BLUEBEARD AND OTHER MYSTERIOUS MEN WITH EVEN STRANGER FACIAL HAIR. ORIGINS OF FAIRY TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. by Carruthers, Amelia - 2015

Alcester, Warwickshire: Pook Press, 2015. 112 pp, 10" H. Colour and b&w illustrations by artists of the Golden Age of book illustration, including Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Walter Crane, W. Heath Robinson, Margaret Tarrant, Harry Clarke and others. "Contains seven different versions of the story of Bluebeard. It includes an in-depth introduction to the fairy tale genre itself, as well as the folkloric provenance of the 'Bluebeard' story. It encompasses folk tales such as 'La Barbe Bleue' by Charles Perrault, 'Fitcher's Bird' by the Brothers Grimm, Joseph Jacob's 'Mr. Fox', the Indian Legend of 'The Brahman Girl who Married a Tiger' and the tale of Prince Agib from 'Arabian Nights." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright.. Not Signed. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, W. Heath Robinson, Walter Crane, Harry Clarke, Jennie Harbour, Margaret Tarrant, Gustave Dore, A.H. Watson, R. Heighway, Joseph E. Southall, et al. .