Once Upon a Time: The Fairy Tale World of Arthur Rackham

A smart fourth printing of this beautifully illustrated work on the extraordinary popularity of English illustrator, Arthur Rackham. Fourth printing, originally published 1972. Illustrated with fifty-two full page images, many of which are in colour, and numerous in-text sketches. A collection of the reprinted works illustrated by Arthur Rackham, an English book illustrator recognised as one of the leading figures of the Golden Age of British book illustration. With titles including: Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, Seven Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, and many more. Edited by Margery Darrell, a British writer and antiquarian. In the original black cloth binding with gold paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and the odd small closed tear. Sympathetic repairs to the internal side made with paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Previous owner's embossed stamp to the title page. Near Fine.…