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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair.
- Seller
-
Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Hardcover. Fair.. 8vo.. Fourth edition, or printing, of 1898. Cream linen and mustard coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, which is almost indecipherable. Front board has large damp patch, with creasings. Rear board is lightle stained. Edges are bumped. Spine is very faded. Pages are age tanned with occasional foxing. Pages are of laid cream paper and are rough cut. Pages are clean. Previous owner's signature facing the copyright page. Binding is tight. 8vo. One of the limited editions which were published the same year as the original publication by Wilde, or C.3.3. 1898
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5433
- Title
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Leonard Smithers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8vo.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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