The Allies' Fairy Book with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham [Signed, Limited Edition]

London - Philadelphia: William Heinemann - J. B. Lippincott Co., 1916. Signed by Arthur Rackham at limitation page: "This Edition is limited to five hundred and twenty-five copies of which five hundred are for sale. This is No. '165.' 'Arthur Rackham.'" Measures apprx. 7 3/4" x 10"; significantly larger design than trade edition. Fine, dark blue cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles with vignettes, moderate shelf, edge wear, rub, toning. Cover depicts two whimsical elfin characters, one appearing more benevolent, the other mischievous. Spine titles with vignette; Heinemann at heel of spine. Rough-cut, thick deckled pages, very good, clean; some varying toning. Elfin illustrated endpapers with moderate toning. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Includes a dozen richly detailed color plates by Arthur Rackham mounted on heavy stock matte leaves with captioned tissue guards adjacent. Two dozen with full page b&w designs; partial-page imagery, headers, and tailpieces also by Rackham throughout. Rare near very good limited and signed edition. Classic tales include: "English tale, Jack the Giant Killer; Scotch tale, The Battle of the Birds; Welsh tale, Lludd and Llevelys; Irish tale, Guleesh; French tale, The Sleeping Beauty; Italian tale, Cesarino and the Dragon; Portuguese tale, What Came of Picking Flowers; Japanese tales, The Adventures of the Little Peachling, The Fox's Wedding, and, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow; Russian tale, Frost; a Serbian tale, The Golden Apple-Tree and the Nine Peahens; and finally, The Last Adventure of Thyl Ulenspiegel, a Belgian tale." Printed in Great Britain at The Complete Press, West Norwood, London. 121 pages. Insured post.. Signed by Artist. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.