Wednesday, March 31, 2021

505. The Designs on the Cover of 'Bibliography of Oscar Wilde' (5)

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The three vignettes Ricketts designed for the deluxe editions of Oscar Wilde's De Profundis did not originally include that of the star...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

504. The Designs on the Cover of 'Bibliography of Oscar Wilde' (4)

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A fourth instalment about a vignette on the Ricketts-designed bookbinding of the two deluxe editions of De Profundis by Oscar Wilde (1905) a...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

503. The Designs on the Cover of 'Bibliography of Oscar Wilde' (3)

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The third vignette on the deluxe editions of De Profundis , published in 1905, depicts a tempestuous sea with six high waves; above, in the ...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

502. The Designs on the Cover of 'Bibliography of Oscar Wilde' (2)

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The second vignette on the cover of Oscar Wilde's  De Profundis (1905) - that is: the two deluxe editions, bound in buckram (200 copies...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

501. The Designs on the Cover of 'Bibliography of Oscar Wilde' (1)

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In 1914, Stuart Mason (pseudonym of Christopher Sclater Millard , 1872-1927) published his Bibliography of Oscar Wilde in a regular one-vol...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

500. The Two Husbands of Edith Catherine or 'Ryllis' Broadbent

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This blog about the adventurous but partly secretive life of one of Charles Shannon's models is written by Armand Robichaud and Paul Del...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

499. Gleeson White's Designs Online

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This blog has frequently mentioned the name of J.W. Gleeson White in the past and it is a pleasure to point out a new publication on the wor...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

498. The Complete Correspondence of Gordon Bottomley and Thomas Sturge Moore (4)

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The correspondence of poets Gordon Bottomley and Thomas Sturge Moore provides a glimpse into what both of them, both families in fact, were ...