WILDE (OSCAR) [WILDE (OSCAR)] The Ballad of Reading Gaol By C.E.E., FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 800 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER, Leonard Smithers, 1898 — WILDE (OSCAR) [WILDE (OSCAR)] The Ballad of Reading Gaol By C.E.E., FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 800 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER, Leonard Smithers, 1898

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Estimate: £600–£800 hammer ≈ $764–$1,018
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts including a Nobel Prize for Penicillin, London, Knightsbridge · 21 June 2023
Record ID: TB-2026-487498
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Wilde, WILDE (OSCAR) [WILDE (OSCAR)] The Ballad of Reading Gaol By C.E.E., FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 800 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER, Leonard Smithers, 1898. Bonhams, 21 Jun 2023, lot 157. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-487498.

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Wilde, WILDE (OSCAR) [WILDE (OSCAR)] The Ballad of Reading Gaol By C.E.E., FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 800 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER, Leonard Smithers, 1898. Bonhams, 21 Jun 2023, lot 157. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-487498.

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