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Decadence, Symbolism and the 1890s

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ANONYMOUS  The Shame of Oscar Wilde from the Shorthand Reports
Paris, Privately Printed. 1906, First US Edition. Paperback in Wraps with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An account of Wilde's trial for homosexual acts with Lord Alfred Douglas. Originally published by Charles Carrington. This edition c.1920s. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 61 US$ 91.36 | JP¥ 8071] Book number: 006313
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BEARDSLEY, AUBREY  Under the Hill
London, Olympia Press. 1966, First Thus. Paperback, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Completed by Canadian author and poet John Glassco. As New.
GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 | JP¥ 4402] Book number: 001884
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DOUGLAS, ROBERT B.  The Life and Times of Madame du Barry
London, Leonard Smithers. 1896, First Edition. Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (Marie-Jeanne, Comtesse du Barry) (August 19, 1743 - December 8, 1793) was a French courtesan who became the mistress of Louis XV of France and is one of the most famous victims of the Reign of Terror. Some rubbing on extremities. Rare. Good/No Jacket, as Issued.
GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.25 US$ 124.58 | JP¥ 11006] Book number: 000996
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MACHEN, ARTHUR  De Grote God Pan
Utrecht/Antwerpen, A.W. Bruna & Zoon. 1970, First Dutch Edition. (ISBN: 902291321X) Paperback, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Dutch edtition of The Great God Pan. One of the greatest works of weird horror and decadence, in which Machen unfurls with his singular eye for the bizarre and macabre the tale of a young girl cursed by her unnatural parentage to become a creature of shape-shifting polysexual demi-human evil. Scarce. A signed presentaion copy from Rita Tait, Founder of the Arthur Machen Society to Michael R. Goss. New.
GBP 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 249.75 US$ 373.73 | JP¥ 33017] Book number: 033962
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PORCHE, FRANCOIS  Verlaine tel qu'il Fut
Paris, Flammarion. 1933, Huitieme. Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biographical study of poet Paul Verlaine. French text. Good.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 006772
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REDON, ODILON  Odilon Redon Selbstgesprach: Tagebucher und Aufzeichnungen 1867-1915
Munchen, Rogner & Bernhard. 1971, First German Edition. (ISBN: 3920802748) Hardcover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Writings of Odilon Redon translated and edited by Marianne Turoff with an essay by Gert Mattenklott. German text. Fine/Very Good.
GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.25 US$ 46.51 | JP¥ 4109] Book number: 006714
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RICHARDSON, JOANNA  Madame Sarah
London, Max Reinhardt. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, Biography of Sarah Bernhardt. Good/Good.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 025012
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SKINNER, CORNELIA OTIS  Madame Sarah
London, Michael Joseph. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography of Sarah Bernhardt a French stage actress. She made her fame on the stages of Europe in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the United States. She developed a reputation as a serious dramatic actress, earning the nickname "The Divine Sarah". Price clipped. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 001120
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SKINNER, CORNELIA OTIS  Madame Sarah
New York, Dell Publishing. 1968, First US Paperback Edition. Paperback, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Biography of Sarah Bernhardt. Some creasing. Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 011265
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SUTTON, DENYS  Nocturne: The Art of James McNeill Whistler
London, Country Life Ltd. 1963, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library, Good/No Jacket.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 021794
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WAY, T.R.  Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist
London, John Lane, the Bodley Head. 1912, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, Rebound in strong library binding. Good/No Jacket.
GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.5 US$ 141.19 | JP¥ 12473] Book number: 021795
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WOON, BASIL  The Real Sarah Bernhardt
New York, Award Books. 1952, First Paperback Edition. Paperback, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Biography of Sarah Bernhardt. Very Good.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 005358
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