The Ballad Of Reading Gaol

by Wilde, Oscar

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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Wilde, Oscar

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Used - Very Good Minus
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Limited and Numbered Edition
Published
1905
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Hardcover
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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… Read more about this item
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Oscar Wilde

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Used - Very Good
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First thus
Published
1930
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Blue cloth with black type
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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.
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Oscar Wilde

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Used - Good. Boards and spine dulled and tanned. Text complete, clean and tight bar one small blemish to page III at the foredge. A nic
Published
1957
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Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.)
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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;… Read more about this item
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The Ballad Of Reading Gaol

The Ballad Of Reading Gaol

by Wilde, Oscar

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Used - Orig. quarter cream and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good
Edition
First edition
Published
1898
Binding
Hardcover
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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… Read more about this item
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Wilde, Oscar (C.3.3.)

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Used - Very Good
Published
1899
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Cloth
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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.
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol (By C. 3. 3)

The Ballad of Reading Gaol (By C. 3. 3)

by WILDE, Oscar

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Published
1899
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Hardback
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Stockport, Cheshire, GBR
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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,… Read more about this item
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Oscar Wilde

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Used - Good
Published
1898
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Hardcover
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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… Read more about this item
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Ballad of Reading Gaol (The Golden Books)
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Ballad of Reading Gaol (The Golden Books)

by Wilde, Oscar

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Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No DJ Included
Edition
Reprint Edition
Published
1910
Binding
Hardcover
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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… Read more about this item
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Wilde, Oscar

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Used - Near Fine
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Limited
Published
1994
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Hardcover
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Diss, Norfolk, GBR
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Old Stile Press, 1994. Hardback, paper covered boards, blind stamped to front panel. Complete with slipcase. 27 x 17.5cm. 45pp, [1]. Illustrations by Garrick Palmer. Number 78 of 225 copies, signed by the artist on the colophon. An excellent bright copy. . Signed by Artist. Limited. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

by WILDE, Oscar

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Used - Wear to spine, mostly at tips and along front edge, with some loss; contents clean. Near Very Good in a Very Good slipcase
Published
1937
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Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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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… Read more about this item
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL.
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL.

by Wilde, Oscar. Illustrated by John Vassos.

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Used - Slight bump to bottom front corner of boards, else fine in very good jacket with a few shallow nicks at edges
Edition
First edition thus
Published
1928
Binding
Hardcover
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Fort Bragg, California, USA
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New York: E.P. Dutton, 1928. First edition thus. Hardcover. Slight bump to bottom front corner of boards, else fine in very good jacket with a few shallow nicks at edges. 124 pp. Illustrated with 16 tiddue-guarded monochrome plates by John Vassos; quarto, original black cloth and blue decorative boards, jacket. Vassos' art-deco illustrations (they are called "Conceptions" )… Read more about this item
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Precious Tomes V)
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Precious Tomes V)

by Wilde, Oscar

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Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
Edition
1st thus
Published
1924
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Hardcover
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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"… Read more about this item
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL - INSCRIBED

THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL - INSCRIBED

by Wilde, Oscar (poem); Vassos, John (illustrations)

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Used
Edition
First Trade Edition
Published
1928
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1928. First Trade Edition. Attractive edition of this poem, written by Wilde in exile after his release from prison. The poem narrates a hanging which took place during Wilde's imprisonment, complemented by Deco-inspired illustrations by John Vassos. Small quarto (24cm); bluish-gray vertical-patterned paper over black cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt… Read more about this item
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

by WILDE, OSCAR

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Used - Near Fine
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Fine
Published
1930
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Cloth Bound
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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.
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The Ballad Of Reading Gaol

by Wilde, Oscar

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Used - Orig. cream cloth and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good
Edition
Sixth Edition
Published
1898
Binding
Hardcover
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ardsley, New York, USA
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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… Read more about this item
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol: By C.3.3
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol: By C.3.3

by Wilde, Oscar

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Used - Very Good+
Edition
3rd Edition
Published
1898
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Palm Springs, California, USA
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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… Read more about this item
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Wilde, Oscar (C.3.3.)

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Used - Good with no dust jacket
Published
1903
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Hardcover
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NY: E. F. Clode. Good with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. Cream boards stamped in gilt, TEG, rough cut edges. Limited edition 249/259. Covers stained, corners frayed, backstrip paper about half gone; PO pencilled names. A few minor lightly pencilled notations in text. Hinges sound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

by WILDE, Oscar

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Used - Bookplate on front pastedown. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a few mild scratches
Published
1937
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Hardcover
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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… Read more about this item
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

by WILDE, Oscar

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Used - The spine is very worn with the leather all but rubbed away, although the gilt is still clear and bright and the covers are in n
Published
1937
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Hardcover
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. The spine is very worn with the leather all but rubbed away, although the gilt is still clear and bright and the covers are in nice shape; contents clean. Good only in a Good slipcase with the top edge partly detached. Zhenya Gay. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray… Read more about this item
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THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

by WILDE Oscar

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Leonard Smithers, 1898. 4th edn. 8vo (9 x 5¾ ins). Original gilt lettered cream/tan cloth (spine toned and light marks on boards - otherwise VG). Pp. [vii] + 31 (some pages uncut; endpapers tanned, with bookplate of Morton Burr Stelle on front paste-down).
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