Ballade de la Geole de Reading / The Ballad of Reading Gaol Agatha Christie 494 line 1 (not present)

494 line 1 (not present)

in burlesque or surprise

there is some foxing and tanning to pages

Now that I have finished it I am grateful to them

Ballade de la Geole de Reading / The Ballad of Reading Gaol Agatha Christie 494 line 1 (not present)Ballade de la Geole de Reading, by Oscar Wilde. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1946. Limited Edition of 1900, this is copy number 183. Smartly, but amateurishly, rebound in full leather with intricate blind embossing to boards to resemble the walls of a prison cell. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges are uncut. Gilt title to spine. Silk endpapers. Copper plate etching frontispiece. Text printed in two colours with English text in read and French text in