1919 Rare Binding - Stories from the Arabian Nights by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.

 

(Description)

Author: Laurence Housman. Illustrated By Edmund Dulac.
Title: Stories from the Arabian Nights.
Publisher:  New York & London, Hodder and Stoughton, no date (1919). Later edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8" X 6.5".
Pages: Unpaginated.
Binding: Attractive and very good original illustrated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown, scarce with this binding variant's illustration) under a protective removable mylar cover. A beautiful binding!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, gift note of a previous 1921 owner on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the 20 Edmund Dulac plates tipped in and 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 1919 edition of Dulac's illustration for the Stories from the Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Housman. Those enchanting stories, including Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, and Aladdin are wonderfully illustrated by Edmund Dulac!

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.