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"Aesop's Fables" and "Andersen's Fairy Tales" with Arthur Rackham Illustrations
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | Aesop’s Fables, Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen) |
| Genre | Fairy Tales and Folklore, Anthology, Allegory and Fable |
| Illustrator | Arthur Rackham (English, 1867–1939) |
| Type of Illustration | Halftone, Offset Lithograph |
| Binding | Cloth on board |
| Dust Jacket | No |
| Publisher or Printer | Doubleday, Page & Co., David McKay Co. |
| Publication Year | 1932, 1924 |
| Place of Publication | New York, Philadelphia |
| Language | English |
| Number of Books | 2 |
| Additional Information | Aesop’s Fables features a full-color pastedown to the front cover, illustrated endpapers and titled tissue-guards to the full page color illustrations. Andersen’s Fairy Tales features gilt top text edges, titled tissue-guarded full page color illustrations with additonal illustrations throughout the text. |
Condition
- shaken but generally tight bindings; loose hinges; bowing; wear to the covers with bumped corners, rubbed edges and soiling; writing to the endpapers; tanning to the text edges; fading.
Dimensions
2.5" W x 10.0" H x 7.75" D
- measures group.
Item #
ITMG262630
