This book is titled Aesop’s Fables, A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones, With An Introduction by G. K. Chesterton and Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. The book was published in 1919 by William Heinemann in London and by Doubleday Page in New York, and it’s the fourth printing of the book. (The first edition was published in 1912.) 

The book has a decorated cover and decorated spine, with a Rackham-style bookplate on the front endpaper that is signed by the owner, lightly penciled nits on the futon flyleaves, the half-title, a beautiful color frontis by Rackham and a red-captioned tissue guard, then the title page  and copyright page, a seven-page Introduction by G K Chesterton (v - xi), with 224 fables listed in the Contents (xiii - xxv), a three-page list of Color and Black and White illustrations (thirteen color plates and fifty-five black and white illustrations - pages 136 to 137 have five small vignettes on them), 224 pages of text, and the book was printed by R. Clay in Great Britain. 

The book measures 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches wide and is in very good condition. It has a tight binding and clean plates and text, with slightly faded covers, light bumps on the heel and crown, light rubbing along the edges of the spine and a tad at the tips, offset and browning on the front and rear flyleafs from the decorations on the opposite page, and all the plates and tissue guards are present. 

First editions from 1912 run from about $1000 up to $1500, signed copies run up to $5000 for a first edition, and this is copy is a bargain for Rackham collectors or someone who looks to  pass the book on to their children or grandchildren.  

Size: 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. 

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