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Signature Framed
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A bold, clear autograph by the Irish poet Oscar Wilde, on beige paper beautifully framed in cherry wood with a...
Signed First Edition “The Hours”
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Signed First Edition, First Printing of the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Hours by Michael Cunningham. Effusively inscribed to one...
Signed First Edition “Knightly Quest”
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Signed first edition of Tennessee Williams's The Knightly Quest and Other Stories (New Directions, 1966), featuring "Cavalier of Death," the...
ALS Discussing Oscar Wilde
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Autograph Letter Signed. Sussex, England: January 12, 1933, by the English author, poet and intimate companion of Irish poet and...
Signed Book “My Friendship With Oscar Wilde”
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Hard-to-find, signed and numbered copy of the 1932 hardcover book, My Friendship With Oscar Wilde: Being the Autobiography of Lord...
Signed Book “Complete Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas”
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LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS (1870-1945) The Complete Works of Lord Alfred Douglas Publisher: Martin Secker, London Publication Date: 1928 Binding: Hard...
“After Reading: Letters of Oscar Wilde to Robert Ross”
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After Reading: Letters of Oscar Wilde to Robert Ross, by Oscar Wilde. Westminster: Beaumont Press, 1921. First edition. Hardcover Limied...
Sixteen Letters from Oscar Wilde
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SIXTEEN LETTERS FROM OSCAR WILDE. Edited and with Notes by John Rothenstein. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1930. First Edition. Limited...
Rare First Edition Signed
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This rare true first edition, first printing had an extremely small print run, believed to be between 800-2,000 copies. This...
The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas Signed First Edition
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The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas. First edition, first printing. Martin Secker, 1929. 8vo, dark blue vertically ribbed cloth, gilt-lettered...