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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by C. 3. 3. (OSCAR WILDE)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1898. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper. 8vo. - Second Edition though lacks the Printed "Second Edition" to the title page verso - Publication date February 1898 to copyright page - Also includes the numerous amendments made to that edition - Oscar Wilde's last work, published pseudonymously using his prisoner designation - Quarter bound in white linen over cinnamon linen boards w/ gilt lettering to spine - Printed on handmade paper w/ deckled edges on one side of the page only - Covers heavily tanned and marked - Lettering to spine faded - Corners and spine ends bumped and crushed - Endpapers toned and stained - Content lightly toned and foxed throughout w/ scratches and marks to some leaves, particularly near the rear - Rear hinge very slightly open but still strong - Book ow/ solid and clean - 31 pages
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- Bookseller
- Green Ink Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 635478
- Title
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- Author
- C. 3. 3. (OSCAR WILDE)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- No dustwrapper
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Foxed
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
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