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Aesop's Fables A New Translation By V.S. Vernon Jones: With An Introduction By G.K. Chesterton
by Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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Acton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Aesop's Fables, Signed by Arthur Rackham. A new translation by Vernon Jones. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heineman, New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1912. First Edition. Published with a limitation of 1450 copies, this being # 1405. Rebound in 3/4 maroon morocco with gilt titles and floral design to spine. 4to. 224 pp. Contains thirteen color plates tipped-in on brown paper, and 53 illustrations in black & white. Pages internally clean and almost spotless!
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- Bookseller
- Timeless Tales Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H-112
- Title
- Aesop's Fables A New Translation By V.S. Vernon Jones
- Author
- Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- William Heinemann & Doubleday, Page, London & New York, 1912
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Signed by Arthur Rackham, Aesop's Fables First Edition 1912
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Gilt
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- First Edition
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