A classic collection of English Fairy Tales, illustrated in colour by Arthur Rackham.
Flora Annie Steel (1847-1929) was the author of more than thirty
books, most of which were novels describing Anglo-Indian life
during the British Raj. She moved to India with her husband in 1867
and lived there for twenty-two years. Steel had a strong interest
in traditional Indian culture and folk tales, and was a
contemporary of John Lockwood Kipling, Rudyard Kipling's father,
with whom she worked to encourage local arts and crafts.
Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the leading figures from the
Golden Age of British book illustration. He had an ornate
pen-and-ink style, which was sometimes paired with subtle
watercolours, and many of his books were published as de luxe
limited editions. His reputation was founded after he illustrated
Washington Irving's Rip van Winkle in 1905, followed by Peter Pan
in Kensington Gardens for J. M. Barrie in 1906.
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