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

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Auction Report
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 GBP 6,144.00
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 GBP 320.00
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 GBP 7,040.00
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 GBP 1,408.00
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 GBP 25,600.00
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 GBP 7,680.00
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 GBP 1,408.00
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 GBP 3,200.00
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 GBP 5,376.00
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 GBP 15,360.00
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 GBP 3,840.00
87 WILDE (OSCAR) - ALASTAIR

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

1920 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 448.00
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 GBP 2,560.00
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 GBP 1,536.00
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 GBP 1,920.00
91 WILDE (OSCAR)

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

Paris [Spring 1894] GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 14,080.00
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 GBP 8,320.00
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 GBP 1,792.00
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 GBP 2,048.00
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 GBP 20,480.00
96 WILDE (OSCAR)

Autograph letter signed to Ada Leverson, [February 1895]

[February 1895] GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 43,520.00
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 GBP 3,840.00
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 GBP 1,664.00
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 GBP 35,840.00
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 GBP 15,360.00
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