The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
-
Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Very Good in Good slipcase. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11"). Brown leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall (laid stones and criss cross bars in the window). Limited eiditon of 1500 copies of which this is numbered 286, and signed by Zhenya Gay who did the original lithographs. Some slight wear to corners, and slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Slipcase is red showing wear to edges and a piece about 1.5 inches missing at bottom edge from spine. Bookplate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karl Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 400
- Title
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
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About the Seller
Karl Books
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Alpharetta, Georgia
About Karl Books
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- Quarto
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