[DOLE, NATHAN HASKELL (trans.)]. The Russian Fairy Book. London: Grant Richards, 1908.
FIRST UK EDITION. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (23.5 x 16.5 x 3 cm); pp. [8], 126. English text translated by Nathan Haskell Dole, with 16 colour plates throughout by Ivan Bilibin. Bound in publisher's decorative cloth; fore-edge and bottom edge unevenly cut; pictorial endpapers; half-title; frontispiece with tissue guard; decorative initials. Condition: GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square. Covers moderately marked and the spine ends slightly bumped. Contents complete and largely well-preserved with a few sporadic fox spots. Discrete previous owner name neatly inked to half-title page. Scarce.
Notes: Rare first UK edition of a collection of Russian fairy tales illustrated with 16 stunning colour plates by Ivan Bilibin. The tales include: Vasilisa the Beauty, The Bright-Hawk's Feather, Ivan and the Gray Wolf, Little Sister and Little Brother, The White Duckling, Marya Morevna, and The Frog-Queen. Scarce in any condition.
