BIBLIOGRAPHY BY STUART MASON
NOTE
Part I. includes all the authorised editions published in England, and the two French editions of Salomé published in Paris. Authorised editions of some of the works were issued in the United States of America simultaneously with the English publication.
Part II. contains the only two ‘Privately Printed’ editions which are authorised.
Part III. is a chronological list of all contributions (so far as at present known) to magazines, periodicals, etc., the date given being that of the first publication only. Those marked with an asterisk (*) were published anonymously. Many of the poems have been included in anthologies of modern verse, but no attempt has been made to give particulars of such reprints in this Bibliography.
I.—AUTHORISED ENGLISH EDITIONS
NEWDIGATE PRIZE POEM. RAVENNA. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 26, 1878. By OSCAR WILDE, Magdalen College. Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton and Son, 1878.
POEMS. London: David Bogue, 1881 (June 30).
Second and Third Editions, 1881.
Fourth and Fifth Editions [Revised], 1882.
220 copies (200 for sale) of the Fifth Edition, with a new title-page and cover designed by Charles Ricketts. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892 (May 26).
THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES. (‘The Happy Prince,’ ‘The Nightingale and the Rose,’ ‘The Selfish Giant,’ ‘The Devoted Friend,’ ‘The Remarkable Rocket.’) Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood. London: David Nutt, 1888 (May).
Also 75 copies (65 for sale) on Large Paper, with the plates in two states.
Second Edition, January 1889.
Third Edition, February 1902.
Fourth Impression, September 1905.
Fifth Impression, February 1907.
INTENTIONS. (‘The Decay of Lying,’ ‘Pen, Pencil, and Poison,’ ‘The Critic as Artist,’ ‘The Truth of Masks.’) London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891 (May). New Edition, 1894.
Edition for Continental circulation only. The English Library, No. 54. Leipzig: Heinemann and Balestier, 1891. Frequently reprinted.
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. London: Ward, Lock and Co. [1891 (July 1).]
Also 250 copies on Large Paper. Dated 1891.
[Note.—July 1 is the official date of publication, but presentation copies signed by the author and dated May 1891 are known.]
New Edition [1894 (October 1).] London: Ward, Lock and Bowden.
Reprinted. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1901, 1905, 1908 (January).
Edition for Continental circulation only. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, vol. 4049. 1908 (July).
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME AND OTHER STORIES. (‘Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime,’ ‘The Sphinx Without a Secret,’ ‘The Canterville Ghost,’ ‘The Model Millionaire.’) London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891 (July).
A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES. (‘The Young King,’ ‘The Birthday of the Infanta,’ ‘The Fisherman and His Soul,’ ‘The Star Child.’) With Designs and Decorations by Charles Ricketts and C. H. Shannon. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891 (November).
SALOMÉ. DRAME EN UN ACTE. Paris: Librairie de l’Art Indépendant. Londres: Elkin Mathews et John Lane, 1893 (February 22).
600 copies (500 for sale) and 25 on Large Paper.
New Edition. With sixteen Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Paris: Edition à petit nombre imprimée pour les Souscripteurs. 1907.
500 copies.
[Note.—Several editions, containing only a portion of the text, have been issued for the performance of the Opera by Richard Strauss. London: Methuen and Co.; Berlin: Adolph Fürstner. ]
LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN. A PLAY ABOUT A GOOD WOMAN. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893 (November 8).
500 copies and 50 on Large Paper.
Acting Edition. London: Samuel French. (Text Incomplete.)
SALOME. A TRAGEDY IN ONE ACT. Translated from the French [by Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas.] Pictured by Aubrey Beardsley. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894 (February 9).
500 copies and 100 on Large Paper.
With the two suppressed plates and extra title-page. Preface by Robert Ross. London: John Lane, 1907 (September 1906).
New Edition (without illustrations). London: John Lane, 1906 (June), 1908.
THE SPHINX. With Decorations by Charles Ricketts. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894 (July).
200 copies and 25 on Large Paper.
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. London: John Lane, 1894 (October 9).
500 copies and 50 on Large Paper.
THE SOUL OF MAN. London: Privately Printed, 1895.
[Reprinted from the Fortnightly Review (February 1891), by permission of the Proprietors, and published by A. L. Humphreys.]
New Edition. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907.
Reprinted in Sebastian Melmoth. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904, 1905.
THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. By C.3.3. London: Leonard Smithers, 1898 (February 13).
800 copies and 30 on Japanese Vellum.
Second Edition, March 1898.
Third Edition, 1898. 99 copies only, signed by the author.
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Editions, 1898.
Seventh Edition, 1899. {328a}
[Note.—The above are printed at the Chiswick Press on handmade paper. All reprints on ordinary paper are unauthorised.]
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A TRIVIAL COMEDY FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE. BY THE AUTHOR OF LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899 (February).
1000 copies. Also 100 copies on Large Paper, and 12 on Japanese Vellum.
Acting Edition. London: Samuel French. (Text Incomplete.)
AN IDEAL HUSBAND. BY THE AUTHOR OF LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1889 (July).
1000 copies. Also 100 copies on Large Paper, and 12 on Japanese Vellum.
DE PROFUNDIS. London: Methuen and Co., 1905 (February 23).
Also 200 copies on Large Paper, and 50 on Japanese Vellum.
Second Edition, March 1905.
Third Edition, March 1905.
Fourth Edition, April 1905.
Fifth Edition, September 1905.
Sixth Edition, March 1906.
Seventh Edition, January 1907.
Eighth Edition, April 1907.
Ninth Edition, July 1907.
Tenth Edition, October 1907.
Eleventh Edition, January 1908. {328b}
THE WORKS OF OSCAR WILDE. London: Methuen and Co., 1908 (February 13). In thirteen volumes. 1000 copies on Handmade Paper and 80 on Japanese Vellum.
THE DUCHESS OF PADUA. A PLAY.
SALOMÉ. A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY. VERA.
LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN. A PLAY ABOUT A GOOD WOMAN.
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. A PLAY.
AN IDEAL HUSBAND. A PLAY.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A TRIVIAL COMEDY FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE.
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME AND OTHER PROSE PIECES.
INTENTIONS AND THE SOUL OF MAN.
THE POEMS.
A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES, THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES.
DE PROFUNDIS.
REVIEWS.
MISCELLANIES.
Uniform with the above. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908 (April 16).
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.