Antiquariatsmesse Stuttgart 2021 - Katalog

(first American edition – „a second, enlarged edition
was also published in England in 1860“). Victor Skretkowicz,
Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing &
Notes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes: Commemorative
Edition with Historical Commentary, 2010.
One of 100 large paper copies signed by the
author
Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest.
London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. Square
octavo. Original pale purple cloth, spine lettered in
gilt, gilt floral motifs from designs by Charles Shannon
to spine and covers, edges untrimmed. Cloth
faded at spine and inner edge of front cover, free
endpapers browned as usual, small patch of browning
to pp. 40–1, otherwise fresh and clean internally,
with one unopened top edge. € 44 400,–
First edition, signed limited issue, number 19 of 100
large paper copies signed by the author. – Wilde’s last
and greatest play opened to huge acclaim on Valentine’s
Day 1895 but was withdrawn after Wilde’s failed libel
suit against Lord Queensbury led to his arrest. The subsequent
chaos meant that the play was not published
in book form until February 1899, after Wilde’s release
from prison.
The play was issued in a standard edition of 1,000 copies,
this large paper edition, and 12 copies on Japanese
vellum, most of which the author presented to his few
loyal friends. – Mason 382.
Signed by the artist
Kandinsky, Wassily. Klänge. Munich: R. Piper &
Co., (1913). Quarto. Original red boards with brown
cloth spine, illustration and titles to spine in gilt.
Text and illustrations printed on Van Gelder Zonen
cream laid paper. Illustrated with 56 woodcuts, of
105