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Lot 139

WILDE (OSCAR)
The Happy Prince and Other Tales, FIRST EDITION, David Nutt, 1888

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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WILDE (OSCAR)

The Happy Prince and Other Tales, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 3 plates by Walter Crane, and Jacomb Hood, decorative head- and tail-pieces, light spotting, publisher's Japanese vellum boards, upper cover printed in red and black with illustration by Jacomb Hood [Mason 313], small 4to, David Nutt, 1888

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One thousand copies were printed of this first edition, in which five stories for children appeared for the first time. It includes 'The Happy Prince', 'The Nightingale and the Rose', 'The Selfish Giant', 'The Devoted Friend', and 'The Remarkable Rocket'.

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