The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. A Book of Old Favourites

1933, First English Trade edition. 287pp. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 8 color illustrations on plates, with titled paper guards, and 60 b&w illustrations. Bound in full rust-colored cloth over boards, black lettering and decorations on the front and spine, light brown debossed decorations on front and spine, illustrated endpapers in sepia, colored frontis.

About this book This book includes the following stories and associated illustrations: "Hop-O'-My Thumb" (Perrault), "Dick Whittington" (Traditional English), "Jack and the Beanstalk" (ibid), "Beauty and the Beast" (Madame de Villeneuve), "Henny-Penny" (Traditional English), "The Story of Sindbad the Sailor" (The Arabian Nights), "Jack the Giant-Killer" (Traditional English), "The Ugly Duckling" (Hans Andersen), "The Princess and the Pea" (ibid), "Blue Beard" (Perrault), "The Story of Aladdin..." (The Arabian Nights), "The Sleeping Beauty" (Perrault), "The Barmecide's Feast" (The Arabian Nights), "Toads and Diamonds" (Perrault), "The Three Bears" (Southey), "Ali Baba" (The Arabian Nights), "Cinderella" (Perrault), "Puss in Boots" (ibid), "The Emperor's New Clothes" (Hans Andersen), "Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving), "Little Red Riding-Hood" (Perrault), "Hansel and Grethel" (Grimm), and "What the Old Man Does Is Always Right" (Hans Andersen).

Arthur Rackham (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939 ) was an English book illustrator. He is recognized as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolor, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. (Wikipedia)