Esope

1926 · 963Z4 — London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1926. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". M. Maitland Howard. The first edition of M. Maitland Howard's very scarce beautifully illustrated edition of Aesop's fables with the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first M. Maitland Howard illustrated edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece monochrome line vignettes and seven coloured plates. Collated complete. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition has been beautifully illustrated by Marjorie Maitland Howard. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with minimal edge wear slight fading to the spine and very small closed tears to the head of the spine. Lacking front free endpaper. Offsetting to the rear. The wrap is smart with sunning to the spine slight handling marks small closed tears and chips to the extremities with very minimal loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover