Lot 311
  • 311

Wilde, Oscar

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Wilde, Oscar
  • The Happy Prince and other Tales. London: Duckworth and co., 1913
  • paper
4to (290 x 295mm.), 12 coloured plates and other illustrations by Charles Robinson, no.82 of 260 copies numbered and signed by the artist, original pictorial parchment bevelled boards gilt, top edge gilt, decorated endpapers, minor wear to edges of boards

Condition

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Catalogue Note

A fine copy of the new, reset edition of Wilde's classic collection of children's stories, with illustrations by Charles Robinson.