The Happy Prince and Other Tales

The London David Nutt edition of May 1888 is the true first, and both its issues are collected: the 1,000-copy trade issue and the 75-copy large-paper issue signed by Wilde and Nutt. The first American edition is Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1888, in publisher's grey cloth lettered and decorated in red with floral-patterned endpapers, in a smaller format than the London issue and using the same illustrations; at least one ILAB dealer describes it as simultaneous rather than subsequent, so the census claim that "US editions follow" is not established — treat Roberts Brothers 1888 as the first American edition of disputed precedence, and Nutt London as the recognised first.