Oscar Wilde - The Happy Prince And Other Tales. Illustrated by Charles Robinson

Oscar Wilde - The Happy Prince And Other Tales. Illustrated by Charles Robinson - London - Duckworth & Co. - 1920 - [2e druk] - [124] pp - Linnen band met stofomslag - 13,5 x 19 cm.

Conditie: Goed - COMPLEET met het stofomslag (met slijtage, scheurtjes, wat roest. Kleine contemporaine naam vorige eig.). NET BOEK.

Vijf sprookjes van Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Geïllustreerd met zwart-wit tekeningen en 1 tipped-in plaat in kleur als frontispiece. Bevat: 1. The Happy Prince; 2. The Nightingale and The Rose; 3. The Selfish Giant; 4. The Devoted Friend; 5. The Remarkable Rocket.

¶ Gebonden UK editie (New Edition Crown 8vo) in linnen boekband met vergulde opdruk ("Stories" op de rug en op het stofomslag) en art nouveau schutbladen. Cf. Mason 324 voor de eerste 'New Edition, Crown 4to' (dus wat groter formaat dan deze octavo). Houfe p. 280-281:

"Charles Robinson (1870–1937) was a prolific British book illustrator, painter and decorator. He was the son of wood engraver Thomas Robinson. His brothers Thomas and William Heath Robinson also became illustrators. After his debut in The Studio he was commissioned to illustrate many Children's books such as Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses (1895), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1907), Grimm's Fairy Tales (1910) and Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden (1911). "His style was very decorative [...], partly inspired by the prints of Albrecht Dürer, partly by the Pré-Raphaelites [...]. But he was no copyist and his colouring and fantasy are often highly original [...]."