Search Results: the ballad of reading gaol by wilde oscar 1854 1900

NY, Heritage Press [1937]. Wilde's poem on his own imprisonment. Hard Cover. 42 pages; illustrations, 29.5 cm., slipcase & Sandglass. Bound in grey Leatherlen ("a leather product made by putting off-cuts of skins through a hopper along with various plastic materials"); front cover has brick-wall-&-barred-window design; front hinge cracked (see photos) but firm; Good+; slipcase lightly scuffed & rubbed; Good+. Stock#30266/house.

Boston, Alfred Bartlett, MCMIV [1904]. First published Paris, 1898, in a limited private edition. "The terrible conditions under which the Ballad was composed and the fact that no authorized edition has been published in this country have kept it little known and little appreciated by American readers... This edition with a facsimile autograph is unabridged." Introduction by "G" (page [4]). Ellman, Oscar Wilde, page 526. Hard Cover. [31] pages; 17.5 cm. Good; binding washed, repaired, still looks faded. Stock#35132.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

Istanbul: Yuvarlak Masa Yayinlari, 1967. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 77, [1] p. Reading Zindani baladi. [= The ballad of Reading Gaol]. Translated by Özdemir Asaf. First Turkish Edition. Scarce.

London : Hoyles House, 2000. Centenary Edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description1 v. ; 19cm. Subjects; Poetry. Art. Prison writings. Historical accounts.

London: Methuen & Co, 1924. 16th Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Minor browning to the pages. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 163 p.; 18 cm. Subjects: Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900. English poetry 19th century. English poetry Irish authors. Sonnets, English Irish authors. Poetry 19th century. Genre: Poetry.

London : Primrose Hill Press, 1998. New Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 37p. : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: County Gaol & House of Correction -- (Reading, England) -- Poetry.

New York: Little Leather Library Corporation, 1923. Redcroft edition. Softcover. Previous owner's signature. Good soft bound copy in gilt-blocked cloth; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 93, [1] pages; 10 cm. Notes: The Little Leather Corporation published miniature books between 1916 and 1923, at first in leather bindings, and, after the price of leather rose during WWI, in synthetic bindings. Issued in a synthetic binding.Subjects: Miniature books; Specimens. Other names:Little Leather Library Corporation [publisher].Genre: Poetry.

London: Journeyman Press, 1980. 3rd edition reprint. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 64p; ill; 20cm. Notes: Originally published: with these illustrations. London : s.n., 1924. Subjects: English poetry. Prisons; Poetry.Prisoners Poetry. Poetry in English 1837-1900 Texts.WILDE, Oscar Fingall. O'Flahertie Wills - poetry.Other names: Masereel, Frans 1889-1972. Genre: Illustrated. Poetry.

New York, Harper, 1940 [This copy issued in December 1939], 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. vii, 381 pages frontispiece (portrait) 22 cm ; LCCN: 40-27323 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 928.2 ; OCLC: 753719 ; blue cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Part one: Oscar Wilde -- Speranza -- The student -- The aesthete tries his wings -- Lily of love, pure inviolate -- A most intense young man -- The sunflower comes to America -- The lecturing Ossian -- In the gown of Balzac -- Constance -- Wilde and the butterfly -- Part two: And the yellow 'nineties -- On the threshold of the 'nineties -- Dorian Gray -- The lost generation -- The higher philosophy -- Success -- Enter the Marquis of Queensberry -- The green carnation -- The yellow book and The savoy -- The Marquis leaves a card -- The booby trap -- Morality versus art -- The love that dare not speak its name -- The trap shuts down -- De profundis -- The ballad of Reading Gaol -- In the circle of the Boulevards. ; name on front endpaper ; spine sunned ; numerous… Read More

Garden City, N.Y., Blue Ribbon Books, 1941, 1941. Book. Good. Hardcover. vii, 381 pages frontispiece (portrait) 22 cm ; LCCN: 41-24742 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 928.2 ; OCLC: 635129 ; orange cloth, in dustjacket ; Contents: Part one: Oscar Wilde -- Speranza -- The student -- The aesthete tries his wings -- Lily of love, pure inviolate -- A most intense young man -- The sunflower comes to America -- The lecturing Ossian -- In the gown of Balzac -- Constance -- Wilde and the butterfly -- Part two: And the yellow 'nineties -- On the threshold of the 'nineties -- Dorian Gray -- The lost generation -- The higher philosophy -- Success -- Enter the Marquis of Queensberry -- The green carnation -- The yellow book and The savoy -- The Marquis leaves a card -- The booby trap -- Morality versus art -- The love that dare not speak its name -- The trap shuts down -- De profundis -- The ballad of Reading Gaol -- In the circle of the Boulevards. ; dustjacket illustration by Simon ; name on front endpaper ; G.

Garden City, N.Y., Blue Ribbon Books, 1941, 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. vii, 381 pages frontispiece (portrait) 22 cm ; LCCN: 41-24742 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 928.2 ; OCLC: 635129 ; orange cloth, in dustjacket ; Contents: Part one: Oscar Wilde -- Speranza -- The student -- The aesthete tries his wings -- Lily of love, pure inviolate -- A most intense young man -- The sunflower comes to America -- The lecturing Ossian -- In the gown of Balzac -- Constance -- Wilde and the butterfly -- Part two: And the yellow 'nineties -- On the threshold of the 'nineties -- Dorian Gray -- The lost generation -- The higher philosophy -- Success -- Enter the Marquis of Queensberry -- The green carnation -- The yellow book and The savoy -- The Marquis leaves a card -- The booby trap -- Morality versus art -- The love that dare not speak its name -- The trap shuts down -- De profundis -- The ballad of Reading Gaol -- In the circle of the Boulevards. ; dustjacket illustration by Simon ; name on front endpaper ; VG.

New York : Farrar, Straus, 1963, 1963. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; xxi, 221 pages : facsimile ; 22 cm ; National Library: 014833497 LCCN: 63-20020 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 928.2 ; OCLC: 362883 ; black cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: From Pentonville to Wandsworth ; Bankrupcy and breakdown ; Reading under Major Isaacson ; Reading under Major Nelson ; Last months in Reading ; Release ; "The ballad of Reading Gaol" ; "De profundis" ; "Based largely on the British Home Office papers in the case, to which access has always been withheld in the past. After a great deal of official obstruction to his seeing these important documents,Mr. Montgomery Hyde raised the matter as a member of Parliament on the floor of the House of Commons, and eventually the papers were made available to him. No restrictions have ben placed upon their use for the purposes of this book." ; an important Wilde source book ; bookplate; spine sunned, else FINE/FINE.

Poole, Dorset [England] : New Orchard Editions, [1977], 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. xxxiii, 319 pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm ; ISBN: 1850790043; 9781850790044 ; LC: PR5812; Dewey: 828.809 WIL ; OCLC: 12617749 ; Contents: The preface to The picture of Dorian Gray -- The uses of criticism from The critic as artist -- On Christ from De Profundis -- The soul of man under socialism -- The ballad of Reading Gaol -- The importance of being earnest -- The happy prince -- The young king -- The devoted friend -- The selfish giant -- The portrait of Mr. W.H. -- Lord Arthur Savile's crime -- The Canterville ghost -- Phrases and philosophies for the use of the young. ; grey textured boards in color illustrated dustjacket ; features numerous stills from film adaptations of Wilde's works ; foxing, else FINE/FINE.

London: Journeyman Press, 1980. Reprint. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: review copy. Physical description: 64 pages: illustrations; 20 cm. Subjects: Prisons; Poetry. Prisoners; Poetry. Prisoners. Prisons. English poetry. Poetry in English, 1837-1900 Texts. WILDE, Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills – poetry. Genre: Illustrated. Poetry.

London: Unicorn Press, 1944. First Edition. Softcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Browning to the pages with light foxing to the prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 32 pages; 18 cm. Subjects: Prisoners; Poetry. English poetry 19th century. genre: Poetry.

London: Castle Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Minor browning to the pages. Includes previous owner's inscription. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 63 pages: illustrations (black and white); 23 cm. Subjects: Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 Imprisonment; Poetry. Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900. Works. 1948. Reading Prison (Reading, England); Poetry. Imprisonment; Poetry. Prisoners; Poetry. Genre: Poetry.

London : Unicorn Press, 1944. 1944 edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Previous owner's signature to front pastedown. Physical description: 32 p. ; 19 cm. Notes: The Ballad of Reading Gaol was first published by Leonard Smithers in 1898. This edition was printed in 1944 and reprinted twice in 1945. Subjects: County Gaol & House of Correction (Reading, England); Poetry; Ballads; 19th century literature.

London: Castle Press, 1948. [Literature] CASTLE PRESS EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.63; [1]. Publisher's cream cloth with blue label and gilt lettering to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 8s. 6d. to front flap. Illustrated endpapers, black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Strong smell of damp, light toning and minor spotting to edges of textblock, wearing to edges of jacket especially at spine. Very good. The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after 'gross indecency with other men' in 1895 and was sentenced to two years hard labour. Arguably, this is Wilde's most successful poem and was his last work before his death in 1900. The first publication of Reading Gaol was in 1898, but this illustrated edition is volume two in the Castle Press Editions of Oscar Wilde's Works.