Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Murdoch & Co., 1898. Original printed wrappers (soft cover). 16 pages. First edition in booklet form of Wilde's letter about the Warden Martin case- Martin had been dismissed as warden at Reading Prison for having shown kindness and giving food to a hungry child prisoner. Provenance: includes a typed 1932 sales receipt from Richard S. Wormser, Rare Books, New York. Also includes a typed SIGNED letter from Rupert Hart-Davis, to the previous owner requesting original Wilde letters (Hart-Davis was the editor of the First Collected Edition of the Letters of Oscar Wilde), along with a reply to Hart-Davis' request. An exceptional copy of a fragile and scarce item with an interesting provenance. MASON/MILLARD 26. Size: 12mo. First Edition.. Wraps. Near Fine. Association Copy.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003329
- Title
- Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Murdoch & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- OSCAR WILDE
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- Association Copy
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Wrappers
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...