Kingsley, Charles. The Heroes; or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children. 
London: Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1912. 
Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
 
The first edition of this celebrated Riccardi Press production, printed on hand‑made Riccardi Paper in a limited edition #290 of 500 copies, and beautifully illustrated with twelve tipped‑in color plates by William Russell Flint, each protected by its titled tissue guard. Kingsley’s retellings of Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts, Theseus, and other Greek legends are presented here in one of the Press’s most admired early volumes.
 
Details
Edition: First edition; limited to 500 copies (This being #290)
Format: Large quarto (10¾ × 8 in.)
Pagination: xvii, [1], 113, [4]
Paper: Hand‑made Riccardi Paper
Binding: Paper‑covered boards over cloth; paper labels to front and spine (publisher has tipped in fresh replacement labels at rear)
Edges: Top edge gilt; others rough‑cut
Illustrations: Twelve tipped‑in color plates by W. Russell Flint, including frontispiece, each with captioned tissue guard
 
Condition ~ Corners bumped and rubbed; soiling to the paper boards; sunning to the spine with a small stain at the lower tip; 3-inch split to the cloth along the rear joint. Endpapers show expected toning and foxing, with light foxing to the outer edges of a few leaves. Interior otherwise clean and sound.
 
Ephemera ~ Loosely inserted 4‑page Medici Society advertisement flyer, pricing the paper edition at £2 12s 6d net along with a Scarce Medici Society bookmark tipped in at the front.
 
A desirable example of one of the sought‑after Riccardi Press books, prized for its craftsmanship, its Flint illustrations, and its place in the early history of the Medici Society’s fine‑press output.