The Ballad of Reading Gaol
1930Best.-Nr. 61005New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1930. Early printing of the edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. Very good/very good. John Vassos. 124pp. Small quarto 24 cm 1/4 black cloth with blue patterned paper over boards. The edges of the boards are a bit faded. There is a very brief gift inscription on the recto of the frontispiece and there is a semi-lengthy poem in pen on the recto of the rear free endpaper. In a very attractive dust jacket with clipped corners chipping to the ends of the spine and a small chip along the front fold of the spine. Includes sixteen black and white illustrations by the illustrator of Salome John Vassos. John Vassos was a 1930's book illustrator and long-term industrial designer. Vassos' interpretation of Wilde's masterpiece illustrating the emotional experiences of a condemned prisoner in his last days. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover books
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA · Vereinigte Staaten150,00 $≈ 134,01 €
