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

Philadelphia - New York: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1962. No date; circa 1962. Large 6" x 8 3/4" design. Printed and bound in Great Britain. Sharp grey cloth boards, crisp maroon cover and spine titles, fine. Cover depicts stylized titles at center surrounded by witch on broomstick and smirking cat; impish goblin at spine surrounded by stars. Pages fine; 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 fifty black & white illustrations throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Rare dust wrapper, fine; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Yellow wrapper front panel features Rackham color plate from Blue Beard by Perrault: "She took then the little key, and opened the door, trembling". A beautifully preserved bright volume in near fine original wrapper. 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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.