Jan 24, 2013 - Sale 2300

Sale 2300 - Lot 66

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
DETMOLD, EDWARD J. Aesop. The Fables of Aesop. 25 tipped-in color plates by Detmold captioned on previous page. Large 4to, publisher's original gilt-pictorial white cloth, browning, heaviest around borders and spine, tips, edges, and rear cover rubbed, few other small soil marks, top edges trimmed and gilt; illustration for The Wolf and the Goat (final plate) is slightly dampstained, affected by large dark book-shaped stain across mount and opposite page. first limited edition. number 345 of 750 copies signed by detmold. sold as is. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909