Octavo. 210mm x 160mm. 224 pp. Green cloth with elaborate gilt stylings to front panel and spine. Touches of rubbing/edge wear, scuffing to corners but a handsome copy. Minor spotting to the first and last few pages with very occasional spotting to margins within. Tidy gift inscription dated 1912 to endpaper. The book is now in a protective removable acetate cover. 13 full-page, tissue-guarded colour illustrations by Rackham, one of the giants of the Golden Age of illustrated books. Seller Inventory # 782

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Aesop's Fables

Publisher: William Heinemann

Publication Date: 1912

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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