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

182 High Holborn, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1939. Early printing; january 1939. Large 6 1/4" x 9" design. Matches first edition in design and layout and preserved in scarce good wrapper. Red cloth boards, black embossed cover titles, yellow-orange silhouette cover and spine design, moderate shelf wear, bump. Cover depicts large owl at center surrounded by witch on broomstick and smirking cat; impish goblin at spine surrounded by black stars. Pages near very good. Vintage inscription at front endpaper: "To Andrea, with love from Ron, 1942". Illustrated endpapers in gold of Puss in Boots holding a rabbit with affirming king looking on; some toning. Includes an introduction by Arthur Rackham and illustrations. Eight color plates and full-page b&w imagery and decoration throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Solid charming rarity w/imagery throughout. 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. Made in Great Britain and Printed by Jerrold & Sons, Limited, Norwich. 287 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.