Lot 242

Wilde, Oscar ("C. 3. 3.") (1854-1900). The Ballad of Reading Gaol . London: Leonard Smithers 1898.

Lot 242

Wilde, Oscar ("C. 3. 3.") (1854-1900). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers 1898.

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Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Estimate$800 - $1,200

Status

Open

Wilde, Oscar ("C. 3. 3.") (1854-1900). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers 1898.

8vo. (Free endpapers toned.) Original cream cloth-backed mustard cloth, gilt-lettered spine, uncut (light soiling to extremities, spotting and cockling near spine).

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 800 copies on hand-made paper. Wilde wrote his poem in exile in Berneval-le-Grand after his release from Reading Gaol on 19 May 1897, where he was incarcerated for gross indecency. His pseudonym, "C. 3. 3." stood for cell block C, landing 3, cell 3; his identity as the author was unknown until the seventh printing of the work in 1899. Mason 371.

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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia . London: John Stockdale, 1787.

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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Estimate$10,000 - $15,000

Current Bid$5,000

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Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four . London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Lot 162

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Estimate$8,000 - $12,000

Current Bid$4,000

Status

Open

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus . [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Lot 196

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Estimate$4,000 - $6,000

Current Bid$3,250

Status

Open

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula . Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

Lot 201

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

Estimate$6,000 - $8,000

Current Bid$3,000

Status

Open

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf . Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Lot 78

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Estimate$6,000 - $8,000

Current Bid$3,000

Status

Open

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money . London: Macmillan, 1936.

Lot 62

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

Estimate$5,000 - $7,000

Current Bid$2,500

Status

Open

Wilde, Oscar ("C. 3. 3.") (1854-1900). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers 1898.

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Wilde, Oscar ("C. 3. 3.") (1854-1900). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers 1898.

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The Library of Stephen J. Farber

Wilde, Oscar ("C. 3. 3.") (1854-1900). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers 1898.

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Wilde, Oscar ("C. 3. 3.") (1854-1900). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers 1898.

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