111. Wilde, Oscar.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol. By C. 3.3. [Oscar Wilde].

Later Edition of the First Edition [7th printing of June 1899]. London, Leonard Smithers, 1899. 8°. 31 pages. Original Hardcover (Quarter cloth with mustard boards). Unusually excellent condition of the binding but with some stronger signs of occasional foxing to the text and the edges (several pages are entirely without foxing) with only very minor signs of external wear. Bookplate of film-critic Leonie Graetz (Exlibris was made by the artist Hermann Westphal) to the front pastedown.

112. 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.

113. Wilder, Thornton.

The Ides of March – A Novel [including a vintage photograph of Thornton Wilder during his visit to Frankfurt, Germany in the year 1957 when he accepted the german literary Prize “Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels”].

First Edition (Letters M – W). New York, Harper & Brothers, 1948. Octavo. VIII, 246 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket price-clipped and slightly frayed only. Small sticker of former owner on pastedown: “Mrs. Raymond Ziesmer – Appletree Farm, Julian, California”. The excellent photograph measures 17,5 cm x 23,5 cm. The original and rare press-photograph is titled on the back and the story of the picture is told: (Translates:) “….Thornton Wilder arrived on the 11th of September 1957 on the airport in Frankfurt…On August 6th 1957 he received the “Peace-price of the german Bookseller Association in the Paulskirche [Frankfurt]”.

114. [Wolfskehl, Karl] Blasberg, Cornelia.

Karl Wolfskehl und Kiechlinsbergen. “Sprechen die Steine ?” ; [eine Veröffentlichung der Arbeitsstelle für Literarische Museen, Archive und Gedenkstätten in Baden-Württemberg].

Marbach am Neckar, Dt. Schillerges., 1995. Gr.-8°. 15 Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover / Originale Broschur. Aus der Bibliothek des Mediaevisten Josef Fleckenstein mit seinem Namenszug auf der ersten Seite und einige feine Bleistiftanstreichungen von seiner Hand. Kleiner Lichtrand. [Spuren ; 30].

115. [Wu Cheng’en] / [Yu, Anthony C. (Editor)].

The Journey to the West. [Plus Supplement Volume: “The Tower of Myriad Mirrors” – A Supplement to “Journey to the West” by Tung Yueh (1620-1686)]. Translated and Edited by Anthony C.Yu.

Revised Edition. Four Volumes (complete set plus Supplement-Volume). Chicago / London, The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Large Octavo (15.5 cm x 23 cm). Pagination: Volume I: XX, 552 pages / Volume II: XVI, 410 pages / Volume III: XVI, 422 pages / Volume IV: XVI, 428 pages. [Volume V: Supplement : 200 pages]. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. With the often missing Supplement.

116. Zola, Emile / Widmer, Walter [transl.].

Nana. Mit Illustrationen von Vertes.

Guetersloh, Bertelsmann Reinhard Mohn OHG, c 1996. 16 cm x 24 cm. 477 pages. Original Hardcover. With illustrated slipcase. Deutschsprachige Ausgabe / German Translation. Excellent condition, with only very minor signs of external wear.