first edition hardcover
1912 · London
by AESOP
London: Heinemann, 1912. First. hardcover. very good. Arthur Rackham. Translated by V.S. Vernon-Jones. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Color frontispiece and 12 other color plates protected with lettered tissue, plus numerous black & white drawings, all by Arthur Rackham. 224 pages. 8vo, black-lettered green cloth with inset pictorial label. London: William Heinemann & New York: Doubleday Page, 1912. First American Rackham trade edition. Lightly worn at extremes and spine evenly faded to tan; foxing throughout but still a very good solid copy.
(Inventory #: 327452)