The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by [Wilde, Oscar] C. 3. 3
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. First edition. Very Good. One of 800 copies on handmade Van Gelder paper. A Very Good copy of the book. Spine toned, cloth with some soiling and a previous owner's bookplate on the front paste-down. Minor offsetting to the end papers, otherwise in nice shape internally. Wilde's later work, based on his two years hard labor at Reading Gaol for "gross indecency." Published under the pseudonym "C. 3. 3." for his cell block because the publisher feared having his name on the work would adversely affect sales.
The poem is based on a fellow inmate convicted of murdering his wife and generated one of the great lines from Wilde, "Yet each man kills the thing he loves." Wilde continued to revise his plays until his death in 1900, but said that he had lost the joy of writing and would write no other new works. Very Good.
The poem is based on a fellow inmate convicted of murdering his wife and generated one of the great lines from Wilde, "Yet each man kills the thing he loves." Wilde continued to revise his plays until his death in 1900, but said that he had lost the joy of writing and would write no other new works. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5992
- Title
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- Author
- [Wilde, Oscar] C. 3. 3
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Leonard Smithers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
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