The Happy Prince and Other Tales.

£7,800 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

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.

• Binding: Hardcover

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