WILDE | The Ballad of Reading Gaol, 1898, 1 of 800 copies

From the Collection of Steven Berkoff

WILDE, OSCAR

THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL BY C.3.3. LONDON: LEONARD SMITHERS, 1898

8vo, FIRST EDITION [one of 830 copies of which this is one of 800 copies on handmade paper], original white and cinnamon cloth, lettering in gilt, collector's chemise and purple morocco-backed slipcase, some light spotting and browning, cloth slightly bubbled, head and foot of spine slightly bumped

The first edition of Wilde's famous poem appeared on 13 February 1898. It was enthusiastically reviewed ('...a moving piece of work...' from the Daily Telegraph, for example).

LITERATURE:

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