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. 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

Quarto: [x], 174 p. Original green cloth binding, with elaborate gilt-stamped designs and brown accents. In the scarce dust jacket, which features an Edmund Dulac color plate on the front panel. Near fine. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. "British artist Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) was among best-known illustrators of the "Golden Age of Children's Gift Books" during the early twentieth century. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and winning major prizes for his paintings, he returned to London in 1904 and began his meteoric rise as illustrator of luxury picture books, adapting his skill at pen and ink drawing, watercolor and gouache to new developments in color offset printing technology. Originally published in 1916 during the darkest days of the Great War (First World War: 1914-1916), Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book is one of the last examples of this category of high-end publishing, as wartime rationing severely restricted the availability of paper for civilian use. One can only speculate that Dulac's book was given special consideration because of its patriotic focus in presenting a selection of tales representing the Allied nations fighting alongside Great Britain, including France, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Japan, and China. (Conspicuously absent are any familiar tales from Germany and the other Central Powers!) Dulac adapted his own texts, clearly with an eye for describing settings and details that he would highlight in his illustrations. The sixteen tipped-in color plates, each measuring approximately 15 x 13 cm., demonstrate through the different styles he employs his keen interest in the folklore and folk art of each country. For example, his illustration to the Chinese tale "The Story of the Bird Feng" takes the form of a Chinese fan. The Japanese tale "Urashima Taro" is represented by a subtle watercolor clearly influenced by Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Perhaps most spectacular of all are the illustrations for the Russian tales "Ivan and the Chestnut Horse" and "The Fire Bird," both of which owe a debt to Leon Bakst's opulent stage designs for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes productions" (Minneapolis College of Art and Design).

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!

A charming and very special book, as a first limited signed edition, illustrated by Edmund Dulac. A hope for a war-torn world, The Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations. This copy is one of only 350 of the first, limited, signed edition run of 1916, with Edmund Dulac's signature crisp and clear under the numeration. This scarce edition was issued by prior subscription, by Hodder & Stoughton in London. Extensively gilt decorated quarto volume, in recent white buckram gilt boards, new endpapers front and rear. Tight and sound. Bright copy, in near fine condition internally and externally, complete, with perfect lithographs. Overseas postage may be increased.

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.