Poems by Oscar Wilde. With the Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Methuen, 1928. Eighteenth Edition. Pp, 320, uncut. Bound in full polished calf boards by Bayntun, spine with raised bands, compartments

Poems by Oscar Wilde. With the Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Methuen, 1928. Eighteenth Edition. Pp, 320, uncut. Bound in full polished calf boards by Bayntun, spine with raised bands, compartments embilished in gilt; inner dentelles. A fine bright copy, handsomely bound by Bayntun.

Bayntun-Riviere is one of the last great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership, world-famous for its traditional hand-binding techniques.

Its bindings are highly sought after by collectors, often found on fine first editions of Dickens, Hardy, and Wilde.

Bayntun bindings represent the “classic English tradition” at its finest

in gilt inner dentelles & marbled endpapers. A fine bright copy, handsomely bound by Bayntun.

Bayntun-Riviere is one of the last great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership, world-famous for its traditional hand-binding techniques.

Its bindings are highly sought after by collectors, often found on fine first editions of Dickens, Hardy, and Wilde.

Bayntun bindings represent the “classic English tradition” at its finest