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19286082<p>New York: MacY-Masius: the Vanguard Press. Good with no dustjacket. 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges bumping to spine ends & top corner tape repair to spine 3" piece trimmed from top edge FFE else a bright & solid copy. Limited Edition 1/2000 copies. Illustrated mezzotints by Lynn Ward. ; 4to 9" - 12" tall .</p> MacY-Masius: the Vanguard Press hardcover
19651300985New York: Ernest Rathenau 1965. Book. Illus. by Erich. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp copy in like dj slipcase slightly damaged . Pics available. Ernest Rathenau Hardcover
1923000161<p><strong>First edition with wood engravings by Frans Masereel. No. 115 of the limited edition of 250 on laid paper. Signed by Frans Masereel in the imprint.</strong></p><p><strong>Description:</strong> Original half calf over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Quarto: 28 × 185 cm; pp. 57 4 ll. With 37 original woodcuts of which 7 full-page printed recto only by Frans Masereel.</p><p><strong>Ref.:</strong> Ritter: C 29 S. 258; Rodenberg: 448</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Binding somewhat scuffed at joints and corners and partly faded. Contents clean and free of marks but slightly toned with age. Overall a very good copy.</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong> The Ballad of Reading Gaol was printed by Offizin Mandruck in Munich as the 11th Obelisk print with the original English text. The woodcuts were cut by Masereel in early 1923 and were printed from the original woodblocks. In addition to this edition 70 copies were published numbered I to LXX in which the full-page woodcuts were also signed by Masereel and 20 unnumbered and unsigned copies.</p> Drei Masken Verlag hardcover
19251301071London: Methuen 1925. Book. Illus. by Frans Masereel. Good. Board with Cloth Spine. Limited/Numbered. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Number 59 of 450 copies pp 62 Internally very good subject to some tanning to the endpapers binding firm cover sound with some marking . Pics available. Methuen hardcover
19112222674<p>First edition thus from British sheets. Small octavo. Introduction by Robert Ross dated Reform Club May 25 1910. Original red stamped brown boards. No dust jacket. Very good small chip at head of spine. 86 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p><strong>Pages 61-86 contain a shorter early draft of the ballad.</strong></p><p><strong>Printed by T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press.</strong></p> Browne’s Bookstore hardcover
192879263New York:: E. P. Dutton 1928. First of this illustrated edition; No. 137 of 200 copies signed by John Vassos. publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth t.e.g. in dust jacket. Very slightest of rubbing at the extremities and corner tips; otherwise a fine copy. The dust jacket is split at the joints and the backstrip is in pieces lacking about a 1" section with some other small chips. . 8vo. Illustrated by John Vassos. E. P. Dutton, hardcover
1928890165New York: Vanguard Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1928. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Limited edition of 2000. Contents fine. Covers soiled and spine missin about 1/3 with remainded appearing to be a glued repair. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 104 pages . Vanguard Press hardcover
19281398868New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1928. Hardcover. Octavo 124 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is black with gold print. Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and blue paper to boards; wear to spine caps and corners peripheral toning to paper. Text block has name in ink on front pastedown cracked rear hinge. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates with tissue guards. Inscribed in ink by the illustration on the half-title page. <br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1398868. FP New Rockville Stock. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover
1937017882New York USA: The Heritage Press 1937. Book. Illus. by Gay Zhenya. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition THUS First Printing. pp. 42.Original Brown boards with embossed decoration titles in gilt to spine Heritage club newsletter laid in. Internallyt fine unmarked. Original slipcase present complete wear and chipping to edges of case. The Heritage Press Hardcover
19281403425New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1928. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Tall Octavo 124 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Fair dust jacket. <br /> <br /> Dust jacket spine black and blue with gilt lettering. Heavy wear to dust jacket including chipping with material loss to corners; front cover detached from spine; gilt lettering to spine faded yet legible; protected by a mylar covering. <br /> <br /> Quarter bound in black cloth gilt lettering to spine blue paper boards; deckled text block untrimmed fore-edge. Mild shelf wear to boards including bumping with slight material loss to head tail and corners; slight cocking to spine boards shaken no shelf lean binding intact binding visible at gutter between rear free endpaper and rear paste-down; age-toning to text block and less so to interior pages illustrations and text remain clear and legible. <br /> <br /> Shelved in Poetry. Originally published in 1898 by Leonard Smithers. 1403425. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover
192467112Printed in the USA: Harry Sidney Nichols 1924. Precious Tomes ordinary edition. Leather over boards. Good. Hardcover leather black over boards. 32mo. 144 pp. Illustrated with a sepia tone plate photograph frontispiece portrait of Wilde and a full-page sepia tone plate photograph of the monument on Wilde's grave. Part of the "Precious Tomes" series created by Harry Sidney Nichols. Reproduced from the 1898 corrected by Wilde second edition. Author's name double border and floral ornaments gilt stamped on front and back boards. Title floral ornament and publisher's name gilt stamped on spine. All edges gilt. Embossed ownership stamp in the lower right corner of title page. Text block is clean with a strong square binding. Boards and spine worn and flaking. Top fore edge corners exposed. Tear at the bottom of the spine has removed the H initial in Nichols' name. Harry Sidney Nichols unknown
1937049011New York: Limited Editions Club. CLEAN very good number 545 of 1500 full leather hardcover in very good slipcase SIGNED by artist. . Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1937. Limited Editions Club hardcover
199449459Llandogo: The Old Stile Press 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine. Royal 8vo. Stiff cream coloured boards with black spine lettering and C.3.3. stamped in blind on the front cover. Housed in a thick black pictorial slipcase. Edition of 225 copies numbered and signed by artist Garrick Palmer who did the wood-engravings. This is copy no 92. A fine copy slipcase corners a touch rubbed one corner very lightly bumped quite near fine. The Old Stile Press hardcover
1937026454New York New York U.S.A.: Heritage Press/Limited Editions Club 1937. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Gay Zhenya. A fellow inmate recounts the tale of a young man imprisoned in Reading Gaol while he awaits hanging for committing a crime of passion killing his wife with stunning lithographed illustrations by Zhenya Gay throughout the 43 pages. Wilde wrote the poem while in exile after his own release from that same facility where he had been incarcerated for the crime of sodomy. Originally published in 1891 this edition from the Heritage Press reproduces the 1937 Limited Editions Club edition. Hardcover is bound in gray cloth patterned to represent the stone walls of the jail. No DJ as issued but originally came housed in a slipcase which is NOT present No Slipcase. Condition is Fine: as crisp & clean & bright as Brand New! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays Pacific time; later ordersweekends & holidays ship very next business day. <br/> <br/> Heritage Press/Limited Editions Club hardcover
192461051Methuen & Co. 1924. Hardback. Good. Paper-covered boards with cloth spine boards are age-toned and marked paper chipped at upper and lower edges notable black stain to upper edge of rear board corners worn and bumped; binding is a fragile mostly sturdy throughout but rear joint exposed joint also exposed at numbered edition page; pages are rough-cut off-setting on front and rear endpapers previous owner's signature and brief dedication on front endpaper striking woodcuts by Belgian artist Frans Massereel. This is number 415 of a limited 450 printed copies.; 7.25 x 0.5 x 10.75 inches; 57 pages . Methuen & Co hardcover
192356675München Munich: Drei Masken Verlages 1923. Limited Edition. Very good. SIGNED. 57pp. Quarto 28 cm Parchment vellum boards with a hubbed spine gilt spine title and single gilt ruled borders on the spine and boards. Top edge gilt. Patterned endpapers. Bound by Hübel & Denck in Leipzig. The front board is wavy. There is a previous owner's decorative bookplate on the front pastedown. The text is in English. Ritter C a 29. Woodcuts by Frans Masereel. This is one of the copies which have been numbered with Roman Numerals. Number XLVII of LXX the copies numbered in Roman numerals forming part of an overall edition of 340 copies. Signed by Frans Masereel on the limitation page. Masereel has additionally signed the seven full-page woodcut illustrations within. Drei Masken Verlages unknown
1928BOOKS005552INew York: Macy/Masius: Vanguard 1928. 1st . Hardcover. Good. Lynd Ward. Near fine in restored dust jacket. <br/> <br/> Macy/Masius: Vanguard hardcover
192823371New York: E.P. Dutton 1928. First edition thus. Hardcover. Slight bump to bottom front corner of boards else fine in very good jacket with a few shallow nicks at edges. 124 pp. Illustrated with 16 tiddue-guarded monochrome plates by John Vassos; quarto original black cloth and blue decorative boards jacket. <br/><br/>Vassos' art-deco illustrations they are called "Conceptions" are "Knudsen Process" lithographs. E.P. Dutton hardcover
1948325177London: 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: Castle Press hardcover
193061005New 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.<br /> <br /> Vassos' interpretation of Wilde's masterpiece illustrating the emotional experiences of a condemned prisoner in his last days. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover
1980333217London: 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: Journeyman Press paperback
199416391Old Stile Press 1994. Hardback paper covered boards blind stamped to front panel. Complete with slipcase. 27 x 17.5cm. 45pp 1. Illustrations by Garrick Palmer. Number 78 of 225 copies signed by the artist on the colophon. An excellent bright copy. . Signed by Artist. Limited. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Old Stile Press Hardcover
192586430Methuen & Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1925. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 43 of 450 numbered limited editions. Lean heavy foxing toning and staining light rubbing and bumps bare corners offsetting on endpapers. Uncommon. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 62 pages . Methuen & Company hardcover
1937GB000VB1R78I3N00The Heritage Press 1937. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. The Heritage Press hardcover
1928147331E. P. Dutton 1928. First printing thus. Black cloth-backed gray boards housed in custom slipcase. Glue remnants from bookplate removal to front pastedown rubbing to corners and with some light soiling and marks to cloth very good in nicely crafted custom slipcase. Illustrated by John Vassos. E. P. Dutton unknown