A House of Pomegranates by [KING, Jessie M] WILDE, Oscar

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A House of Pomegranates

London: Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1915

vi + 162pp illustrated with full colour title page and 16 further mounted illustrations in colour by Jessie M. King. Decorated end papers also by King as is the binding design. Royal blue cloth with orange decorative motifs and lettering. Rather faded on the spine, edges, top and base of spine and corners all worn. End papers slightly browned. Some scattered foxing to text pages. The book comprises four fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde and first published in 1891 Jessie M. King was made Tutor in Book Decoration and Design at Glasgow School of Art in 1899 and was influenced by Mackintosh's circle and European traditions of art nouveau. By 1911 she had moved to Paris and with her husband founded the Shieling Atelier. Preserved in glassine wrappers.

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