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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.

first edition 1916 hardcover in good condition, Illustrated by Dulac with frontispiece and 13 additional illustration plates, tipped in; all plates are present but one. Cloth rubbed to edges, some discoloration, some foxing, 170 pages.

[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.

1st US trade edition, large 4to (8 1/2" x 11 1/2"), full black cloth with full size black paper stamped in gilt. Hughey 47e. 1927 gift inscription to front free endpaper. 16 mounted color plates and title page (same design as cover) by Dulac. Chapter heads by another hand (FRB). The jacket art repeats the cover design but now with brown ink on tan paper and quite appealing. Titles in black. Fine in near fine, unclipped jacket with minor wear and a couple small tears to the rear jacket panel.

. 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