The Ballad of Reading Gaol
München [Munich]: Drei Masken Verlages, Circa 1923. Limited Edition. SIGNED. 57pp. Quarto [28 cm] Parchment vellum boards, with a hubbed spine, gilt spine title, and single gilt ruled borders on the spine and boards. Top edge gilt. Patterned endpapers. Bound by Hübel & Denck in Leipzig. The front board is wavy. There is a previous owner's decorative bookplate on the front pastedown. The text is in English. Ritter C a 29. Very good. Item #56675
Woodcuts by Frans Masereel. This is one of the copies which have been numbered with Roman Numerals. Number XLVII of LXX (the copies numbered in Roman numerals forming part of an overall edition of 340 copies). Signed by Frans Masereel on the limitation page. Masereel has additionally signed the seven full-page woodcut illustrations within.
Price: $2,500.00