Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pit of Shame: The Real Ballad of Reading Gaol This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Language: English
Published by Pelham Books, London, 1973
ISBN 10: 0720706386 ISBN 13: 9780720706383
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Anthony, Martyn (illustrator). Pages are clean and unmarked. Former owner's name crossed out on front free end paper. Cover corners and edges are unmarred. Binding is tight. 96pp.
Language: English
Published by Waterside Press 31/05/2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1904380212 ISBN 13: 9781904380214
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Foreword Theodore Dalrymple, B/W Illustrations.
Language: English
Published by University of California Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0520023439 ISBN 13: 9780520023437
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover with DJ. Light blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine. Blue and grey DJ with black lettering. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1974. 295 pages. Very good condition. Covers clean and square. DJ whole but rubbed at edges. Binding strong. Pages bright and clean.
Published by Dialogue Foundation
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good - Cash. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. The book is in great condition! Previous owner's name(s) inside. The text has underlining and/or notations. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Language: English
Published by Paris Review, NY, 2021
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. LlyLiya Kavakov, Anthony Haden-Fuest, Kenneth Noland, Karen Wilkin (illustrator). 1st. 242 clean, unmarked pages+contributors and ads; literary journal with items by/about: Art of Fiction interview with José Saramago (No. 155) and an Art of Poetry interview with Charles Tomlinson (No. 78; Fiction (Jon Billman, Robert Coover, Michael Jacot, Julie Orringer); Chronicle by Annie Dillard; Cathrael Kazin (Memories of my Father); poetry (George Bradley, Matthew Greenfield, Beth Gylys, David St. John, Susan Kinsolving, John Latta, Eric LeMay, Kim Mattson, Anne McCarty, Honor Moore, Joan Murray, Mary Jane Nealon, Jacqueline Osherow, George Jay O'Leary, Christopher Patton, John Reibetanz, Sherod Santos, Reginald Shepherd, Roderick Townley, William Wadsworth, David Wagoner, V.S.M. Wang, and Elizabeth Weaver.) interview with Russian artist Ilya Kabakov.
Language: English
Published by Poetry Book Society, London, 1972
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine in wrappers with slight wear.
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: New. Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol, his last work for publication in 1898 is known the world over for its insight and telling phrases, such as 'bricks of shame', 'souls in pain' and 'that little tent of blue, that prisoners call the sky'. Possibly the greatest and most influential artistic work in terms of penal reform and conveying to outsiders the soul desolate nature and experience of imprisonment, the ballad crystalises the degradation, isolation, fear, introspection and sense of loss involved.This new book also looks at the ballad from a fresh perspective: that of a serving prison officer who has spent a substantial part of his career inside the very prison that Wilde wrote about - noting on a daily basis connections between its fabric, the prison system and the ballad as well as with the town of Reading. The result is a fine work that casts new light on Wilde's incarceration, suggests a number of fresh explanations for some lines of the ballad and puts forward an until now unpublished explanation as to why Reading was chosen for Wilde. Indicative of this approach, Anthony Stokes explains why even C.3.3 is not what it seems, why certain lines in the ballad have been misunderstood by 'experts' given the context and times.But Anthony Stoke's book is much more than this. Based on minute research over more than ten years it traces the history of "Reading Gaol" from early times to the present day, dealing with its role as a bridewell, local prison and today one that carries out ground-breaking work with young offenders. There are also chapters on its use as a place of internment for Irish Republicans in the wake of the Easter Rising, as a top secret Correctional Centre for Canadian troops serving in England during World War II, escape attempts, riots and the executions that took place at Reading over the years including during the time when James Marwood (the inventor of the 'long drop') officiated; much of this based on official records and Execution Log. There are also notes on other interesting prisoners ranging from the notorious Reading baby farmer Amelia Dyer to the Hollywood TV and movie actor, Stacey Keach.But above all it is Oscar Wilde and the "Ballad of Reading Goal" that permeate and inform this book as the author seeks to combine information about the prison with frequently telling explanations that all too often converge with the more universal nerve that was touched upon by one of England's greatest creative minds - making "Pit of Shame" a book for every Wilde afficionado, penal reformer and student of English literature.With a special 16 page collection of illustrations charting life in "Reading Gaol" and of some of its prisoners.
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Published by PCKET, 1944
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Language: English
Published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2018
ISBN 10: 137954002X ISBN 13: 9781379540021
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Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions 4/18/2018, 2018
ISBN 10: 137954002X ISBN 13: 9781379540021
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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. A View of the Constitution of the British Colonies, in North-America and the West Indies, at the Time the Civil war Broke out on the Continent of Amer. Book.
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 7/18/2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1019984074 ISBN 13: 9781019984079
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. A View of the Constitution of the British Colonies in North-America and the West Indies at the Time the Civil War Broke Out On the Continent of Americ. Book.
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Published by New York: The Ecco Press, 1972
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 168pp, printed wrappers. Issue includes interviews with Borges and Neruda, work by Mark Strand, C.P. Cavafy, other prime content. Unmarked copy, light wear and spotting. Not Signed.
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Language: English
Published by Gale, Sabin Americana 2/22/2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 1275812996 ISBN 13: 9781275812994
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A view of the constitution of the British colonies, in North America and the West Indies, at the time the civil war broke out on the continent of Amer. Book.
Language: English
Published by Gale ECCO, Print Editions 2010-05, 2010
ISBN 10: 1140915460 ISBN 13: 9781140915461
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Language: English
Published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2010
ISBN 10: 1140915460 ISBN 13: 9781140915461
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Language: English
Published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2018
ISBN 10: 137954002X ISBN 13: 9781379540021
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Language: English
Published by Dawsons Of Pall Mall, 1969
ISBN 10: 0712903461 ISBN 13: 9780712903462
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Add to basketCondition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:0712903461.