Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. The Heritage Press, New York, 1937.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a beautiful copy with minimal wear. There are minute markings at bases of spine displaying signs of slight wear. The pages look as if they have yellowed a bit. Really, a very decent copy. However, due to the size of this book, extra shipping charges may be applied to international orders. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar; Gay, Zhenya (illustrator). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. The Heritage Press, 1937.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy in original gray imitation leather; publisher's slipcase (slight fading and wear to slipcase, book is 'as new' except for cracking to front outer hinge; bookplate on front free endpaper). Illustrations from lithographs by Zhenya Gay; introduction by Burton Rascoe. Gay, Zhenya. Reissue of the 1937 Limited Editions Club edition.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Gray cloth pressed with the image of a jail cell window and walls, with giold lettering ; some foxing ; fore edges red ; contains a veiled, vitriolic essay by Burton Roscoe ; without the slipcase ; otherwise FINE
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: #593 of 1,500 copies, signed by illustrator to limitation page. Gray embossed sheepskin leather with moderate rubbing at corners and along spine, which is also browned. Top edge gilded. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. Red slipcase equally rubbed, with small splits starting at rear corners. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 42 pages
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar; Rascoe, Burton (intro.). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Limited Editions Club, N Y, 1937.
Price: US$51.75 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Limited edition, number 594 of 1500. Lithographs by Zhenya Gay. Signed by Zhenya. Bound in gray leather with brick and barred window pattern; worn at edges. Front board and leather spine are completely detached and only a completely separated fragment remains. 7 3/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 42 pages. Decorative red chapter numbers. In Very Good red slipcase.
Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
WILDE, Oscar. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1937.
Price: US$56.30 + shipping
Description: Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #393 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more unusual bindings of the press. The spine is very worn with the leather all but rubbed away, although the gilt is still clear and bright and the covers are in nice shape; contents clean. Good only in a Good slipcase with the top edge partly detached
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Heritage Press, New York, 1937.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Heritage Press, 1937. George Macy conceived of the Heritage Press as a way to offer less-expensive versions of his publications with the Limited Editions Club. They are beautiful productions in their own right; here is Macy's offering of Oscar Wilde's most famous poem. Bound with a smooth, polished cloth in a design of a prison's barred window set in a brick wall. Clean text; xii, 43 pages, page edges are stained red. With an Introduction by Barton Rascoe, and illustrated with eight black-and-white lithographs by Zhenya Gay. Lacking a slipcase, the book remains in Fine condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Zhenya Gay.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1937.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED by the artist, Zhenya Gay featuring her original lithographs, to the colophon. Number 228 of 1500 copies printed for members of the The Limited Editions Club by John S. Fass at the Harbor Press New York, 1937. Bound in grey sheepskin with the brick wall and barred window relief to the front board. Like new and appears unread. The interior is clean and free of any markings or writing. Red blocked chapter numbers. Bright gilt titles to spine. Gilt top edge. Boards are lightly to moderately rubbed to extremities with small areas of loss to the corners. 1.5cm tear to the top edge of the front board at the head of the spine. 2.5cm tape “pull” to the rear board near the bottom edge, 4cm x 5mm narrow strip of leather missing to the bottom edge of the rear board. Presents quite nicely despite this detailed description. Without slipcase. Written by Wilde following his two years of hard labour and release from Reading Goal.
Seller: Bailey Books, St.Albert, AB, Canada
Oscar Wilde. The Ballad of Reading Gaol w/Lithographs By Zhenya Gay. Heritage Press, 1937.
Price: US$71.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1937. Hardcover. Large 8vo.Very good copy in slipcase with some damage to slipcase. .An imprint of George Macy Companies, Ltd., Heritage Press was founded in 1935. The Press printed more affordable classic volumes that were previously published by Macy's Limited Editions Club and covered a broad range of topics primarily within the Western canon. In addition to Macy, directors of the Heritage Press included Cedric Crowell, General Manager of the Doubleday Bookshops; Frank L. Magel, head of Putnam Bookstores in New York; and A. Koch, head of Brentano Stores in New York. Though many of Macy's other imprints, including The Heritage Club, The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, and The Junior Heritage Club, were sold by subscription only, Heritage Press editions were sold through bookstores. Macy combined his publishing enterprises in 1944, though each imprint maintained its specific target audience. The archives of the George Macy Companies, including both the Limited Editions Club and The Heritage Press, were purchased by the Ransom Center in 1970. . . . .
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: hardcover with cover embossed like a jail wall and barred window. From the Limited Editions Club edition. Bookplate of prior owner on inside front cover, Near Fine in red slipcase, slipcase with some edge wear.
Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. New York The Harbor Press 1937., 1937.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: VG. The interior covers and corresponding flyleaves have foxing and chemical staining ; With an Introduction by Burton Rascoe and Lithographs by Zhenya Gay. Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club bby John S. Fass at The Harbor Press. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is number 1280. Full leather decorative binding. In slightly rubbed slipcase. ; Lithographs; 4to.; 42 pages; Signed by Illustrator. Illustrated by Zhenya Gay. Limited Edition. Binding is Leather binding.
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
WILDE, Oscar. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1937.
Price: US$106.30 + shipping
Description: Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #473 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more unusual bindings of the press. Wear to spine, mostly at tips and along front edge, with some loss; contents clean. Near Very Good in a Very Good slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1937.
Price: US$145.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: CLEAN very good number 545 of 1500 full leather hardcover in very good slipcase SIGNED by artist. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Limited Editions Clulb, 1937.
Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original full embossed sheepskin, TEG, gilt spine title. Limited edition #840 of 1500 copies signed by Zhenya Gay to the colophon. Spine ends/edges lightly rubbed. Spine lightly sunned. The slipcase is faintly sunned near opening. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: xii, 42pp., 9 plates. 4to. Decorative embossed sheepskin binding resembling jail cell. Slipcase. Edition printed by John S. Fass at the Harbor Press, New York, and limited to 1500 copies, hand-numbered and signed "Zhenya" in the colophon.
Seller: Ars Libri, Ltd. (ABAA), Charlestown, MA, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol [SIGNED By Illustrator]. Limited Edition Club, NY, 1937.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st thus Limited edition, copy #811, numbered and signed by the artist; dark olive green decorative c w/gilt spine titles; lite rubbing at spine edges; in very good lite shelf rubbingr 43 clean, unmarked pages Size: folio
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. Limited Editions Club, 1937.
Price: US$187.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; Brownish gray embossed sheepskin leather bound cover is worn at corners with some wear spots to front cover but clean and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Thumbing on one page otherwise pages are clean and pristine. Signed by lithographer on limitations page, this being #876 of 1550 copies. Slipcase is frayed at textremities and stoned but clean and in good condition. ; Signed by Artist
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1937.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Zhenya Gay (illustrator). Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy number 721 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. In original slip case. Ware to spine and extremities.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1937.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good in Good slipcase. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11"). Brown leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall (laid stones and criss cross bars in the window). Limited eiditon of 1500 copies of which this is numbered 286, and signed by Zhenya Gay who did the original lithographs. Some slight wear to corners, and slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Slipcase is red showing wear to edges and a piece about 1.5 inches missing at bottom edge from spine. Bookplate.
Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$227.79 + shipping
Description: 4to. pp. 1 p.l., 42. 8 lithographed plates (incl. frontis.). roan (rubbed, spinal extremities chipped). in a defective slipcase.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Limited edition #782 of 1500 copies signed by Zhenya Gay. Wilde, Oscar. Introduction by Burton Rascoe. Lithographs by Zhenya Gay. New York: Limited Editions Club at the Harbor Press, 1937. Limited edition #782 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, imperial 8vo (11 x 7½), pp. (2), (i-ii), iii-xii, (1), 2-42, (1) blank, (1) colophon, 9 original lithograph plates by Zhenya Gay. Original full gray sheepskin, blind stamped bricks & bars pattern on the upper side, gilt lettered back, in original black lettered red slipcase. Near fine clean bright copy with minor rubs to edges & extremities, head cap a bit worn, in near fine slipcase. Sheets & plates clean, unmarked, complete. H8421.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
WILDE, Oscar. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1937.
Price: US$312.50 + shipping
Description: Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #1205 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more unusual bindings of the press, rarely found in such nice condition as the spine is often badly rubbed or worse Bookplate on front pastedown. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a few mild scratches
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.