Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
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. 3
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. 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
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, 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$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.