first edition
1912 · London
by Rackham; Arthur; Jones, V.S. Vernon; Chesterton, G.K.
London: William Heinemann, 1912. Very good minus.. First trade edition of this handsome collection of beloved Aesop's fables, with gorgeous full-page color panels in Rackham's iconic style. 8'' x 6''. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to front board and spine, blind stamped publisher's device to rear board. Pictorial endpapers, green topstain. Illustrated throughout in black and white and in color. xxx, 223, [1] pages. Notable dampstain to fore-edges of boards, not affecting text, sunning to spine. Offsetting to endpapers, else interior clean.
(Inventory #: 52465)