NMLP P-038544 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Oscar Wilde (published as 'C.3.3.') · Leonard Smithers, London · 1898

The first edition consists of 800 copies on Van Gelder handmade paper and a further 30 copies on Japanese vellum, 830 in all; the limitation note stating the number of copies printed appears on the reverse of the first leaf, and its presence is the primary first-edition point

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-038544 for "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde (published as 'C.3.3.') (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-038544, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).