[Lynd Ward | Signed] The Ballad of Reading Gaol E-List 12 Rubbing to edges and joints

Rubbing to edges and joints

and she set up her bindery in his rooms at 29 Gilbert Street when he moved out to Ewell in 1902

A beautiful example of "extra binding" from the Roycroft Shop

" Presentation copy from Henry Van Dyke to Charles W

Printed on Aldwych handmade paper

[Lynd Ward | Signed] The Ballad of Reading Gaol E-List 12 Rubbing to edges and jointsWilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. New York: Macy Masius The Vanguard Press, 1928. Composition and presswork by the Marchbanks Press. Limited to 2000 copies. Full page illustrations and page decorations in mezzotint by Lynd Ward; his first fine press book. With a somewhat ironic inscription from Ward opposite the title page: "With a special inscription because this is the first book. Lynd Ward". Bound in full black morocco with title in gilt to