Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life
By Wilde, Oscar
Original printed wrappers (soft cover). 16 pages. First edition in booklet form of Wilde's letter about the Warder Martin case- Martin had been dismissed as warder at Reading Prison for having shown kindness and giving food to a hungry child prisoner. Includes a typed 1932 sales receipt from Richard S. Wormser, Rare Books, New York with the sales price of $8.50. Also included is a typed SIGNED letter from Rupert Hart-Davis, to the previous owner requestiong original Wilde letters. Hart-Davis was the editor of the First Collected Edition of the Letters of Oscar Wilde. An exceptional copy of a fragile and scarce item. MASON/MILLARD 26 Size: 12mo
Published by: Murdoch & Co., London, 1898
Vendor: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers
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By Wilde, Oscar
Original printed wrappers (soft cover). 16 pages. First edition in booklet form of Wilde's letter about the Warder Martin case- Martin had been dismissed as warder at Reading Prison for having shown kindness and giving food to a hungry child prisoner. Includes a typed 1932 sales receipt from Richard S. Wormser, Rare Books, New York with the sales price of $8.50. Also included is a typed SIGNED letter from Rupert Hart-Davis, to the previous owner requestiong original Wilde letters. Hart-Davis was the editor of the First Collected Edition of the Letters of Oscar Wilde. An exceptional copy of a fragile and scarce item. MASON/MILLARD 26 Size: 12mo
Published by: Murdoch & Co., London, 1898
Vendor: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers
