Specifically, Crane illustrated the full-page plates (including the frontispiece), and Hood created the in-text illustrations for the chapter headings and the front cover. This volume is beautifully illustrated in black and white by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood. The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of fairy tales and fables, including "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket." Although they are primarily geared toward children, the stories in this volume are laden with Wilde's signature wit and have a melancholy and sometimes sarcastic undertone. Overall, a lovely and unsophisticated copy of an extremely fragile book. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two. The Happy Prince and Other Tales was first published in 1888 by Alfred Nutt and is illustrated throughout. An excellent copy, with some light rubbing to the extremities, minor toning to the spine, a few tiny chips to the spine head, a few spots of light soiling to the otherwise bright boards, minor crease to the rear board, tiny split to the paper hinge inside the front cover, otherwise tight and sturdy binding with bright and clean pages. High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. Paper covered boards, with an illustration by Hood to the front board in black, decoratively lettered in red. London: David Nutt, 1888 Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood.
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