[Lynd Ward | Signed] The Ballad of Reading Gaol E-List 12 original initial designs that don't

original initial designs that don't seem to reference other presses of the period

" Presentation copy from Henry Van Dyke to Charles W

A Modern Specimen of Parchment

Lawrence [Laurence] Housman

Printed on Aldwych handmade paper

[Lynd Ward | Signed] The Ballad of Reading Gaol E-List 12 original initial designs that don'tWilde, 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