Wilde, Oscar
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
£882
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Illustrated by Charles Robinson. London: Duckworth & Co., 1913. First Robinson edition, deluxe issue, one of 260 copies signed by the artist (of which 250 for sale), 4to, original japon gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 12 colour plates, mounted as issued, each with captioned tissue-guard, binding marked, flocking to japon on rear cover, cockling to rear pastedown
Provenance
From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association.