WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). Essays, Criticisms and Reviews, London, "Privately Printed," 1901, 4to, original blue printed paper boards (covers detached, rather worn). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 221 OF 300 COPIES. RARE. With 4 other books of related interest. (5)

WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900).  Essays, Criticisms and Reviews ... Now First Collected. London: "Privately Printed" [for Wright and Jones], 1901. 4to (260 x 200mm). Half title, small woodcut ornaments (variable mainly light spotting and staining throughout). Original blue printed paper boards, the upper cover with a decorative foliate border (covers detached, pieces torn away from corners, some fraying and staining). FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 221 OF 300 COPIES. RARE. Mason 589. With 4 books of related interest, namely the same author's The Portrait of Mr W. H. (Portland, Maine, 1901, 12mo, original wrappers printed in red and black, slipcase (slipcase defective), ONE OF 425 COPIES ON "JAPANESE VELLUM"), the same author's Salome. A Tragedy in One Act (London, 1907, 4to, plates by Aubrey Beardsley printed on "Japanese vellum", decorations, fine original green decorated cloth gilt, the first edition to contain all of Beardsley's illustrations, old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden), Aubrey Beardsley's Under The Hill and Other Essays in Prose and Verse (London, 1904, 4to, plates by Aubrey Beardsley, fine original blue decorated cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION) and the same author's The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser ... A Romantic Novel (London, "For Private Circulation", 1907, 4to, original vellum-backed paper boards, printed label on upper cover, FIRST EDITION THUS, ONE OF 250 COPIES ON "HAND-MADE PAPER" [this copy unnumbered]). (5)