Rare Limited Edition: BALLADE DE LA GEOLE DE READING by Oscar Wilde
Item Number: 187
Time Left: CLOSED
Online Close: May 18, 2011 9:00 PM EDT
Bid History: 2 bids - Item Sold!
Description
ALTER EGO
If you think you know and love Oscar Wilde, allow us to introduce you to his pseudonym, C. 3. 3., so chosen to represent cell block C, landing 3, cell 3, Wilde’s cell when he was incarcerated in 1897 for homosexuality. Under that name, Wilde wrote his last work, Ballade de la Geole de Reading (translation: The Ballad of Reading Gaol), a long poem commemorating the harshness of prison life. This copy is from a rare and desirable edition published in Paris by Leon Pichon in 1918. Text in French
Special Instructions
Numbered 115 out of 395, this book is one of 100 copies printed on Imperial Japanese Paper and bound in half black leather with a red embossed design and featuring gilt titles and lettering. The book is in fine condition, with some slight rubbing to the corners, and is housed in a decorative color slipcase. The original receipt from a French booksellers catalog is laid in.
Item can be picked up at Playwrights Horizons on West 42nd Street in Manhattan. Any shipping costs must be paid by the auction winner.