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Aesop's Fables A New Translation
by Jones, V. S. Vernon (Translated by); Illustrated by ArthurRackham
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann. 1912. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Good+ condition. No dustjacket. A clean and solid copy. Green cloth boards with gilt decoration to front and spine. Publishers blind stamp to rear board. Decorated endpapers. Copyright page says "All Rights Reserved". Printed by Ballantyne & Company, London. Some mild foxing. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Thirteen [13 - incl frontispiece] full colour plates (all present with tissue guards] and numerous black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 224 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Trade Edition. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB320974
- Title
- Aesop's Fables A New Translation
- Author
- Jones, V. S. Vernon (Translated by); Illustrated by ArthurRackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Trade Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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- Spine
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- G
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- Copyright page
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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