[Rarebooks] FS: Oscar Wilde with Original Lithographs by Zhenya Gay

[Charles Agvent]

WILDE,  Oscar.  THE  BALLAD OF READING  GAOL.  New  York:  Limited
Editions  Club  1937.  76 pp. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11"). One of  the  more
unusual  bindings  of the press with the full  granite-gray  sheepskin
leather  embossed  to  resemble a jail cell wall. Copy #1284  of  1500
illustrated  with  8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay  and
SIGNED  by  the artist. Mild rubbing to spine tips but a nice  example
of  a binding where the spine is often badly rubbed or worse. Slipcase
with a few mild scratches. Near Fine in Near Fine slipcase.    $250.00

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