Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Feb 16, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 440
WILDE, Oscar (1854–1900). –– VASSOS, John (1898–1985), arti...
Estimate: $150 - $250
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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).
