1912 Rare First Signed Edition #1004 - Æsop Fables Illustrated by Arthur RackhamAuthor: sop. Translated by V. S. Vernon Jones. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Title: sops Fables. Publisher: London, William Heinemann; New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912. First edition, limited issue. #1004 of 1450 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. Language: Text in English. Size: 11. 5 x 9 inches. Pages: xxix, 223 pages. Binding: Very good original publishers white cream cloth binding, lettered and decorated in

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