The Happy Prince and Other Tales. From the Library of Charlie Watts

1889 2nd edition. Cream paper covered boards, red titles and black illustration to front, black titles to spine. B/w illustrations by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood, including frontis. with tissue guard. Contents: The Happy Prince; The Nightingale and the Rose; The Selfish Giant; The Devoted Friend; The Remarkable Rocket. Condition: Very Good. Rubbing and stains to boards, spine browned. Feps browned. Light scattered foxing. No inscriptions. Binding firm. Now in removable transparent film. Size: 9x7in / 23x18cm. 116pp. Weight: 455g. Provenance: From the library of Charlie Watts. Exeter May 2026 Auction. ‘Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood are proud and delighted to have been entrusted with the sale of the Collection of the Late Charlie and Shirley Watts. The drummer of the greatest Rock and Roll band and the love of his life, the talented horse breeder and sculptress Shirley chose Devonshire as their retreat - and it was at Halsdon House, near the village of Dolton that they lived out their lives together in rural happiness… Watts was an incorrigible bibliophile and Christie’s have already held two remarkable sales of some of his most desirable tomes - famously successful auctions of Literature and Jazz, which they described as “a fitting tribute to the exquisite taste of the legendary Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts”.’.…