A House of Pomegranates -
Oscar Wilde, Charles Ricketts & C. H. Shannon (illustrators)
1891 - James R. Osgood, London - First Edition, Limited to 1, 000 copies
A suitably bound first edition of Oscar Wilde’s second collection of fabulous fairy tales: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and His Soul, and The Star-Child.
Sumptuously art-nouveau, with designs and illustrations by Charles Ricketts and his lifetime partner Charles Shannon. The four tinted plates by Shannon, which were printed separately in Paris, faded due to the application of soft flannel to each copy by the printer {see below for more on this].  More Details
Price: HK$ 8,000 |
