The Ballad Of Reading Gaol

New York: Benj. R. Tucker, Publisher, 1899. Hardcover. Fair. New York: Benj. R. Tucker, Publisher, 1899. SECOND AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST BY THIS PUBLISHER. 44 pages. Fair. Tight binding; retaining front wrap but not rear (if there was one); pages have a few smudges; bookplate on front endpaper; a few tiny tears; tape and chip to… Read more about this item

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: Leonard Smithers, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to 800 copies. Very Good. Quarter beige cloth with yellow cloth on the boards, lightly soiled and toned, bumped at the corners, a few air bubbles between the cloth and boards. Bound with some reading wear and a forward lean, foxed and stained at the endpapers, clean otherwise.… Read more about this item

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.

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.

London: Leonard Smithers & Co, 1899. 7th imp. hardback. Very good, important 7th edition (1st to name Wilde as author, Smithers' last to publish), no d/j, mustard boards, cream clothbound spine with gilt titling (some fading); text block firm, untrimmed pages tight and unmarked (some spotting on edges and endpapers.). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"").… Read more about this item

Leonard Smithers. London. 1899. [Seventh edition?].. pp. (viii), 31 (numbered and printed rectos only, (ii) blank. Quarter white cloth over light brown cloth covers, uncut, one early leaf with a couple of small tears in the fore-edge margin, the following leaf with one small tear, no loss to either, in all other ways a very good copy, with Wilde's… Read more about this item

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.

London: Leonard Smithers and Xo, 1899. Cloth. Very Good. Seventh edition (printing) and first to include Wilde's name on title page. Slim 8vo (in 4s), pp. [viii], 31 printed and numbered on recto, [2]. Original quarter cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fawn cloth boards. Edges untrimmed. Grubby and stained, extremities bruised and worn, white stains to leading… Read more about this item

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. 31pp; label inside with previous owner's name and address sticker plus label; rough-cut page edges; eps. toned, last page and one following have black ink stains to bottom corners; mustard boards with white spine, marks to spine at rear, also tanned, gilt title to spine; edgewear.. 5th Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Fourth. Hardcover . Used - very good plus. “Fourth Edition” stated. Author still anonymous as of this printing. Mustard buckram and quarter cream buckram over spine with gilt titles. Textblock edges uncut.

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"… Read more about this item

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… Read more 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… Read more about this item

London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Fifth Edition [printing], So stated behind the title page. Original two toned cream and mustard yellow cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine. Heavily soiled to the cloth. Front free endapge is cleanly excised (presumably to remove a previous owner's name). Photos available upon request. Overall in FAIR condition.. Full… Read more about this item

London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Good condition. One of 2000 copies. Bound in publisher's original quarter tan and orange cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Uncut. First edition to use Wilde's name. Last authorized edition issued by Smithers. Binding has seperated at page 1 but still intact. Gift inscription… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Brentano's. Collectible - Acceptable. NY: Brentano's, n.d.; In Memoriam pg is dated 1898. 1st or early American edition. Hardcover 16mo 39 pgs printed on 1 side only. Yellow cloth with orange and green design, front and rear. Fair book. Covers a bit warped. Edgeworn and lightly soiled. Pastedowns and endpapers are ragged on fore edge from insect holes.… Read more about this item

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.