[Picture Books] Rackham, Arthur (ills.) Aesop's fables

A new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton and illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London, R. Clay & Sons for W. Heinemann/New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. XXXIX,(1),223,(1) p., w. 13 col. plates and num. (full-p.) black and white ills. Exquisitely bound in full longgrained mor. by Rivière & Son (London), double gilt fillet lines around sides, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpaper, gilt and ribbed spine w. 2 contrast. mor. letterpieces, a.e.g. Desirable copy, w. interesting owner's entry in pen on upper pastedown: "Arch Johnston His book Camels Hump Bethlehem 12/20/31".

Camel’s Hump Farm is located on the historic 135-acre Archibald Johnston estate, the country home of Bethlehem’s (Pennsylvania) first mayor. It was preserved by The Friends of Johnston, Inc., a group of concerned citizens formed in 2012 to save the Johnston Estate from commercial development as a strip mall and 420-apartment complex.