the democratization of manners previously restricted to aristocratic circles. Writing in the aftermath of World War I, when traditional social hierarchies were being challenged and newly wealthy Americans sought guidance in navigating complex social situations, Post created an accessible guide that balanced timeless principles of consideration and respect with practical advice for contemporary life. Her approach was notably democratic, rejecting the rigid class distinctions of European etiquette books in favor of standards based on kindness, sincerity, and mutual respect; revolutionary concepts that suggested good manners were accessible to all social classes rather than inherited privileges of birth. The work’s lasting influence lies in Post’s essential insight that etiquette serves not as arbitrary social convention but as a practical system for facilitating harmonious human interaction, making her prescriptions as relevant to modern professional networking as to formal dining, and establishing the framework for how Americans would conceptualize public behavior throughout the twentieth century.
Sligo

Sligo by Yeats, Jack B.

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Sligo
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Yeats, Jack B.
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James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
In publisher's green cloth, with gilt spine somewhat sunned and lightly soiled, bottom edge uncut, spotting to half-title, pages
Description
London: Wishart & Company, 1930. First edition. 158 pp. 8vo. In publisher's green cloth, with gilt spine somewhat sunned and lightly soiled, bottom edge uncut, spotting to half-title, pages clean and bright, remnants of censor's sticker to rear pastedown. First edition. 158 pp. 8vo.
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Sedgewick Bros. Catalogue Fences and Gates 1890 by Sedgwick Bros

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Sedgewick Bros. Catalogue Fences and Gates 1890
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Sedgwick Bros
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Richmond IN: Sedgwick Bros, 1890. Soft cover. Very Good. 1890 trade catalogue. On the title page: The Sedgwick Bros Co., Manufacturers of Wire Netting, Fences and Gates. Also Sewdgwick's Wire Stretcher, Summer House, Lawn Furniture, &0., Small catalogue, polished orange paper covers, illustrated back cover. Stapled spine separated from body, torn corner rear cover. 40 pages, richly illustrated. Internals fine.
Two Complete Detective Books (No. 38, May 1946): Bury the Hatchet & Not a Leg to Stand On

Two Complete Detective Books (No. 38, May 1946): Bury the Hatchet & Not a Leg to Stand On by Jack Byrne [ed.]; Manning Long; Miles Burton

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Two Complete Detective Books (No. 38, May 1946): Bury the Hatchet & Not a Leg to Stand On
Author
Jack Byrne [ed.]; Manning Long; Miles Burton
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Real Adventures Pub. Co, 1946. Very Good. New York: Real Adventures Pub. Co., 1946. Pulp magazine. Octavo; 160pp. Illustrated paper wraps. Shallow tears along edges, mostly along bottom, with occasional small chips to top corners of back cover and a few pages throughout. Covers show a few surface smudges but are clean and bright overall. Spine straight and unbroken. Pages lightly toned, moreso at fore-edge, but unmarked. Binding is sound. Pulp 'zine reprinting two complete novels: Manning Long's Bury the Hatchet (published in book form by Duell, Sloan & Pearce in 1944), and Miles Burton's Not a Leg to Stand On (first by Doubleday's The Crime Club in 1945).
The Cinema of Orson Welles

The Cinema of Orson Welles by Bogdanovich, Peter

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The Cinema of Orson Welles
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Bogdanovich, Peter
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Poor
Description
New York: Museum of Modern Art. Poor. (c.1961). First Edition. Softcover. [a reading/reference copy only, worn and soiled and heavily tape-repaired along the spine (externally and internally)]. (B&W photographs) A16-page monograph, published in conjunction with MoMA's retrospective of Welles's films -- essentially just an annotated filmography, covering all the director's features from CITIZEN KANE through TOUCH OF EVIL (eight films, plus a short bit on JOURNEY INTO FEAR), with a brief summary of his major unrealized film projects. CITIZEN KANE - - then a mere 20 years old -- already must have seemed like ancient history to its creator, whose Hollywood career was by then in a shambles. (It's almost unbearably poignant to read, as Bogdanovich writes, that "now completing a modern film version of 'Don Quixote,' Welles at 46(!) is at the height of his creative powers. Asked of his future projects, he says, 'My only project is to find money to work. I need money to make movies -- film is the most expensive paintbox ever invented -- if I were a writer or a painter I'd only need a pen or a couple of tubes of paint. I have made only eight films in twenty years. I will go wherever there is work.'") This little booklet, the first of three such monographs that Bogdanovich produced under the MoMA imprint, was his first stand-alone publication. He was then 22, and just getting started as a critic/ historian -- with his own somewhat Wellesian career arc, of early directorial triumphs followed by lesser works and personal struggles, still ahead of him. .
Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s
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Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s by Yin, Xiao-huang

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Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s
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Yin, Xiao-huang
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780252025242
Condition
Fine
Description
University of Illinois, 2000. Fine. Yin, Xiao-huang. Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s. Chicago: University of Illinois, 2000. 307pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Olive cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine in mylar.
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Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Volume 35, Number 3. Fall 2002

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Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Volume 35, Number 3. Fall 2002
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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Dialogue Foundation, 2002. Very Good. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Volume 35, Number 3. Fall 2002. Salt Lake City: Dialogue Foundation, 2002. 248pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light rubbing to edges.

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