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Lot 96
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
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Live / Chicago
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$315
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Lot Description
MASEREEL, Franz (1889-1972), illustrator. -- WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Munich: Drei Masken Verlag, 1924.
8vo. Woodcut frontispiece, 6 woodcut plates, and numerous woodcut illustrations by Masereel. Contemporary blind-stamped German sheep, stamp-signed by Hubel & Denck (some light rubbing to edges); board folding case (worn). Provenance: Morton Burr Stelle (woodcut bookplate).
LIMITED EDITION, number 9 of 250 copies SIGNED BY MASEREEL of a total edition of 320 copies. [Laid in:] A typed letter from Robert E. Cowan, Librarian for William Andrews Clark, Jr., confirming: "The German edition of 'Ballad of Reading Gaol' would appear to be the first illustrated edition."
Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio