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1928ref. 47487New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1928. First edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. Very good/very good. John Vassos. 124pp. Small quarto 24 cm 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip and there is an ornamental design stamped in black and gilt on the lower fore edge corner of the front board. With a slight lean to the spine and mild bumping and fading at the extremities. Age-toned pages. The jacket has periodic short closed tears and chips in the edges and there is a small loss from the paper at the foot of the jacket's spine measuring 1" wide by 3/4" deep. Includes sixteen black and white illustrations with tissue guards by John Vassos. From the dust jacket- "Vassos' interpretation of Wilde's masterpiece illustrating the emotional experiences of a condemned prisoner in his last days. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover
1899ref. 15144JNew York: Benj. R. Tucker 1899. First American Edition. Three pirated editions of Wilde’s classic poem were issued in America in 1899 the Tucker edition. precedes the other two and is the True First American Edition. Issued in paper wrappers and cloth this copy is the rare hardbound state. Gilt-stamped blue cloth with white cloth spine. Hinges cracked. Some minor foxing to the preliminaries at little darkening at spine very good. Rare. Benj. R. Tucker hardcover
1937ref. 002840New York: Heritage Press 1937. George Macy conceived of the Heritage Press as a way to offer less-expensive versions of his publications with the Limited Editions Club. They are beautiful productions in their own right; here is Macy's offering of Oscar Wilde's most famous poem. Bound with a smooth polished cloth in a design of a prison's barred window set in a brick wall. Clean text; xii 43 pages page edges are stained red. With an Introduction by Barton Rascoe and illustrated with eight black-and-white lithographs by Zhenya Gay. Lacking a slipcase the book remains in Fine condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Zhenya Gay. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heritage Press Hardcover
ref. 127159New York: Limited Editions Club. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Special. Very good/ Very good minus slipcase. Rubs to edges and corners of boards and slipcase. Limited Editions Club hardcover
ref. 986London: Methuen & Co. 1924. Limited edition of 450 numbered copies. Housed in custom clamshell box of blue cloth with leather spine with gilt lettering. 4to. Two piece binding with cloth spine and paper covered boards. Paper cover label. Limited edition of 450 numbered copies. Housed in custom clamshell box of blue cloth with leather spine with gilt lettering. Illustrated with woodcuts by Frans Masereel. Red leather Beach bookplate attached to front paste-down. Errata slip laid in. Some normal foxing else in very good condition in similar dust jacket. London: Methuen & Co. 1924. hardcover
1928ref. 2221806First edition thus. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4". 16 illustrations by John Vassos. Original black cloth over blue boards t.e.g. Dust jacket clipped; small chips. Very good. 124 pages. No signatures or bookplates. No. 33 of 200 copies. This copy is not signed. Printed by Knudsen Process. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. hardcover
1937ref. 52410New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good. c1937. Hardcover. Very Good condition with mild sunning to the upper board edges and some shelfwear; The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a beautiful and heartbreaking poem about Oscar Wilde's time spent in prison. Wilde writes about the loneliness and sadness he feels while incarcerated and how reading and writing can keep him sane. The poem is a great reminder that even though life can be difficult it's always worth trying to find beauty in the world.; 4to ; 42 pages . The Heritage Press hardcover
ref. 6847NY. Fair with no dust jacket; Hard Cover; E. P. Dutton & Co Inc; 1928; First . Edition. Black spine with blue paper boards Fair. Boards showing on corners. Spine split and chipped. First edition. Hinges cracked with webbing showing. Previous owner name chipping to pages. Illustrated by John Vassos 124 pages; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . hardcover
1899ref. 54608NY: Benj. R. Tucker 1899. Early US edition. 44 pp. Small tear to the fore-edge of one leaf else very good plus in two part gilt-stamped cloth with darkened spine. NY: Benj. R. Tucker, hardcover
ref. B114150-1New York Limited Editions Club 1937. xii 42pp. 9 plates. 4to. Decorative embossed sheepskin binding resembling jail cell. Slipcase. Edition printed by John S. Fass at the Harbor Press New York and limited to 1500 copies hand-numbered and signed Zhenya in the colophon. New York (Limited Editions Club), 1937. unknown
1930ref. 4964to. New York. E.P. Dutton and Co. 1930. Uncut bright and clean copy includes DJ in fine condition. Quarterbound coated black cloth spine gilt lettering and decorative elements patterned blue paper boards frontispiece tissue guards. 124pp. Illus. b/w plates. Conceptions by John Vassos. Vassos second work following his breakthrough work with Salome in 1927. E.P. Dutton and Co
1904ref. 30594Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1904. Limited edition 16mo pp. 6 33 2; title-page vignette printed in red; original gray cloth paper-covered boards printed paper spine and cover labels printed in red and black plain paper wrapper chipped with a fairly large ink stain joints and hinges cracked internally fine. Thomas B. Mosher unknown
1898ref. 882015London: 1898. First Edition. 8vo. One of 800 copies on handmade paper. White lined-backed cinnamon cloth in a later cloth slipcase. Binding lightly soiled. Mason 371. Original White Cloth Gilt. Good. Hardcover
1937ref. ILDeWILD2New York: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at The Barbor Press 1937. 1937. 4to. pp. 1 p.l. 42. 8 lithographed plates incl. frontis. roan rubbed spinal extremities chipped. in a defective slipcase. New York: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at The Barbor Press, 1937. unknown
1905ref. 978East Aurora NY: Roycrofters 1905. Very Good. Very Good condition. Full Green Suede cover 8 x 6". The initials have hand applied gold outlines. Roycrofters unknown
1937ref. 998New York: Heritage Press 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine. hardcover with cover embossed like a jail wall and barred window. From the Limited Editions Club edition. Bookplate of prior owner on inside front cover Near Fine in red slipcase slipcase with some edge wear. Heritage Press hardcover
1902ref. 11348THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL Alfred Bartlett 1902 an early American edition wear and chipping to the spine and lower fore edge corner tips else a good copy with vg contents. 1/550 copies of this unauthorized edition. This copy bears the bookplate of Michigan politician Thomas Weadock on the f.p.d. whose collection of Napoleona was at one time second to none. Alfred Bartlett unknown
1937ref. 400New 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. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1948ref. A106830London: Castle Press 1948. 1st edition. Near Fine. tall octavo. hardback with dust jacket 63pp. b/w illusts. Lovely copy tight bright & fine in a near fine dust jacket with only tiny chips & one closed tear. Scarce in hardback especially in this condition Castle Press hardcover
1947ref. 1000009London: Castle Press 1947 First edition thus. Cloth. Octavo. Black and white illustratioins. Very good in dust jacket with several chips around the edges and a couple of short tears. The illustrations are grim and excellent. The illustrator contributes an introduction. Castle Press, hardcover
1930ref. 14400092903NY: E.P. Dutton 1930. Blue boards and black cloth back. Cover edges sunned corners bumped & well rubbed extremities lightly rubbed: VG/no dj Previous owner's name on endpaper. 8vo. Illustrated with ""conceptions"" by John Vassos E.P. Dutton hardcover
1937ref. 012329New York: Limited Editions Club 1937. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a few mild scratches. Zhenya Gay. Quarto 7-1/2" x 11" bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #1205 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more unusual bindings of the press rarely found in such nice condition as the spine is often badly rubbed or worse Limited Editions Club hardcover
1924ref. 06190New York: H.S. Nichols' Precious Tomes 1924. Full-Leather. Fine. Frontispiece photo of Wilde with facsimile signature. Reprinted from 1898 second edition Foreword by H. S. Nichols. Small book smooth black leather with very bright gilt to both sides and spine all edges gilt very tiny nick at spine bottom right in box appears to be signed by publisher. Near Very Fine/Very Fine. H.S. Nichols' Precious Tomes hardcover
1899ref. 284591United Kingdom: Leonard Smithers 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback slim octavo the seventh edition with copyright date facing the half-title and name of Wilde in brackets beneath the title. Bound in quarter white cloth darkened and soiled to spine dark yellow cloth sides shelf soiled. Rubbed at the head and foot of the spine endpapers with some mild foxing the body of text clean and unmarked. . Leonard Smithers Hardcover
ref. 1161363750.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
