The Works of Oscar Wilde. Illustrated by Donia Nachshen. London: Collins, [1931]. Pp 480. Thick 8vo. Finely bound in half dark green morocco, marbled boards, spine compartments ruled in gilt with gilt title and motif’s. A fine copy, handsomely bound.

Comprising The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime & other Stories, A House of Pomegranates and The Happy Prince and other Tales.

Donia Nachshen (1903–1987) was a Ukrainian-born British book illustrator and poster artist, best known today for her wartime poster designs for the British government. She continued illustrating during and after the war, working on Russian literature for publishers like Constable and Lindsay Drummond, often using scraperboard for dramatic, woodcut-like effects.

An ideal gift edition