4to, number of 448 of 500 copies signed by the artist, 16 coloured plates and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham, original pictorial vellum gilt, top edge gilt, preserved in a red velvet and cloth slipcase, occasional minor spotting and browning, lower board with soiling and large scratch

Riall p. 132

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Published in the shadow of the World War, F. A. Steel's retelling of forty-one fairy tales are both familiar and fantastical. Particularly delightful is Rackham's illustration for the story of the three bears, in which he places a painting by his wife, the artist Edith Starkie, in the background. See Lot 309.