8021. Wilde, Edy de (Editor).

La Grande Parade. Hoogtepunten van de schilderkunst na 1940.

Trilingual: Nederlands / English / Français Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, 1984. 27,5 cm x 21 cm. 251 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke illustraties in kleur / With many colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8022. Wilde, Oscar.

Collection of Four Rare Presentation Review Copies of Publisher Methuen & Co., with publisher’s Ephemera (presentation-slip regarding the wish for Review and publication-date, as well as a booklet “The Library of Devotion”) / The collection includes: 1. Intentions (4th Edition, 1909) / 2. Lady Windermere’s Fan – A Play about a Good Woman (3rd Edition, 1909) / 3. An Ideal Husband (3rd Edition, 1909) / 4. The Importance of Being Earnest – A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (3rd Edition, 1909).

4 Volumes. London, Methuen & Co., 1909. Small Octavo. Pagination: “Intentions”: 263 pages / “Lady Windermere’s Fan”: 157 pages / “An Ideal Husband”: 246 pages / “The Importance of Being Earnest”: 181 pages. Original Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine and cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear and mild staining to bindings only.

8023. Wilde, Oscar.

Poems – With the Ballad of Reading Gaol.

London, Methuen & Co., 1945. Small Octavo. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

8024. Wilde, Oscar.

The Duchess of Padua – A Play.

Second Edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1909. Small Octavo. VI, [3], 183 pages. Original Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine and cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

8025. Wildhaber, Robert / Uffer, Leza. [Hrsg].

Schweizer Volksmärchen.

Erste Auflage. Düsseldorf / Köln, Eugen Diederichs Verlag, 1971. 11.5 x 19cm. pages. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur einigen Annotationen im Text. Namenseintrag im Vorsatz. [Die Märchen der Weltliteratur].

8026. Wilds, John/ Dufour, Charles L./ Cowan, Walter G.

Louisiana Yesterday and Today – A Historical Guide to the State.

Baton Rouge/London Louisiana State University Press, 1996. 13,7 x 23,3 cm. XI, 304 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Stronger signs of foxing to edges. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on half title.

8027. Wilenski, R.H.

Dutch Painting.

London, Faber and Faber, 1945. 15.6 cm x 24.6 cm. 196 pages. Richly illustrated with black and white, and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stains and wear to cover. Minor foxing and discolouration to edges and pages throughout. Otherwise very good.

8028. Wilenski, R.H.

The Modern Movement in Art.

Eighth Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1946. 13.5cm x 21cm. 210 pages with 32 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

8029. Wilkes, John / Bingley, William.

The North Briton – Revised and Corrected by the Author. Illustrated with Explanatory Notes and A Copious Index of Names and Characters. In Two Volumes (Revised Edition of Volumes I and II – Containing: No. 1 – No.45 – Published London, 1766) / [Plus: The North Briton – Volumes III – Printed for E. Sumpter, London and Dublin, 1763 (Containing No.46 from May 28, 1763 – No.68 on October 27th, 1763) & The North Briton – Volume IV – Printed for W[illiam] Bingley, London and Dublin, 1769 (No.46 from November the 12th, 1763 – No. 66 (or XX (20) of the Continuation) from September 17, 1768].

Mixed Editions bound uniformly [First Edition and Corrected Editions together]. Four Volumes (Bound in Three). London and Dublin, E.Sumpter & Anonymously, 1763 – 1769 Octavo (10 cm x 16,5 cm). Pagination: Volume I and II: 269, [5] pages including Index with two title-pages but continued pagination / Volume III: 216 pages / Volume IV: 288 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with gilt numbering on spine and new spine-labels , created to style of the 18th-century. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Edward Supple, [most likely the Edward Supple from Supple’s Court, Castlemartyr, County Cork], with his name to titlepages. A very rare set !

8030. Wilkinson, Mrs (Annie Margaret).

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign – Being The African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J.T Hayes, 1882. 13 cm x 19 cm. VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Name of preowner on endpaper in ink: “J. Babington Jones – June 1894” [possibly Julian Babington Jones]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.