WILDE, Oscar; CRANE, Walter & HOOD, Jacomb (illustrators).

The Happy Prince and Other Tales.

Name: The Happy Prince and Other Tales.
Brand: WILDE, Oscar; CRANE, Walter & HOOD, Jacomb (illustrators).
SKU: 122321
Price: 10764.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Stock Code 122321

London, David Nutt, 1888.

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A particularly good copy of the first appearance of five of Wilde's classic fairy tales for children, comprising: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket.

First edition, one of 1000 copies; large 8vo (230 x 175 mm); half-title, frontispiece and 2 plates by Walter Crane, decorative head- and tail-pieces, occasional spotting (heaviest to half-title), tissue guard to frontispiece, short closed tear to front free endpaper, small loss to upper margin of p. 51 not affecting text, auctioneers slip laid in; publisher's Japanese vellum boards, spine lettered in black and lightly rubbed, upper cover printed in red and black with illustration by Jacomb Hood, boards toned, a few small marks on lower cover, corners gently bumped, some edges unopened, in a chemise and green morocco-backed slipcase; [x], 116, [2]pp.

Mason 313.

Provenance

Provenance: Geering & Colyer Auctioneer (26 November 1974, lot 546).

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