Estimate: | £100 - £150 |
Hammer price: | £170 |
DETMOLD, Edward Julius (1883-1957, illustrator) - The Fables of Aesop. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]. 4to (276 x 215mm). Half title, mounted coloured frontispiece and 22 mounted coloured plates by Edward Julius Detmold, illustrations (half title light spotted, a few marginal spots to the title). Original tan pictorial buckram gilt, pictorial endpapers (without a dust-jacket). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST TRADE EDITION. The binding is in exceptionally bright and fresh condition.