The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
by Wilde, Oscar; Masereel, Frans (ill.)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
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Zurich, Switzerland
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About This Item
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.
Description: Original half calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Quarto: 28 × 18,5 cm; pp. 57, [4] ll. With 37 original woodcuts (of which 7 full-page, printed recto only) by Frans Masereel.
Ref.: Ritter: C 29, S. 258; Rodenberg: 448
Condition: 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.
Notes: 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.
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- Bookseller
- Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000161
- Title
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar; Masereel, Frans (ill.)
- Illustrator
- Frans Masereel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Drei Masken Verlag
- Place of Publication
- Munich
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.79 lbs
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- Private Press; Literature;
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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