AESOP & Arthur RACKHAM (1867-1939, illustrator). Fables. A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones with an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. London: William Heinemann, 1912. 4°. Half title, 13 mounted coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations, some full-page. Original decorated cloth gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (spine darkened, endpapers spotted). Provenance: George Kitchin (bookplate). NUMBER 430 OF 1,450 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Latimore & Haskell p.38 (erroneously calling for 12 coloured plates).

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AESOP & Arthur RACKHAM (1867-1939, illustrator). Fables. A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones with an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. London: William Heinemann, 1912. 4°. Half title, 13 mounted coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations, some full-page. Original decorated cloth gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (spine darkened, endpapers spotted). Provenance: George Kitchin (bookplate). NUMBER 430 OF 1,450 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Latimore & Haskell p.38 (erroneously calling for 12 coloured plates).

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