Fables From Aesop | Woodcuts by Richard Atkinson-Willes (Double Signed)
Sabben-Clare, James [Translator] Richard Atkinson-Willes [Illustrator]
(Book #ID 116116)
Published by Winchester College Printing Society, Winchester, First Edition Thus 1976. 1976.
First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original full navy leather, blocked and lettered gilt back, gilt ruled perimeter lines to front and back, top edge gilt, blue marble end sheets. 4to. 11'' x 7''. Hand written number 142 of 400 Limited Edition copies. Contains unpaginated pages with monochrome woodcuts by Richard Atkinson-Willes throughout. Spine sun faded, neat ink message to the first front free end paper ''History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable on the other hand is the recital of facts represented as fiction'' François-Marie Arouet called 'Voltaire' : 1764 | 'To David - With many thanks, Hamish Laing 29 ix 1977'. SIGNED by translator 'James Sabben-Clare', and the illustrator 'Richard Atkinson-Willes' with different colour blue writing fluid to the limitation page. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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