1911 First Edition - Ali Baba and Other Stories from the Arabian Nights by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.

 

(Description)

Author: Laurence Housman. Illustrated By Edmund Dulac.
Title: Ali Baba and Other Stories from the Arabian Nights.
Publisher:  London, New York , Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. First edition in this format.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8" X 6".
Pages: Unpaginated.
Binding: Attractive and very good original gilt illustrated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown, scarce with this binding variant) under a protective removable mylar cover. A beautiful binding!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining mainly on the title page - as shown, gift note of a previous owner on the half-title page - as shown, toning of endpapers - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the 12 Edmund Dulac plates protected by tissue guards.

Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies with this illustrated binding variant for sale worldwide).

The book: Rare and Nice Hodder and Stoughton 1911 edition of Dulac's illustration for Ali Baba and Other Stories from the Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Housman. Edmund Dulac wonderfully illustrates those enchanting stories!

The illustrator: Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac; October 22, 1882 – May 25, 1953) was a French-born, British naturalized magazine illustrator, book illustrator, and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse he studied law but later turned to the study of art the École des Beaux-Arts. He moved to London early in the 20th century and in 1905 received his first commission to illustrate the novels of the Brontë Sisters. During World War I, Dulac produced relief books, and when after the war the deluxe children's book market shrank he turned to magazine illustrations among other ventures. He designed banknotes during World War II and postage stamps, most notably those that heralded the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.