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WILDE, Oscar (1854–1900). –– VASSOS, John (1898–1985), artist. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1928.
Square 8vo. Numerous plates by Vassos including frontispiece; each with tissue–guard. Original cloth–backed boards, uncut and unopened; original dust jacket (spine gently sunned near rear panel, tiny chip near top edge, else fine); partial original glassine wrapper laid in.
FIRST VASSOS ILLUSTRATED EDITION. “Vassos’ interpretation of Wilde’s masterpiece, illustrating the emotional experiences of a condemned prisoner in his last days” (from the dust jacket).