London: William Heinemann, 1913

Large 4to, pp. 43, 44 mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham protected by captioned tissue guards bound in at rear. Additional line drawings by Rackham throughout text. Original white cloth binding, lettered in gilt to front panel and spine, gilt vignette to front panel. Top edge gilt.Printed Rack-designed bookplate to front pastedown. Publisher's advertising postcard laid in. A little light browning to boards, but a very well preserved copy.

First edition. DELUXE ISSUE, NO. 27 OF 1030 COPIES SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. Introduction by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

Rackham was prevailed upon by Heinemann to publish this 'greatest hits' collection of past work, after sales of more highbrow Rackham-illustrated titles like The Rheingold (1910) and Siegfried (1911) had dipped alarmingly from the great success of Alice in Wonderland (1907). The artwork is here divided into six sections -- Of The Little People; Classic; Some Fairy Tales; Some Children; Grotesque & Fantastic; and Various.

The printed Rackham bookplate to the front pastedown does not appear in later printings of the book.