Ballade de la Geole de Reading / The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Burins Originaux de Tavy Notton

Paris: Editions de L'Odeon, 1951.
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32.5cm x 23cm. 118 pages, black and white illustrations, with portfolio of 16 additional plates in paper folder. Loose in lettered wrappers (as issued), papered chemise, slipcase.

Bilingual edition in French and English of Wilde’s poem with illustrations by Tavy Notton. One of 120 copies on Rives vellum (from an edition of 201). This copy with the additional suite of 16 plates with remarques including illustrated text from De Profundis normally accompanying copies 11 to 60.

Some very minor corner creases to some of the tissue guards. A very minor crease to the spine crown corner of the upper portion of the text block. The paper folder of the additional suite of plates with some splitting to spineThe chemise spine and slipcase with some rubbing, soiling and tanning. Very Good Condition.

AU$550.00

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