The Ballad Of Reading Gaol

Greenwich, Conn.: The Literary Collector Press, 1905. The Third Edition of this poem. Collector Reprints No. 3. # 66 of 275 copies printed on American hand-made paper. In the original gray paper boards with black lettering and red ruling on paper labels at cover and spine. Very Good Minus, bottom 3 1/4" of paper at spine is gone. Internally… Ler mais sobre este item

By Oscar Wilde. Ballad of Reading Gaol (The Golden Books) Barse & Hopkins NY. Undated, circa 1910. POETRY. RARE EDITION with printed dedication related to the prison period in Wilde's biography - "In Memoriam C.T.W. Sometime trooper of the royal horse guards OBIIT H.M. prison, Reading, Berkshire, July 7, 1896". USED. Good condition/ no DJ if issued. Gray paper boards… Ler mais sobre este item

Famous industrial designer John Vassos is also known for his book conceptions. Oscar Wilde's long poem about his incarceration is a terrific read, but greatly enhanced by the many amazing art-deco full-page designs of Vassos.

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter cream and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good. 31 pages. 23 x 14 cm. "Of this Edition eight hundred copies have been printed on hand-made paper, and thirty copies on Japanese vellum." The last edition to identify the author as "C.3.,3." -- Wilde was imprisoned in cell block… Ler mais sobre este item

Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie, 1957. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Boards and spine dulled and tanned. Text complete, clean and tight bar one small blemish to page III at the foredge. A nice copy, and not so common. . Douglas Bland. Hardback. Physically 10” x 7½” (0.6 kg); 41pp; Illustrated by Douglas Bland; Preface by Edmund Blunden;… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1910. Very Good -. [2], 30 p., frontispiece portrait of the author; 17 cm. Brown suede binding with embossed cover title over gilt background. Oval cut-out in front cover reveals a rustic scene. Dark brown endpapers. Dark brown ribbon bookmark. No date of publication. Small stamp with… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Leonard Smithers 1899. 8vo. 31 pp, one of the unauthorised editions printed between 1899 and 1907 based on the 7th edition (Mason 378) which first identified Wilde as the author. They printed at 137 Dalling Road Hammersmith. Quite heavily foxed first few pages, fading and marks to spine. . Very Good. Cloth. 1899.

NY: H. S. Nichols. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1924. 1st thus. Hardcover. Full black leather stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. Pocket-sized edition of "Precious Tomes." Light rubbing to leather at points, few small rubbed spots to covers. Frontis photo with facsimile autograph. Tight, unmarked copy in lightly sunned publisher's box. ; 24mo 5"… Ler mais sobre este item

Leonard Smithers, 1899. Hardback. Original white cloth-backed orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed and entirely unopened. Very light foxing to endpapers, contents clean; a very good copy throughout. Leonard Smithers's pirated edition, with Wilde's name in square brackets to the title page, and line 17 on page 15 printed as:And loud they sang, and loud they sang,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fourth edition, or printing, of 1898. Cream linen and mustard coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Front board has black markings and is discoloured. Edges are bumped. Spine is faded with a rubbed patch. Pages are age tanned with occasional foxing. Pages… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Orig. cream cloth and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good. 31 pages. 23 x 14 cm. One of a 1000 copies on handmade paper. The last edition to identify the author as "C.3.,3." -- Wilde was imprisoned in cell block C, landing C, Cell 3. This narrative, a tale of… Ler mais sobre este item

Greenwich, Conn: The Literary Collector Press, 1905. Third edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. 5/25. Sextodecimo. Unpaginated. Original gray boards with black lettering with red ruling on printed labels on cover and spine. Publisher's device on title page, print in red and black. Decorative head pieces. Collectors Reprints No. 3. Of this reprint 25 copies on Japanese vellum and… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a few mild scratches. Zhenya Gay. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #1205 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL… Ler mais sobre este item

Third edition (so stated). Octavo. Half white over purple linen, gilt stamped spine, upper cover with gilt stamped floral design by Charles Ricketts, uncut. Very good. 31 pages. Enclosed in a 1/2 brown morocco slipcase with folding chemise. One of 99 copies, printed March 4, 1898, signed by Wilde in black ink on limitation page, with characteristic paraph to the… Ler mais sobre este item

Methuen & Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1925. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 43 of 450 numbered limited editions. Lean, heavy foxing, toning and staining, light rubbing and bumps, bare corners, offsetting on endpapers. Uncommon. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 62 pages .

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1928. Hardcover. VG/G, significant remnants of dust jacket remaining.. Blue boards with black and gold stamped design and black spine. Black, blue, and gold dust jacket. 124 pp. Illustrations. Poetry by Oscar Wilde, illustrations by John Vassos.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Wear to spine, mostly at tips and along front edge, with some loss; contents clean. Near Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Zhenya Gay. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #473 of 1500 illustrated with 8… Ler mais sobre este item

4to. New York., E.P. Dutton and Co., 1930. Uncut bright and clean copy includes DJ in fine condition.. Quarterbound, coated black cloth spine, gilt lettering and decorative elements, patterned blue paper boards, frontispiece, tissue guards. 124pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Conceptions by John Vassos. Vassos second work, following his breakthrough work with Salome in 1927.

New York: Dutton, 1928. In Good condition. No dustjacket. Gray boards quarterbound in black cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. 124pp. The tips of the boards have considerable wear. The boards are sunned, as well. Internally, the pages are clean -- though yellowed around the edges. A half-dozen pages are torn, though not at… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: H.S. Nichols' Precious Tomes, 1924. Full-Leather. Fine. Frontispiece photo of Wilde with facsimile signature. (Reprinted from 1898 second edition) Foreword by H. S. Nichols. Small book, smooth black leather, with very bright gilt to both sides and spine, all edges gilt, very tiny nick at spine bottom right, in box, appears to be signed by… Ler mais sobre este item