Tanglewood Tales. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton [1918]. First Edition Thus. Contents in nice bright condition. Publisher’s pictorial cloth boards. A nice bright copy.

Beautifully illustrated edition with 14 full-colour tipped-in plates by Edmund Dulac.

Re-telling of six Greek Myths by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Minotaur; The Pygmies; The Dragon’s Teeth; Circe’s Palace; The Pomegranate Seeds; The Golden Fleece.

Edmund Dulac was born in Toulouse, France. His artistic talent manifested itself early and drawings exist from his early teens. Many of these early efforts are watercolours, a medium he would prefer through most of his life.