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1894 The Fables of Aesop : Told Anew by Joseph Jacobs : Illustrated 1st edition

1894 The Fables of Aesop : Told Anew by Joseph Jacobs : Illustrated 1st edition

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The Fables of Aesop 

Selected, told anew and their history traced by Joseph Jacobs

Published by Macmillan & Co, London, 1894. 1st edition. Professionally rebacked. Illustrated by Richard Heighway. Hardback 8vo cloth bound book with beautiful pictorial gilt designs. Includes mylar sleeve protection. Gilt page edges. Front board includes small paste-on which shows sign of previous ownership. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue card. Title page has small stamp to bottom right of page. pp xxv, 222 pages in total + 5 pages of advertisements. 

CONDITION
A very good copy. Cloth and gilt binding very good. No major damages. Pages are very clean and all content present throughout. Very minor age-toning. Overall a very good copy. 

(Loc : BS3 2 UP) 
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