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Aesop's fables / a new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones ; with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton ; and illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

Accession number
PML 86538
Published
London : William Heinemann ; New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912.
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
"Printed by Ballantyne & Company Ltd. at the Ballantyne Press, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London"--P. [1] following text.
"This Edition is limited to 1450 numbered and signed copies, of which 250 are reserved for the United States of America, 200 for Australia, and 1000 for Great Britain and Ireland. No. 1409"--P. [ii].
At foot of spine: Doubleday, Page & Co., MCMXII.
Edition information; cf. Riall.
Library's copy: No. 1384.
Nineteen full-page illustrations included in pagination.
Plates mounted on heavy brown paper accompanied by guardsheets with descriptive letterpress.
Description
[2], xxix, [1], 223, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Tan boards with brown cloth spine stamped in gold. Top edge gilt.
Classification
Department