WILDE (OSCAR) The Happy Prince, and Other Tales, FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES], half-title, frontispiece and 2 plates by Walter Crane, decorative head- and tail-pieces, tissue guard for frontispiece, occasional spotting (heavier on half-title and blanks), publisher's Japanese vellum boards, upper cover printed in red and black with illustration by Jacomb Hood, age-soiling [Mason 313], small 4to, David Nutt, 1888 The first appearance of five of Wilde's classic fairy tales for children, comprising: 'The Happy Prince', 'The Nightingale and the Rose', 'The Selfish Giant', 'The Devoted Friend', and 'The Remarkable Rocket'. Provenance: Seward Brice, bookplate; Alan Pryce-Jones (1908–2000); by descent to the present owner.