Aesop's Fables ARTHUR RACKHAM Illustrated Heinemann 1912 FIRST TRADE EDITION

Aesop's Fables London: William Heinemann, 1912. First trade edition, first printing. Sized 20.9 x 15.8 cm. Pp. xxix, 223. Trade edition bound in green cloth with pictorial stamping in gold on the cover and spine, and gold lettering; green-coloured top. No dust wrapper. Pictorial endpapers. Twelve full-page illustrations in colour mounted on brown paper and fifty-three drawings in black and white. CONDITION REPORT Externally smart with a little bumping and fraying to spine tips, and a bit of wear to joints; ever-so-slightly discoloured spine. Foxing to edges and sporadically throughout (especially to tissue guards). Good, solid hinges and joints. Frontispiece partially loose, but still attached. Inscriptions in pen to FFEPs and a small, innocuous one to rear paste-down. A very nice example overall. Please consult all photos before purchasing to make sure you are happy with the condition of the book(s).