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HARRY CLARKE 'And the dead robed in red and sea-lilies overhead away when the long winds blow.' Illustration to The Dying Patriot by James Elroy Flecker from The Year's at the Spring, an anthology of poems compiled by Lettice D'O. Walters (Harrap, 1920)

HARRY CLARKE 'I am born of a thousand storms, and grey with rushing rains.' Illustration to All is Spirit and Part of Me by L. D'O. Walters from The Year's at the Spring, an anthology of poems compiled by Lettice D'O. Walters (Harrap, 1920)

HARRY CLARKE 'Methinks a million fools in choir/ Are raving and will never tire.' From Faust by J. W. von Goethe, translated by John Anster (Harrap, 1921)

HARRY CLARKE 'Is there anything in my poor power to serve you?' From Faust by J. W. von Goethe, translated by John Anster (Harrap, 1921) linky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Clarke

VERNON HILL On passing to an open space we came. Where flared a raging fire, and one within Burned, and in flickering flame writhed too and fro, Around him spirits danced in furious glee. Illustration to Canto viii, The New Inferno by Stephen Phillips (John Lane, 1911) linky: http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/12/01/december-and-vernon-hill/

KAY NIELSEN 'This good fairy placed her own baby in the cradle of roses and gave command to the zephyrs to carry him to the tower.' Illustration to Felicia from In Powder and Crinoline, Old Fairy Tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913)

KAY NIELSEN ' " Your soul - ! My soul - !" they kept saying in hollow tones, according as they won or lost.' Illustration to John and the Ghosts from In Powder and Crinoline, Old Fairy Tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913)

KAY NIELSEN 'And this time she whisked off the wig, and there lay the lad, so lovely, and white and red, just as the Princess had seen him in the morning sun' Illustration for The Widow's Son from East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales of the North by P.C. Asbjornsen and J.I. Moe (Hodder & Stoughton, 1914) linky: http://nielsen.artpassions.net/

EDMUND DULAC 'The cup of wine which she gives him each night contains a sleeping draft' Original illustration to The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles from Stories from the Arabian Nights, retold by Lawrence Housman ( Hodder & Stoughton, 1913)

EDMUND DULAC 'The Princess burns the Elfrite to death', original for illustration to The Story of the Three Calendars from Sinbad the Sailor and other stories from the Arabian Nights (Hodder & Stoughton, 1914)

EDMUND DULAC Original watercolour for frontispiece illustration to Princess Badoura, A tale from the Arabian Nights, retold by Lawrence Housman ( Hodder & Stoughton, 1913)

Thanks for posting. These are great! (thumbs u Thanks - it's just a gesture of appreciation to the posters in this thread.

EDMUND DULAC ' "It is gold, it is gold" they cried' Original watercolour for The Snow Queen in Stories from Hans Anderson (Hodder & Stoughton, 1911) wonderful linky: http://dulac.artpassions.net/

RENE BULL Ah Love! could thou and I with fate conspire To grasp this sorry scheme of Things entire, Would not w shatter it to bits - and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire. From Quatrain L X XII of The Ruba'iyat of Omar Kayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913)

RENE BULL Come fill, the cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly - and Lo! The bird is on the wing. From Quatrain VII of The Ruba'iyat of Omar Kayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913)

RENE BULL 'After a long and careful course of magical enquiries' from Aladdin; - or The Wonderful Lamp in The Arabian Nights (Constable, 1912) linky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Bull

ARTHUR RACKHAM 'The wooing of Grunhilde, the mother of Hagen'. Original for Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour (Heinemann, 1911) Dont pass on the linky: http://www.artpassions.net/rackham/wagner_ring.html

WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON 'The Respectable Gentleman' from his Bill the Minder (Constable, 1912) linky: http://heathrobinson.org/index.htm

CHARLES ROBINSON 'The rich making merry in their beautiful houses while beggars were sitting at the gate' Original watercolour for The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (Duckworth, 1913) linky: http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/author_profile.php?id=223

SIDNEY SIME 'The sudden discovery of that infamous den, that renowned and impregnable stronghold, the fear and envy of universal wizardry, not only drowned my memory of the quest - it involved me in perilous side issues. The malevolence underlying the Pophofgf's hospitable greeting passed unheeded by me, absorbed as I was, for how long I know not, in a profound and fatal curiosity.' Original drawing for The Fantasy of Life, a series of drawings to unknown tales. For The Tatler, 28th August, 1901

SIDNEY SIME 'The Tomb of the Morning Zai' for The Protector of the Secret. From Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany (E.J.M.D. Plunkett), with illustrations in photogravure (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922) linky: http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/sime.htm

RICHARD DOYLE 'Asleep in the moonlight. The dancing elves have all gone to rest; the King and Queen are evidently friends again, and, let us hope, live happily ever afterwards' linky: http://www.artmagick.com/pictures/artist.aspx?artist=richard-doyle

RICHARD DOYLE 'Triumphal march of the Elf King. This important personage, nearly related to the Goblin family, is conspicuous for the length of his hair, which on state occasions it requires four pages to support. Fairies in waiting strew flowers in his path, and in his train are many of the most distinguished Trolls, Kobolds, Nixies, Pixies, Wood-Sprites, birds, butterflies, and other inhabitants of the kingdom.' From In Fairyland, a poem by William Allingham with a series of pictures from the Elf-World (Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1870).

WILLIAM STRANG Illustration to Death & the Ploughman's Wife, a ballad made and etched by Strang (Lawrence & Bullen, 1894) linky: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/strang_william.html

AUBREY BEARDSLEY "How King Arthur saw the Questing Beast" , frontispiece for Vol. I, The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, by Thomas Mallory (Dent 1894) linky: http://beardsley.artpassions.net/