Bonhams: Oscar Wilde. The Collection of Jeremy Mason, 32340, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 156 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76 WILDE (OSCAR) - MANUEL ORAZI

Salome. Drame en un Acte... Illustrations de Manuel Orazi, NUMBER 101 OF 125 COPIES, [Paris], Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne, 1930

[Paris] 1930 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
77 WILDE (OSCAR) - ALMERY LOBEL-RICHE

Salome, ONE OF 90 COPIES WITH THE PLATES IN 2 STATES, [Paris, Devambez, 1930]

[Paris 1930] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
78 WILDE (OSCAR) - LOUIS JOU

Salome, 150 COPIES, WATERCOLOUR DESIGN BY JOU FOR THE UPPER WRAPPER bound in, Paris, 1932; and 4 others, Jou interest

Paris 1932 GBP 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
79 WILDE (OSCAR) - CORNEILLE

Salome, NUMBER X OF XX "EDITION EXCEPTIONELLE" COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, Amsterdam, Nicol Koster and Vincent Vlasblom, 2001

Amsterdam 2001 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
80 DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED)

Portrait photograph of Lord Alfred Douglas, by Cameron Studio, SIGNED BY THE SITTER, [c.1893]

[c.1893] GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
81 WILDE - PHOTOGRAPHY

Six original photographs relating to the first production and cast of 'Lady Windermere's Fan' (1892) by Alfred Ellis

-1892 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
82 WILDE - THEATRE PROGRAMMES

Two theatre programmes for the first production of 'Lady Windermere's Fan', St. James's Theatre, London, 1892; with related material

London 1892 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 Unknown
83 WILDE (OSCAR)

Lady Windermere's Fan. A Play About a Good Woman, FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 500 COPIES], Elkin Matthews and John Lane, 1893

1893 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
84 PHOTOGRAPHS - BERNHARDT, ETC.

Cabinet photographs of Sarah Bernhardt, Mary Anderson, Lillie Langtry, Helena Modjeska, Henry Irving, John Ruskin, Ronald Gower and Edward Carson, by Sarony, Nadar, and others, 1880-1890s

1880-1890s GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
85 WILDE (OSCAR)

One page of Wilde's autograph working manuscript of his poem 'The Sphinx', [c.1889]

[c.1889] GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
86 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Sphinx, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894

1894 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
87 WILDE (OSCAR) - ALASTAIR

The Sphinx... Illustrated by Alastair, LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, 1920; and one other

1920 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
88 WILDE - THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Theatre programme for 'A Woman of No Importance', Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, G. Harmsworth & Co., May 1892; and related ephemera

London May 1892; and related ephemera GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
89 WILDE (OSCAR)

A Woman of No Importance, FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 500 COPIES], John Lane, 1894

1894 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
90 WILDE (OSCAR)

A Woman of No Importance, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 50 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER, John Lane, 1894

1894 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
91 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph note signed, Hotel des Deux Mondes, Paris, [Spring 1894]

Paris [Spring 1894] GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
92 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph epigram from Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, [c.1894]

[c.1894] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
93 WILDE - THEATRE PROGRAMMES

Theatre programme for the first production of 'An Ideal Husband', Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 13 February 1895; and others

13 February 1895 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 Unknown
94 [WILDE (OSCAR)]

Oscariana: Epigrams, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, Privately Printed by Arthur Humphreys, 1895

Privately Printed by Arthur Humphreys 1895 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
95 WILDE - THEATRE PROGRAMMES

Two programmes for the first production of 'The Importance of Being Earnest', 1895; together with THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK for the programme, and other items

1895 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 Unknown
96 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter signed to Ada Leverson, [February 1895]

[February 1895] GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
97 DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED)

Telegram from Lord Alfred Douglas to Jules Huret, directeur of Le Figaro, Rouen, 23 May 1895

Rouen 23 May 1895 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
98 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Ballad of Reading Gaol, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 800 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER, Leonard Smithers, 1898; with the second edition

1898; with the second edition GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
99 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 15 OF 30 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, SIEGFRIED SASSOON'S COPY, Leonard Smithers, 1898

1898 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
100 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., third edition, NUMBER 6 OF 99 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Leonard Smithers, 1898

1898 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
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