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Hardcover first edition - First American edition. A collection of fairy tales from the nations allied with Britain in The Great War - that is, World War I. illustrated with sixteen tipped in water color illustrations and a decorative line drawing on the title page of each story. Includes Snegorotchka from Russia, The Buried Moon from England, The Serpent Prince from Italy; The Hind of the Wood from France, White Caroline and Black Caroline from Flanders, The Fire Bird from Russia; Urashima Taro from Japan; The Story of the Bird Feng from China, and others. Large format. 173 pp. POOR condition in the original black and gold elaborately illustrated boards. The front cover is detached, but present, one tipped in plate is missing (p 159), some fraying and wear to the edges of the boards and the corners. Other than the missing plate the contents are very good - and this is a still appealing copy of a beautiful book at a reasonable price.

Reprint of the classic 1915 edition - done during the golden age of illustration.

This item has been rebacked at some point, the spine has been replaced entirely and new end papers added. The green boards with the black horse design is stained has some damp damage, the titles in gilt are still bright. There is some foxing to the prelims and a little spotting throughout and a there are a couple of closed tears to the a page or two. the colour plates are all extant and the text is clear and bright A Fair copy of a scarce book. scans on request.

New York: Doran, No date Ca 1924 1st US trade edition. large 4to (11.5 x 8.5 inches), Bound in full black cloth with full size black paper stamped in gilt. In generally good condition. Some rubbing to corners, spine lightly sunned with hinges a little split. A few faint scuffs on rear board. Small faint inscription on front endpaper. Some mild foxing and handling marks to pages, with a very faint odour, else a clean and tight copy. Plates clean and bright. 16 mounted colour plates and title page 174 pp. Chapter heads by another hand (FRB). Contents: Snegorotchak (Russian) / The Buried Moon (English) / White Caroline and Black Caroline (Flemish) / The Seven Conquerors of the Queen of the Mississippi (Belgian) / The Serpent Prince ( Italian) / The Hind of the Wood (French) / Ivan and the Chestnut Horse (Russian) / The Queen of the many-coloured Bedchamber (Irish) / The Blue bird (French) / Bashtchelik (or, Real Steel) (Serbian) / The Friar and the Boy (English) / The Green Serpent (French) / Urashima Taro ( Japanese) / The Fire Bird (Russian).

[nd], 1916. Illustrated by Dulac with frontispiece and 14 additional illustration plates, tipped in; all plates present. Cream cloth with black titling, decoration in black and baby blue. Cloth rubbed to edges with fraying to spine ends, light age-soil, spine a little dulled. Spine square. Binding cracked to mull at pages 88 and 105, but intact, and else sound. Small chip from top fore-edge corner of FFEP. Pages foxed; illustration plates bright. Text else free of markings.

First edition. Binding a bit loose. Foxing on some pages. Beautiful illustrated (tipped in).

. Hodder & Stoughton 1st limited edition, numbered 343/350, signed by Dulac on end paper, with colour plates, light fading to decoartive boards, light age toning to end papers & pages, rought cut pages, no markings, binding tight, very slight bow to cover, Professional booksellers since 1981�x

170 pp. Complete with color frontispiece and 14 tipped-in color plates. Folio, publisher's gilt-decorated cloth. First edition; No. 18 of 350 copies signed by Edmund Dulac. Hughey 47. The cloth is lightly dust-soiled but tight and sound. Pencil gift inscription on front free endpaper; and a bump at the top of the spine affects the inner marginal top corner throughout. The plates and text clean and fine.

"Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book. Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations" illustrated by Edmund Dulac. London, New York and Toronto: Hodder n& Stoughton, 1916 first UK edition, 15 tipped-in colour plates, occasional light spotting, original decorative cloth, in original publisher's dust jacket, spine faded with losses at ends, a few chips and tears to panel edges. Very rare Dulac title in original dustwrapper

1st 1916. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. De-luxe edition limited to only 350 signed and numbered copies. 15 glorious tipped-in colour plates mounted on vellum, each mount edged with gold. White cloth elaborately decorated with gilt to front cover and spine. Vellum endpapers. Deckled edges. 170 pages. 11.5 x 9". SIGNED by Dulac to verso of a free front endpaper. This is Copy No. 52. Spine and edges are browned. Bump to bottom of spine. Some grubby marks to cloth. Surface paper damage to front pastedown, where it appears that something has been removed (possibly a bookplate). Front endpaper has inscriptions in ink; one crossed out, with tape glue marks, where again it appears that something has been removed. Rear pastedown also has some surface paper damage. Edge tear to margin on one contents page. Some darkening and grubby margin marks to pages. All plates are present and beautifully bright. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

First edition. 4to. Tan cloth decorated in blue and black. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, which has a colour illustration on the upper cover. Housed in original card box. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. An excellent copy, extremely uncommon thus. Patterned endpapers, decorated title page and fifteen mounted colour plates. The fairy stories in this book originate from around the world and are accompanied by Dulac's drawings in deep, vibrant colours. Stories from the various allied nations, including "Snegorotchka", "Ivan and the Chestnut Horse", "Fire Bird"(Russia); "Urashima Taro" (Japan); "The Story of a Bird Feng" (China), plus various French, Irish and British tales.

A Very Fine Example of The Edition de Luxe [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book. Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1916]. Limited to 350 numbered copies (of which this is no. 88), signed by the artist. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 285 x 225 mm.). [11], [1, blank], 169, [1], [1, blank], [1, printer's imprint] pp. Fifteen color plates, mounted on Japanese vellum, framed with wide gilt bands and with descriptive letterpress in black. Original white cloth pictorially stamped in gilt and blue to form a design of two leaping horses and scroll frame for gilt lettering (reproducing the design on the title-page) on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Minimal browning to endpapers. An exceptionally fine copy. "The tales of this book, both written and illustrated by Dulac, were drawn from the folklore of Russia, England, Flanders, Belgium, Italy, France, Ireland, Serbia and Japan. Dulac was able to employ the full scope of his versatility in creating a national mood in each illustration. During this period of his work, Dulac had immersed himself in the artistic traditions of folklore. He was partly stimulated by his friendship with Yeats (whose interest in Celtic folklore was legendary) and partly awakened to ethnic themes by his 1913 cruise through the eastern Mediterranean. Also at this time he was influenced by his encounters with the Russian-born designer Léon Bakst and Bakst's stage work for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes" (Hughey). Hughey 47.

SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A beautiful copy SIGNED by Edmund Dulac. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL Vellum Cloth from the publisher. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards have minor discoloration and light wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A sharp copy SIGNED by Dulac of this edition of 350 copies printed. We buy SIGNED Dulac First Editions.