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
101 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO EDWARD STRANGMAN, Leonard Smithers, 1898

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

Ballada Redingskoy Tur'my [The Ballad of Reading Gaol], Moscow, 1904; and Salome, FIRST HUNGARIAN EDITION, 1907

1904, 1907 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
103 WILDE (OSCAR)

Ballade de la Geole de Reading, Paris, Mercure de France, 1898

Paris 1898 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
104 WILDE (OSCAR) - FRANS MASEREEL

The Ballad of Reading Gaol. With Woodcuts by Frans Masereel, ONE OF 70 COPIES, Munich, 1923 [but 1924]

Munich 1923 [but 1924] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
105 WILDE (OSCAR) - FRANS MASEREEL

The Ballad of Reading Gaol. With Woodcuts by Frans Masereel, NUMBER 420 OF 450 COPIES, Methuen, [1924, but issued 1925]

Methuen [1924, but issued 1925] GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
106 WILDE (OSCAR) - JEAN-GEORGE CORNELIUS

La ballade de la geole de Reading, ONE OF 225 COPIES "sur papier imperiale", Paris, Javel & Bourdeaux, 1927

Paris 1927 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
107 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter signed to Reggie Turner, [August 1897]

[August 1897] GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
108 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter signed to "My Dear Frank", 26 November [1898]

26 November [1898] GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
109 [WILDE (OSCAR)]

Children in Prison and other Cruelties of Prison Life, Murdoch and Co, [1898]

[1898] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
110 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES], Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899

1899 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
111 WILDE (OSCAR)

An Ideal Husband, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, Leonard Smithers, 1899

1899 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
112 WILDE (OSCAR)

An Ideal Husband, NUMBER 84 OF 100 LARGE PAPER COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Leonard Smithers, 1899

1899 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
113 [DOUGLAS (ALFRED, LORD)]

The City of the Soul, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to Edward Strangman, Grant Richards, 1899

1899 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
114 WILDE, GEORGE ALEXANDER AND PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES

Two autograph letters relating to the payment of royalties, 1900

1900 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
115 WILDE - DEATH BED PHOTOGRAPH

[GILBERT (MAURICE)] The last photograph of Oscar Wilde, on his death bed, 30 November 1900

1900-11-30 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
116 WILDE - FUNERAL FLOWERS

Bill for flowers at Oscar Wilde's funeral, made out to Robert Ross, Maison Helbig, Paris, 2 December 1900

Paris 1900-12-02 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
117 WILDE (OSCAR)

De Profundis, FIRST EDITION, Methuen, [1905]

Methuen [1905] GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
118 WILDE (OSCAR)

De Profundis, FIRST TRADE EDITION, [1905]; together with four editions of The Ballad of Reading Gaol

[1905] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
119 WILDE (OSCAR)

De Profundis, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 200 COPIES, INSCRIBED BY ROBERT ROSS TO ADELA SCHUSTER, Methuen, [1905]

Methuen [1905] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
120 WILDE (OSCAR)

De Profundis, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER, Methuen, [1905]

Methuen [1905] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
121 WILDE (OSCAR)

De Profundis, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM, Methuen, [1905]

Methuen [1905] GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
122 WILDE (OSCAR)

De Profundis. Precede de lettres ecrites de la prison, NUMBER 10 OF 12 COPIES "sur papier de Hollande", Paris, 1905

Paris 1905 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
123 WILDE (OSCAR)

The Duchess of Padua, FIRST EDITION, DEDICATEE'S COPY, INSCRIBED BY ROBERT ROSS TO ADELA SCHUSTER, Methuen, [1908]

Methuen [1908] GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
124 WILDE - FORGERIES

[WILDE (OSCAR)] "Autograph Manuscript. Rose D'Arcy [An Unfinished Story]"; together with 3 forged letters, and a book

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
125 SHEPARD (E.H.)

Pencil sketch portrait of Oscar Wilde, undated

undated GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
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