Aesop’s Fables with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 1912

Aesop’s Fables. Translated by VS Vernon Jones with an Introduction by G K Chesterton. Full of stunning color plate illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Published by William Heineman, New York, London. Copyright 1912. A collectible edition with somewhat dark and detailed illustrations that weren't intended for children. There are slight bumps on the cover corner cloth. The backstrip cloth is slightly darkened. There is foxing in the gutter on the endpages and black speckles on the rear endpages. There is a private collection stamp on a blank pre-title page. The pages are crisp and mostly white throughout. Size: 8.25", 224 pages.