The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This 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 are rough cut. Some page discolouration throughout. Some verses have been ticked in pencil. One of the limited editions which were published the same year as the original publication by Wilde, or C.3.3. Previous owner's signature on frontispiece, dated 1898, and the bookplate of Brighton College on fep. Binding is tight. 1898
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3101
- Title
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Leonard Smithers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
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Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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- Age Tanned
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....