672. Wilde (Oscar) A House of Pomegranates, first edition , [one of 1000 copies], 4 plates by Charles H.Shannon, woodcut title, decorations and patterned endpapers by Charles Ricketts, original cloth comprising green spine and off-white covers decorated in red & gilt, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed at lower corners, darkened at upper fore-corners, [Mason 347], small 4to, 1891.
est. £450 – £650
“Mr. Shannon is the drawer of dreams, and Mr. Ricketts is the subtle and fantastic decorator.” Oscar Wilde, in letter to The Speaker, December 5 1891, in defense & praise of this publication.
This is one of Ricketts & Shannon’s early collaborations, before they went on to form the Vale Press in 1896.