The Ballad of Reading Gaol. By C.3.3. Second edition.
by WILDE, OSCAR:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Leonard Smithers, 1898 2nd edition (1000 copies only). Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Quarterbound with white cloth spine lettered in gilt, and beige cloth to boards. In generally good condition. Some handling marks and darkening to cover, white cloth on spine browned and darkened. Some minor rubbing to corners. Some tanning and minor spots to endpapers. Some occasional minor marks and spots to pages, edges rough/uncut. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 31pp. Second edition of Wilde’s famous poem.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94882
- Title
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol. By C.3.3. Second edition.
- Author
- WILDE, OSCAR:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Leonard Smithers, 1898 2nd edition (1000 copies only)
- Keywords
- POETRY OSCAR WILDE, Ballad, Reading Gaol, By C.3.3., 2nd edition, poem, second edition, poetry, Leonard Smithers, 1898,
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