The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book: A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations

Undated; circa 1955. Large 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" design. Printed in Great Britain. Grey cloth boards, maroon cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear, rub, some sunning. Cover depicts stylized titles at center surrounded by witch on broomstick and smirking cat; impish goblin at spine surrounded by stars. Pages good, no writing. Illustrated endpapers in gold of Puss in Boots holding a rabbit with affirming king looking on. Includes an introduction by Arthur Rackham and illustrations. Eight color plates and b&w imagery, decoration throughout. Bind good, some cant; hinges intact. Scarce near very good charming example. From Rackham's preface: The illustrations are new and have never been published, though in the case of several stories this is not the first time that this has fallen to my lot to illustrate them in the thirty years that my work has led me through enchanted lands. Features twenty-three favorite fairy tales including: Hop-O' My Thumb; Dick Whittington; Jack and the Beanstalk; Beauty and the Beast; Henny-Penny; The Story of Sinbad the Sailor; Jack the Giant-Killer; The Ugly Duckling; The Princess and the Pea; Blue Beard; The Story of Aladdin, Or the Wonderful Lamp; The Sleeping Beauty; The Barmecide's Feast; Toads and Diamond; The Three Bears; Ali Baba; Cinderella; Puss in Boots; The Emperor's New Clothes; Rip Van Winkle; Little Red Riding-Hood; Hansel and Grethel; and, What the Old Man Does is Always Right. 287 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.…