The Ballad of Reading Gaol [SIGNED COPY OF LIMITED EDITION WITH SEVEN SIGNED ORIGINAL FULL PAGE WOODCUTS]
Munich: Drei Masken Verlag, 1923. Limited edition. Hardcover. Numbered XLVIII of LXX. Signed Frans Masereel on limitation page and seven original woodcuts. Quarto. 57 (8)pp. Original full vellum with gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering and ruling on spine; raised bands. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. Printed on behalf of the Drei Masken Verlag as the eleventh Obelisk-Druck at the Mandruck AG, Munich. The woodcuts by Frans Masereel were done in the spring of 1923 and printed from the original woodblocks for this . edition. This is edition A, numbered I-LXX, was printed to handmade laid paper. Edition B was numbered 1-250. Illustrated with seven original full page woodcuts and numerous thumbnail woodcuts throughout the text. Covers lightly bent outwards with minor blemishes, interior in fine condition. Near fine to find condition. Item #50559
Price: $3,250.00