[AESOP]. Fables. A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones with an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1912.
Hardcover. First edition, first impression. Full cloth. Octavo (210 x 160 mm), pp. [xxix], 224. Bound in publisher's original cloth, spine and front cover elaborately gilt decorated. Publisher's device blind stamped to rear board. Pastedowns and endpapers illustrated. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. 13 colour plates with captioned tissue guards. 53 b&w illustrations throughout, many in the text, others full-page. Condition: NEAR FINE. Collated complete with all the plates securely in place. Binding tight and secure the hinges very well preserved. Vey slight bumping to spine ends, the points and edges sharp. Covers and contents very clean. Mild spotting to fore edge. There are no previous ownership markings. Supplied without a dust jacket. An excellent example of the rare first edition.
