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. Aesop's Fables Arthur Rackham 1912 SIGNED LIMITED ED #499/1450. William Heinemann, 1912.
Price: US$435.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The book is in fair condition. There are no signatures, bookplates, or markings of any kind. The back cover is stained and worn (shown above). This book contains all 13 original tipped-in color plates, plus many black and white illustrations by Rackham. They all have tissue guards with their title printed on the guards and they are all mounted on heavy stock quality brown paper. There is some light foxing. This edition is signed by Arthur Rackham and was limited to 1450 copies, this copy being # 499. A rare find in any condition.
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Aesop; Rackham, Arthur [Illustrations]. Aesop's Fables. William Heinemann, London, 1912.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Deluxe limited edition; copy #540 of 1,450 signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Publisher's buckram cloth, stamped in gilt. Very Good. Cloth lightly soiled, darkened at spine, lightly toned and with light staining to edge of rear cover. Dark stain to gutter at top margin of roughly the first third of pages, stain to bottom for edge margin to last several leaves and endsheet. Thirteen full-color plates mounted on brown paper with captioned tissue guards all present.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Description: Number 401 of 1,450 copies signed by the illustrator. Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to spine and front board. Top edge gilt, remaining edges deckled. With a bit of toning to spine and wear to corners. Rear hinge repaired. Internally with some foxing and offsetting to preliminary and terminal pages; long snag to rear pastedown. A pleasing example overall. The 1st century AD philosopher, Apollonius of Tyana, is recorded as having said about Aesop: "like those who dine well off the plainest dishes, he made use of humble incidents to teach great truths, and after serving up a story he adds to it the advice to do a thing or not to do it. Then, too, he was really more attached to truth than the poets are; for the latter do violence to their own stories in order to make them probable; but he by announcing a story which everyone knows not to be true, told the truth by the very fact that he did not claim to be relating real events" (Philostratus). Aesop's morality tales endure, and they are made more memorable for Rackham's visual renderings which mix the fanciful with the darker possibilities that lurk within every fable. Latimore and Haskell 38-39. Riall 111.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones. With an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. xxix, 224 pp. With frontispiece and twelve color tipped-in mounted plates by Arthur Rackham, and text illustrations in black and white. Folio, publisher's gilt white cloth, t.e.g. First edition; No. 28 of 1450 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. Latimore and Haskell, 39. Endsheets lightly tanned; edges of cloth lightly foxed; plates and text clean and bright. Laid in is a small broadside printed in red for a 1912 Leicester Galleries exhibition of Rackham original watercolors for this and other subjects.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1746.54 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Edition de luxe, No. 572 of 1450, signed by Arthur Rackham. Half crimson levant morocco, gilt tooled spine, red cloth boards, marked and a little worn, rubbed to the fore edge, top edge gilt, name to ffep, thirteen tipped in coloured plates with brown off-setting to the subsequent page from their mounts, foxing throughout, otherwise clean, tight, sound, good. A heavy book.
Seller: Byre Books, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good, bound in full white buckram with gilt titles and decorations. Minor wear, toning, weak smudges and a weak/faint stain to crown of front panel (does not affect interior). Interior clean and unmarked, binding strong. 4to, 11 3/4"h x 9 1/4"w. Beautiful edition, with twelve full-page color illustrations in-laid on brown paper, 53 black & white in-text illustrations. Limited to 1,400 copies signed by Rackham.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1925.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED by Arthur Rackham on the half-title verso. Hand-numbered copy 421 of an Edition limited to 1450. 4to, white cloth, gilt lettering and pictorial stamping to spine and front cover, top edge gilt, deckled fore and tail. 12 full-page color illustrations inlaid on brown paper, 53 b/w in-text illustrations. Some typical foxing to cover and extremities with occasional spots throughout, spine toned as most are, otherwise exceedingly clean, sharp and tight with FINE original khaki slipcase, an uncommon survival among Rackham limiteds. [Latimore & Haskell, 38-39].
Seller: Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1929.56 + shipping
Description: , xxix [1] 1-224 pages, colour illustrated tipped-in frontispiece, illustrated title, illustrations throughout, 13 colour plates and 53 line illustrations, signed by Arthur Rackham, forwarded by G. K. Chesterton, limited to 1450 copies, this no. 534 Limited Edition , original covers are lightly marked, some shading on the spine, light wear, bumped corners, light shading on the free end paper, untrimmed and the block edge is slightly sunned, the contents are clean crisp and bright, the illustrations are lovely, the book is in very good condition , bound in cream cloth with gilt work and titles to the front and the spine, gold top edge , quarto, 29.5 x 23.5cm Hardback SIGNED by the Illustrator ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Aesop's Fables, Signed by Arthur Rackham. A new translation by Vernon Jones. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heineman, New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1912. First Edition. Published with a limitation of 1450 copies, this being # 1405. Rebound in 3/4 maroon morocco with gilt titles and floral design to spine. 4to. 224 pp. Contains thirteen color plates tipped-in on brown paper, and 53 illustrations in black & white. Pages internally clean and almost spotless!
Seller: Timeless Tales Rare Books, Acton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2050.00 + shipping
Description: 224 pages, 29.5 x 24 cm. Limited edition, copy 1135 of 1450, signed by Rackham. Thirteen mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, and 53 drawings in black and white. LATIMORE & HASKELL p.38-39. Text generally clean, a few margins or corners toned. Recased in light gray cloth spine and marbled boards. Teg. Fine
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: illustrator]. AESOP, [contributor]. CHESTERTON, G.K., [contributor]. VERNON JONES, V.S., [translator]. Æsop's Fables. A new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones. With an introduction by G.K. Chesterton and illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1912. Full Description: [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. AESOP. Æsop's Fables. A new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones. With an introduction by G.K. Chesterton and illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1912. First trade edition with an original drawing by Rackham on the half-title. Octavo (8 x 6 inches; 200 x 150 mm). xxix, [1, blank], 223, [1] pp. Thirteen color plates (including frontispiece), with descriptive tissue guards, and fifty-three drawings in black and white (nineteen full-page). Hal-title includes a half-page original drawing by Rackham of a crow and a smaller bird surrounded by a square frame and signed "AR" in the lower left corner. Below the drawing is an inscription signed "Arthur Rackham" and dated 1912. Original green buckram pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge stained green. Pictorial endpapers. Minimal foxing to endpapers. Some rubbing Along edges and top and bottom of spine. Binding slightly skewed. Front inner hinge starting but firm. Housed in a quarter morocco clamshell. Overall a very good copy. Latimore and Haskell, pp. 38-39. HBS 68875. $2,500.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
AESOP. Aesop's Fables. William Heinemann, Doubleday Page & Co, London, New York, 1912.
Price: US$2572.74 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones with an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Frontispiece and 12 colour plates mounted on brown art paper with captioned tissue guards and black and white illustrations throughout. First Limited Signed Edition. Large 4to. [295 x 232 x 31 mm]. xxix, [i], 223, [1] pp. Bound in the publisher's original white cloth, the front cover and spine blocked in gilt, plain endleaves, top edge gilt, the others uncut. (Spine slightly darkened, a few minor marks). [ebc8041]. London: William Heinemann. New York: Doubleday Page & Co, 1912. No.534 of the de luxe edition limted to 1450 copies signed by Rackham, of which 250 were reserved for the United States of America, 200 for Australia and 1000 for Great Britain and Ireland. A very good copy.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
RACKHAM, ARTHUR, Illustrator. AESOP'S FABLES. William Heinemann, London, 1912.
Price: US$2860.00 + shipping
Description: 280 x 222 mm. (11 x 8 3/4"). xxix, [1], 223, [1] pp.A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. VERY ATTRACTIVE GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY BAYTUN-RIVIERE (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers bordered by gilt fillet, front cover with gilt ornament replicating the title page vignette, raised bands, spine compartments with gilt fillet frame, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins, marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With 20 full-page black and white illustrations, numerous illustrations in the text, and 13 COLOR PLATES, as called for, each mounted on heavy brown stock and protected by lettered tissue guard. Printed on Large Paper. Hudson, p. 169; Latimore and Haskell, pp. 38-39. âFront cover with one-inch irregularity in leather (scarcely noticeable and apparently part of the original skin), faint browning or very light foxing to pages adjacent to (acidic) stock used for plate mounts, a few other spots of foxing, three color plates with slight crease to one corner, but still quite an appealing copy in an unworn binding. In a fine binding by an eminent English workshop, this is Rackham's take on the famous fables, populated with charming animals anthropomorphized to just the right degree, along with wistful maidens, anicent crones, and some seriously sinister trees. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) studied art at Lambeth School, where the work of his fellow student Charles Ricketts influenced his development. As Houfe says, soon after Rackham joined the staff of "The Westminster Budget" in 1892, he began concentrating "on the illustration of books and particularly those of a mystical, magic, or legendary background. He very soon established himself as one of the foremost Edwardian illustrators and was triumphant in the early 1900s when color printing first enabled him to use subtle tints and muted tones to represent age and timelessness. Rackham's imaginative eye saw all forms with the eyes of childhood and created a world that was half reassuring and half frightening. His sources were primarily Victorian, and among them are evidently the works of Cruikshank, Doyle, Houghton, and Beardsley, but also the prints of Dürer and Altdorfer." Our binding is the work of a firm created by the merger of two venerable English binderies. Founded in Bath in 1894, the Bayntun bindery has provided beautiful bindings for bibliophiles for more than a century. In 1937, Bayntun acquired the Riviere bindery, which had been in business since 1829, and began signing its bindings "Bayntun-Riviere," as here. It is now the last of the great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership. This is an easy book to find in the publisher's cloth binding, but it is uncommonly seen in fine morocco, especially when essentially unused, as here. No. 1,035 of 1,450 Copies SIGNED by Rackham.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 1450 copies printed. This copy is SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. A beautiful copy. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy in collector's condition. We buy SIGNED Rackham First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.