The Ballad Of Reading Gaol By C33

Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3, Oscar Wilde, Mustard boards with white cloth spine. Condition: In very good condition. Light soiling to original publisher's two-tone mustard and white cloth boards and spine. Seventh printing of Leonard Smithers Edition, 1899. 8°. 31 pages. Original Hardcover (Quarter vellum with mustard boards). This edition was printed on 23 June 1899 and was… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Leonard Smithers,, 1898. Written from exile in France First and limited edition, one of 800 unnumbered copies printed on handmade paper; a further 30 copies on japon were also issued. Wilde published this work under the pseudonym "C.3.3." after his cell in Reading Gaol (the third cell on the third landing of Gallery C). The first edition sold… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Smithers, 1898. First. hardcover. very good(+). Slim 8vo, mustard cloth backed in white with gilt lettering. London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Limited First Edition.<br/> <br/> One of 800 copies printed on hand-made paper on one side only. Inscribed on title page; "I.O. from F.A.S. Guilsborough Hall." A very good copy with some bubbling of the cloth and light… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Cream linen and mustard colored cloth boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Sixth edition and the last edition to be published under the pseudonym C.3.3. (block C, landing 3, cell 3). This sixth edition was printed on handmade paper in 1,000 copies on 21st of May 1898. Stain on frontcover, endpages with… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Leonard Smithers,, 1898. A rare survival complete with dust jacket First edition, retaining the understandably rare thin plain jacket. We can trace only three copies complete with their dust jackets in auction records: at Parke-Bernet in 1941, and at Sotheby's in 1975 and 2004. This is one of 800 copies printed on handmade paper; an additional 30 copies… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Journeyman Press, 1980. Reprint. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: review copy. Physical description: 64 pages: illustrations; 20 cm. Subjects: Prisons; Poetry. Prisoners; Poetry. Prisoners. Prisons. English poetry. Poetry in English, 1837-1900 Texts. WILDE, Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills – poetry. Genre: Illustrated. Poetry.

London, Leonard Smithers, 1898. . First edition, one of 800 copies on handmade paper, from a total edition of 830; 8vo; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some age-toning to edges, endpapers browned (as often); publisher's white linen-backed cinnamon cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine slightly rolled and darkened, light soiling to boards, slight rubbing to corners and spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Platt & Peck Co, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition by this publisher. 16mo. 79pp. Tan decorated paper-covered boards. Fragile binding has started to split at edge of spine, lightly bumped at tips of corners, else a near fine copy in attractive custom chemise of three-quarter black morocco stamped in gold with red paper-covered boards… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Journeyman Press, 1980. 3rd edition reprint. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 64p; ill; 20cm. Notes: Originally published: with these illustrations. London : s.n., 1924. Subjects: English poetry. Prisons; Poetry.Prisoners Poetry. Poetry in English… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Wilde used his prisoner's number as his nom de plume for the early printings. This is a Very Good copy of the "Fourth Edition" (Printing). Tan and cream-coloured binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 31 pages, text printed only on the recto. There is a contemporary (22 May 1898) previous-owner signature (only three… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Benj. R. Tucker, 1899. First American Edition. Three pirated editions of Wilde’s classic poem were issued in America in 1899, the Tucker edition. precedes the other two and is the True First American Edition. Issued in paper wrappers and cloth, this copy is the rare hardbound state. Gilt-stamped blue cloth with white cloth spine. Hinges cracked. Some… Saber más sobre este artículo

Leonard Smithers, London., 1898. Fourth edition. Octavo. 31 leaves, printed on rectos only. Two-tone buckram covers. Published anonymously. It was only after the sixth edition that Wilde's name appeared on the title-page. Covers a little marked. Cloth slightly bubbled. Small rustmark at outer edge of front free endpaper.

Leonard Smithers, London., 1899. Seventh and last authorised edition; also the first to have the author's name on the title-page. Octavo. 31 leaves, printed on rectos only. Two-tone buckram covers.Some light foxing to prelims. Small bump to top edge of rear cover. Covers a little marked. Very good.