The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£122.46£97.97
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1904. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green paper covered boards with paper title labels to front and spine. One of 950 copies printed on hand made Van Gelder paper and the type distributed. IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Copy is FINE. Slipcase is VG. Exterior is clean. Paper titles crisp. Edges sharp. Inside is unmarked, tight, with almost no toning. Slipcase is olive with imprinted black titles to bottom front and spine. Some spotting to covers, a bit of wear to edges. SCARCE in slipcase..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002331
- Title
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas B. Mosher
- Place of Publication
- Portland, ME
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
Bailey Bonzo Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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