RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, A Book of Old Favourites. London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1933.
8vo. Original pinkish-red cloth pictorially stamped in white and blue with a design of a witch, owl and cat, pictorial endpapers, top edges red, others untrimmed; pp. [vi], 7-286; 8 coloured plates, together with 60 black-and-white illustrations; a very bright and clean copy, internally and externally, with only very slight bruising to head and tail of spine and a few speckles to the endpapers.
First edition. Contains 23 of the most important and popular traditional fairy tales, including "Dick Whittington", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Aladdin", "The Princess and the Pea", "Puss In Boots", "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Hansel and Grethel" and "The Emperor's New Clothes".
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