Aesop ' Fables - Illustrated Arthur Rackham 13 Coloured Plates 1912 First Edition
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Aesop Fables - Illustrated Arthur Rackham 13 Coloured Plates 1912 First Edition.
AESOP'S FABLES - A new translation by S. Vernon Jones. With introduction BY G K Chesterton and illustrations by Arthur Rackham.William Heinemann, London. 1912.
DESCRIPTIONFirst Edition 1912 - 13 Coloured illustrations by Arthur Rackham, plus various b/w plates and vignettes. Original publishers decorative binding.
8vo - 21cm x 16cm. pp. xxix, 223.Printed by Ballantyne and company.
CONDITION Al...l pages present no loose or teared pages. Includes all tissue guards to coloured plates. Text block generally clean and bright, with the odd finger marks, couple ink droplets to contents page. Plates in excellent condition. Front hinge cracked but firmly attached, back hinge good. Neat name inscriptions front pastedown only, no other inscriptions. Few dog eared pages. Front board - marks, soiling and scuffs, gilt generally good. Few splits to cloth joints and head and tail. Back board - few tiny marks etc. Binding is solid but little shaky, corners slightly bumped and frayed.
* Nice chance to own a first edition of Arthur Rackham's beautiful illustrated works, at affordable price *
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AESOP'S FABLES - A new translation by S. Vernon Jones. With introduction BY G K Chesterton and illustrations by Arthur Rackham.William Heinemann, London. 1912.
DESCRIPTIONFirst Edition 1912 - 13 Coloured illustrations by Arthur Rackham, plus various b/w plates and vignettes. Original publishers decorative binding.
8vo - 21cm x 16cm. pp. xxix, 223.Printed by Ballantyne and company.
CONDITION Al...l pages present no loose or teared pages. Includes all tissue guards to coloured plates. Text block generally clean and bright, with the odd finger marks, couple ink droplets to contents page. Plates in excellent condition. Front hinge cracked but firmly attached, back hinge good. Neat name inscriptions front pastedown only, no other inscriptions. Few dog eared pages. Front board - marks, soiling and scuffs, gilt generally good. Few splits to cloth joints and head and tail. Back board - few tiny marks etc. Binding is solid but little shaky, corners slightly bumped and frayed.
* Nice chance to own a first edition of Arthur Rackham's beautiful illustrated works, at affordable price *
*Please message for EU and Rest of world postage cost *
Rates set for US and UK.Any questions please askPlease browse my other books, thank you
