The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. quarter cream and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter cream and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good. 31 pages. 23 x 14 cm. "Of this Edition eight hundred copies have been printed on hand-made paper, and thirty copies on Japanese vellum." The last edition to identify the author as "C.3.,3." -- Wilde was imprisoned in cell block C, landing C, Cell 3. This narrative, a tale of Charles Thomas Woodbridge's 1896 execution at Reading for the murder of his wife. Three small fade spots front cover, and slight crinkling at back cover toward head at fore-edge. Nicks to spine head and foot.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23817
- Title
- The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. quarter cream and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Leonard Smithers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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ardsley, New York
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