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Oscar Wilde: The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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Oscar Wilde: The Ballad of Reading Gaol
<B>C. 3. 3. Oscar Wilde : </B></I><B><I>The Ballad of Reading Gaol</B></I></B></I>. (London: Leonard Smithers, 1899), later printing with February 1898 Library of Congress date on verso of the ffep, 31 pages printed on rectos only, original quarter white linen shelf back with mustard boards, deckled edges, gilt titles, 8vo (5.75” x 9”), linen shelf back significantly toned and mottled, boards soiled, small area of the corner of the front board slightly bent, pages toned, inside front hinge cracked, old inked owner’s name and date on the ffep, wonderful period owner’s bookplate on the inside front cover, else good condition. A poem inspired by Wilde’s two-year imprisonment in Reading Gaol for “gross indecency” - “And all men kill the thing they love…”. <BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)