The Importance of Being Oscar. Lily and Hodge and Dr. Johnson.
[ London: ]: The Primrose Academy, 1998. One of 225 copies designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press for the Primrose Academy. Signed on the colophon by the illustrator. Fifty or so engravings (mostly of cats). Printed on Zerkall mold-made paper with text in black, light brown, and light blue. A fine copy in the cream-colored paper slipcase. Quarter charcoal cloth over boards printed in blue with a cat pattern. Gilt spine title (“Oscar, Lily and Hodge”). Small quarto. Unpaginated. Item #17072
A deluxe combined edition of two books illustrated by Yvonne Skargon. The Appearance of Being Oscar, a collection of quotes by Oscar Wilde, first appeared in 1988; Lily and Hodge and Dr. Johnson first appeared in 1991.
Price: $300.00