ARTHUR RACKHAM ~ ENGLISH FAIRY TALES, Retold by Flora Annie Steel, 1st/1st 1918

  Arthur Rackham ~ English Fairy Tales, Retold by Flora Annie Steel ~ 1st Edition / 1st Printing 1918 ~ First (England, British) Edition

 Publisher: The MacMillan & Co., London (1918)

Very rare British first edition from 1918 of ENGLISH FAIRY TALES, retold by Flora Annie Steel and illustrated by the iconic Arthur Rackham. ENGLISH FAIRY TALES contains stories from the prolific English writer, Flora Annie Steel. The edition is in excellent condition for its age and would add value to a collection of Arthur Rackham’s works. Original red cloth boards with gilt elf illustrations. Contains sixteen full-page color illustrations, plus 34 black-and-white text illustrations throughout the text. Forty-one fairy tales retold by F.A. Steel. 341 printed pages plus two pages of advertisements. The boards and binding are solid and tight with some slight fading to the spine and light overall shelf-wear. The pages are crisp and clean save for a very light stain in the top corner of text pages 1-15 and an occasional spot or two of light foxing on a few of the text pages.