1916 Rare Book - EDMUND DULAC'S FAIRY BOOK - Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations
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Author : EDMUND DULAC
Title : EDMUND DULAC'S FAIRY BOOK Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations
Publisher : London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date (circa 1916). First thus..
Language : Text in English
Size : 11 " X 9 "
Pages : 173 pages
Binding : Good full decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Good content (bright, inner binding weak, rare foxing and staining)
Illustrations : Illustrated with with 15 colour plates by EDMUND DULAC.
The book : Rare edition of those illustrated Fairy tales by Edmund Dulac.
The author: Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac; October 22, 1882 – May 25, 1953) was a French-born, British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse he studied law but later turned to the study of art at 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.