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The Ballad Of Reading Gaol

Stock No

3401

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2015
  • £25.00
  • €29 Euro
  • $31 US Dollar

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Item Description

A hundred and nine stanzas, the ballad of a man who murdered the woman he loved and is inconsolable till the day he is hanged.

Written after Wilde's release from Reading Gaol where he had been incarcerated after being convicted of homosexual offences.

Published by The Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY (1905). Covers wrecked; pages in good order.

6.25 in x 8.25 in

 

Item Info

Seller

WALPOLES

Seller Location

London, London

Period

First quarter 20th Century

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

London, London

Item Location

United Kingdom

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+44 (0)207 7275263

+44 (0)7831 561042

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