The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Charles Robinson Easter

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Charles Robinson EasterThe Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Charles Robinson, published by Duckworth & Co. London,1913. First colour illustrated edition. A near fine copy in the original purple cloth and with the scarce original dustwrapper that has 3 cm closed tear to front panel, 2cm chip to wrapper at top edge of rear panel, otherwise a very nice copy indeed. The only copy in wrapper we have had of this title and currently no other copies for sale thus.

Kate Hepburn has coloured many of the images within Through a Looking Glass Darkly

Bound in a fine woven midnight blue silk cloth with top edge hand decorated in silver by  top English book bindery Shepherd’s of London

Created using non digital printing techniques and presented in a cream card mount

the elaborately decorated gilded cloth cover was so expensive to produce

published by Duckworth & Co

If you are able to source a first edition of the original

London 1913

Charbonnel et Walker and the  'Alice Through The Looking Glass'gift box

All of these elements are set off beautifully by the greyish-blue tones of the background colour

we have recreated the original to the highest specifications

'Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There' by Lewis Carroll

Spine lettering bright