The Ballad of Reading Gaol: 1/25 on Japanese vellum
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- g+ to vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Greenwich, Conn: The Literary Collector Press, 1905. Third edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. 5/25. Sextodecimo. Unpaginated. Original gray boards with black lettering with red ruling on printed labels on cover and spine. Publisher's device on title page, print in red and black. Decorative head pieces. Collectors Reprints No. 3. Of this reprint 25 copies on Japanese vellum and 275 on American handmade paper have been printed and the type distributed. No. 5. Horodisch page 80. Spine sunned. Block sunned along edges. Binding and interior in overall goo+ to very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40568
- Title
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol: 1/25 on Japanese vellum
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g+ to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- The Literary Collector Press
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, Conn
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- English literature, English poetry, penitentiary story
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...