Search Results: the ballad of reading gaol by wilde oscar c

Brentano"s, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, no dj. Covers show rubbing to edges and some paper loss at head of spine. Contents clean and tight. 39 pages. Very good for its age.

New York: Brentano's, 1906. Paper over boards, worn. Paper label on front and spine. Spine's label missing pieces around edge but title intact. Edges bumped and rubbed. Interior clean and Very Good. "In Memoriam C.T.W. Sometime Trooper of the Royal Horse Guards. Obiit H.M. Prison, Reading , Berkshire, July 7th, 1896. 39 pp.. Hardbound. Good-/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Ballad.

New York: Brentano's, 1906. Small volume bound in gray paper covered boards, with printed paper spine and cover labels. 39pp. printed on rectos only. No namem no book-plate, etc. Front free endpaper excised and slight wear to tips, else a clean, very good+ copy.. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Brentano's , 1913. Hardcover. Good. Unmarked hardcover no jacket. Spine is worn and faded. Spine pastedown shows wear Text block bright and unmarked.

New York: Brentano's, 1905 Nice early reprint, some soiling to the boards & chipping to spine extremities, spine darkened and portion of spine label chipped away, binding tight pages bright & unfoxed; 16mo. Hard Cover. Good.

New York: Brentano's, 1905. Hardcover. Good. Early reprint. 16mo. Printed paper labels on front board and spine. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown, gutter cracked before title page, spine tanned with loss to the head, thus good only.

Brentanos. Used - Good. Good condition. Early reprint. (poetry, tragedy)

New York.: Brentanos., 1907.. First edition thus.. Soft cover.. Fine copy. Owner notes on front and rear end papers.. Octavo.. Very scarce in this condition.

London: The Unicorn Press, 1945. Hardcover. Fine. pp 32 The second printing of The Unicorn Press edition of Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol. A fine copy, the book is in the publisher's tan cloth in a buckram spine with bright gilt lettering. Internally the book is crisp and fresh, the only blemish being some scuffs to the title page. In a very good dust wrapper, lightly spotted and soiled with nick to head of spine and one short closed tear to lower panel. A very pleasing copy. Fine 1945

London:: Leonard Smithers,, 1899.. Seventh edition.. publisher's white and gold cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine.. Bookplate; same owner's old ink ownership signature on front free endpaper; endsheets a bit tanned. The original binding is dust-soiled; spine quite tanned with shallow chipping at its extremities; tight and sound. . 8vo,.

THE 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.

States 'Leonard Smithers' [but a pirate edition], London, states 1899 [but c. 1907]. 31 pp, previous owner's name on front end-paper, upper board foxed and discoloured, else very good copy in beige boards with cream, cloth spine.

New York: Brentano's, 1905. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of an early printing (1905) of Wilde's poem. Gray-green paper-covered boards with paper labels on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 39 pages. Nicely bright and clear, printed on quality laid paper. There is some rubbing and darkening around the margins. The fragile spine label is chipped vertically with about 50% loss. In an archival plastic protector.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. Slightly grubby spine, title to spine fading, pp clean and bright, very good.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: E. F. Clode. Good with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. Cream boards stamped in gilt, TEG, rough cut edges. Limited edition 249/259. Covers stained, corners frayed, backstrip paper about half gone; PO pencilled names. A few minor lightly pencilled notations in text. Hinges sound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London, England: Leonard Smithers, 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Seventh Edition.. 31 pages, 8vo. Scarce. Seventh Edition: this is the first edition to use Oscar Wilde's name on the title page, in parenthesis. Mustard cloth boards with cream white spine, gold lettering along spine. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, some light smudges on cover boards, heavy foxing on free endpapers and inside covers, light foxing on page leafs. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition..

London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. First published in 1898 anonymously under Wilde's Prisoner identification number, this is a copy of the Seventh Printing, which was the first to identify him by name. This copy also states "Entered at the Library of Congress Washington, U.S.A." indicating an American issue; a bit uncommon thus. Ochre cloth binding, with gilt lettering on a linen spine. Clean text; 31 pages. This is a Very Good copy, but there are some issues. The corners are bumped; there is a spot on the front cover and a few stains on the rear. Some cracking to the hingesgive it a shaken feel. Also, there is a long inscription in Latin (also done into English) on the FFEP, and a signature on the Dedication Page. A decent-enough place-holder, but certainly not for the advanced collector. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

This is the fifth printing of "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," published anonymously under the pseudonym C.3.3., which stood for cell block C, landing 3, cell 3 being the location of Wilde's cell in Reading Gaol. This ensured that notorious Wilde's name did not appear on the poem's title page, and thus it was not commonly known that it was Wilde behind the poem until the 7th printing in June 1899, which was published using Wilde's name. The poem was published by Leonard Smith, who is deeply associated with the decadents, having published the Savoy periodical in which Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley featured. Good Condition. Cream cloth covered spine with green cloth covered boards and gilt titles to spine. Amorial plate to front pastedown and neat previous owner's inscription to reverse of copyright page. Front free end paper has been removed. Rough-cut edges. Binding and hinges are firm. Pages are lightly tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with notable markings and stains to boards with a notable dark… Read More

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Hardback, original two tone buckram covered boards. 23 x 14cm. [8], 33pp. 1898 4th edition. Spine age toned. Some small dents to edges of boards and a little soiling to boards. Inside generally clean, aside from a few marginal fingers marks. Binding secure. A nice early edition. . Fourth. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. [8], 31pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. The last published work of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) before his death in exile in November of 1900. The Anglo-Irish poet and playwright, remembered as one of high society's greatest wits, suffered a criminal conviction for gross indecency and was subsequently sentenced to two years hard labour - the bulk of which was served at Reading Gaol. . 8vo.