The Ballad of Reading Gaol
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1928.
First Trade Edition. Hardcover.
Illustrated in the Art Deco style by John Vassos. This edition dedicated to all prisoners by John Vassos.
From the dust wrapper: "Vassos' interpretation of Wilde's masterpiece, illustrating the emotional experiences of a condemned prisoner in his last days."
Item #9019897-1/8 x 9-3/8", quarter black cloth with gilt titles, decorated blue paper over boards, gray endpapers, 124pp, 15 full-page monochrome plates with tissue guards by John Vassos.
Modest toning to leaves, clean of owner's marks, fore-edges uncut, tight, square, illustrations and tissue guards crisp, very good in attractive price-clipped dust wrapper with a bit of mild wear to extremities, in protective mylar.
Price: $200.00