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Lot 87
Sale 5372 - Rare Books & Manuscripts
Apr 10, 2014
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Lot Description
1 vol.
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1 vol.
(Rackham, Arthur, illus). Aesop. Fables. London: W. Heinemann, 1912.
#64/1450, signed by Arthur Rackham. 4to, slightly later gilt triple-fillet full burgundy crushed levant morocco, gilt emblematic spine compartments, gilt-ruled turn-ins, a.e.g., raised bands; very minor wear. With 12 mtd color plates, lettered tissue guards, 53 b/w illus; some light offsetting from mount sheets. Wide margins (rough-trimmed?), bright bdg. 1st Rackham edition.
Latimore & Haskell pp38/39.