London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1919]. Later edition. Publisher's Russet cloth, front cover and spine pictorially stamped in gilt and blue, plain cream end-papers. Inner front hinge slightly cracked but sound. Neat ink inscription and date (1920) on front paste-down. Original pictorial dust jacket with a duplicate of one of the color plates pasted onto the front panel. Title-page printed in red and black. Fifty color plates, including frontispiece mounted on cream paper with captioned tissue guards. A near fine copy of this full-size reprint in the original pictorial dust jacket.

"Stories from the Arabian Nights is Dulac's most important book…The first printing in England in October was so sought after that a second printing had to be run in November to provide books to sell at the Leicester Galleries' November-December showing of Dulac's work…This exhibit started Dulac's lengthy relationship with the Leicester Galleries and also with Hodder and Stoughton who henceforth published each year a book with his pictures, thereby solidifying his reputation as an illustrator" (Hughey). The present is a later version, but retaining the beautiful artwork that made the title famous.

Hughey 16v. (Item #3622)