![]() ![]() Some staining on the frontispiece by the tissue guard which has two chips missing. ![]() A stunning addition to any collection or library.īook and dust jacket are in Very Good condition for the age with publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines lettered in black, illustrated green endpapers, little wear to boards and edges, binding and hinges tight, slightest hint of a separation starting in gutter between pages 92 and 93 (likely a previous owner's favorite illustration), end papers are clean (aside from an old price written in pencil on rear endpaper) and there are no bookplates or other markings from previous owners. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham with tipped in color frontispiece and silhouette illustrations including several in black, pink and olive. This edition was published in London by William Heinemann in 1919. A clean book with the original, very rare, dust jacket. ![]() First edition of the fabled folk tale as retold by CS Evans. ![]()
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