Oscar Wilde - John Vassos - The Ballad of Reading Gaol - 1928 - First Edition
$200.00
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, New York, 1928. Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. John Vassos (illustrator). 124pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip, and there is an ornamental design stamped in black and gilt on the lower fore edge corner of the front board.Binding is secure, and no interior marks or foxing. The jacket has separated at the spine, but is preserved and both front and back are present. Includes sixteen black and white illustrations (with tissue guards) by John Vassos. From the dust jacket- "Vassos' interpretation of Wilde's masterpiece, illustrating the emotional experiences of a condemned prisoner in his last days." First edition illustrated by John Vassos.
Hardcover with dust jacket. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4". Blue boards with a decorative stamp on lower right front. Black wraps on spine. Gilt titles. Binding is sound. No interior marks or foxing. Dust jacket is preserved, but has separated at the spine. Both front and back are present.
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, New York, 1928. Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. John Vassos (illustrator). 124pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip, and there is an ornamental design stamped in black and gilt on the lower fore edge corner of the front board.Binding is secure, and no interior marks or foxing. The jacket has separated at the spine, but is preserved and both front and back are present. Includes sixteen black and white illustrations (with tissue guards) by John Vassos. From the dust jacket- "Vassos' interpretation of Wilde's masterpiece, illustrating the emotional experiences of a condemned prisoner in his last days." First edition illustrated by John Vassos.
Hardcover with dust jacket. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4". Blue boards with a decorative stamp on lower right front. Black wraps on spine. Gilt titles. Binding is sound. No interior marks or foxing. Dust jacket is preserved, but has separated at the spine. Both front and back are present.
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, New York, 1928. Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. John Vassos (illustrator). 124pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip, and there is an ornamental design stamped in black and gilt on the lower fore edge corner of the front board.Binding is secure, and no interior marks or foxing. The jacket has separated at the spine, but is preserved and both front and back are present. Includes sixteen black and white illustrations (with tissue guards) by John Vassos. From the dust jacket- "Vassos' interpretation of Wilde's masterpiece, illustrating the emotional experiences of a condemned prisoner in his last days." First edition illustrated by John Vassos.
Hardcover with dust jacket. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4". Blue boards with a decorative stamp on lower right front. Black wraps on spine. Gilt titles. Binding is sound. No interior marks or foxing. Dust jacket is preserved, but has separated at the spine. Both front and back are present.