Aesop selected by Joseph Jacobs
The Fables of Aesop selected and told anew: The Favorite Library
Boston: DeWolfe Fiske & Co. G. nd. Pictorial gray binding with rectangle edged in red of wolf looking up a tree. Edge wear pin holes at ft joint soiling on . cover & ft endpaper. . DeWolfe, Fiske & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS041669I
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Aesop Shannon Eric Denton Adapter Michael Dubisch Illustrator
The Lion and the Mouse Short Tales: Fables
Abdo Pub Co 2010-01-01. Library Binding. Used:Good. Abdo Pub Co unknown
Bookseller reference : DADAX1602705542 ISBN : 1602705542 9781602705548
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Aesop Shannon Eric Denton Adapter Mark Pennington Illustrator
The Tortoise and the Hare Short Tales: Fables
Abdo Pub Co 2010-01-01. Library Binding. Used:Good. Abdo Pub Co unknown
Bookseller reference : DADAX1602705550 ISBN : 1602705550 9781602705555
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Aesop Shannon Eric Denton Adapter Mark Bloodworth Illustrator
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Short Tales: Fables
Magic Wagon 2010-01-01. Library Binding. Used:Good. Magic Wagon unknown
Bookseller reference : DADAX1602705569 ISBN : 1602705569 9781602705562
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Aesop small former owner names Frontispiece Copyright Page with upwards 200 Illustrations by Harrison Wier John Tenniel Ern
Aesops Fables With Obscure Life of Aesop born around year 620 B.C. a New Revised Version from Original Sources includes Stag at Pool Fox & Mask One-Eyed DoeMouse The Frog & The Hawk Vain Jackdaw Woman & Her Hen Raven & The
William L. Allison NY 1884. HBNODJ issued 1884 1st Revised Edition Burgundy cloth with Paper Label on Spine with Gold Gilt Cover minor wear tiny chips & tiny ding Extremities with Red ribbon bookmrk F/NF NODJ Interior Nice Tight Clean 250 pgs Table Contents Top pgs edges Gold Gilt . First Thus. Hard Cover. William L. Allison NY hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9917
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Aesop sop George Fyler Townsend
Fables 1869
2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - English Pages 307. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1869. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback
Bookseller reference : PB1111002189261
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Aesop sop George Fyler Townsend
Fables 1869 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - English Pages 307. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1869. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111002189261
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Aesop Stanton A. Coblentz
AESOP'S FABLES
C. R. Gibson Company Connecticut 1968 1968. Octavo hardcover yellow cover has tape on right side about 1 inch; interior near fine. No dj. Foreword by Jean de La Fontaine. 87 pp. with cute brown line drawings on beige pages. Includes about 75 fables from Lion fox and jackal to eagle and the arrow fox and rooster and oak and the reed. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. Illus. by Henry Syverson. C. R. Gibson Company, Connecticut, 1968 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 73678
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Aesop Stevens Janet
Androcles and the Lion: An Aesop Fable
Holiday House. Used - Good. Ships from Reno NV. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! Holiday House unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP89764563 ISBN : 0823407683 9780823407682
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Aesop Stevens Janet
Androcles and the Lion: An Aesop Fable
Holiday House. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Holiday House unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP9576913 ISBN : 0823407683 9780823407682
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Aesop Telemachus Thomas Timayenis
Aesop's Fables: With Vocabulary Notes and References to Goodwin's and Hadley's Grammars . 1879 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1879. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - Hebrew Pages 457. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111002596586
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Aesop Telemachus Thomas Timayenis
Aesop's Fables: With Vocabulary Notes and References to Goodwin's and Hadley's Grammars . 1879
2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - Hebrew Pages 457. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1879. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback
Bookseller reference : PB1111002596586
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Aesop Telemachus Thomas Timayenis
Aesop's Fables: With Vocabulary Notes and References to Goodwin's and Hadley's Grammars . 1879 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - Hebrew Pages 457. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1879. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111002596586
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Aesop The Brothers Grimm And Hans Christian Andersen
Folk-Lore and Fable Harvard Classics
P. F. Collier & Son 1969. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. P. F. Collier & Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : GB002HQDS9KI3N00
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Aesop the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen
Folk-Lore and Fable Harvard Classics
New York: P. F. Collier & Son 1969. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 361 pp. Sixty-second printing. A Fine apparently unread copy in dark green with gilt titles and decorations. "Registered Edition." Deluxe Edition." P. F. Collier & Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022152
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AESOP Thomas James And Geroge Tyler Townsend Trans. Charles H. Bennett Illus..
AESOP FABLES.
Franklin Center 1984. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Fine. 8vo. pp xxiv 150. Original publisher's blue leather binding with decorative gilt at front and gilt lettering at spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Limited edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : C34060
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Aesop Thomas James
Aesop's Fables: A New Version Chiefly from Original Sources 1851 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1851. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English Pages 229. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111002146796
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Aesop Thomas James
Aesop's Fables: A New Version Chiefly from Original Sources 1851
2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - English Pages 229. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1851. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback
Bookseller reference : PB1111002146796
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Aesop Thomas James
Aesop's Fables: A New Version Chiefly from Original Sources 1851 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - English Pages 229. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1851. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111002146796
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Aesop Thomas Bewick Illustrator
The Fables Of Aesop And Others V4 1885
Kessinger Publishing LLC 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good. Kessinger Publishing, LLC paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG1164935801 ISBN : 1164935801 9781164935803
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Aesop Thomas Bewick Illustrator
The Fables Of Aesop And Others V4 1885
Kessinger Publishing LLC 2008-10-27. Hardcover. Used:Good. Kessinger Publishing, LLC hardcover
Bookseller reference : DADAX1437263615 ISBN : 1437263615 9781437263619
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Aesop Thomas Bewick Illustrator
The Fables Of Aesop And Others V4 1885
Kessinger Publishing LLC 2008-10-01. Paperback. Used:Good. Kessinger Publishing, LLC paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX143713694X ISBN : 143713694X 9781437136944
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Aesop Thuswalder Werner Bell A Dnrr G
Aesop's Fables
NorthSouth. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. NorthSouth unknown
Bookseller reference : L04A-01643 ISBN : 1558583394 9781558583399
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Aesop Thuswalder Werner Bell A Dnrr G
Aesop's Fables
NorthSouth. Used - Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs access codes etc. NorthSouth unknown
Bookseller reference : 00005294228
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Aesop Tom Lynch
Fables from Aesop
Viking Juvenile. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD codes toys may not be included. Viking Juvenile hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3191702262 ISBN : 0670889482 9780670889488
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Aesop Tom Lynch
Fables from Aesop
Viking Juvenile. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Owner's name on cover and inside. Viking Juvenile unknown
Bookseller reference : K03H-00811 ISBN : 0670889482 9780670889488
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Aesop Tom Lynch Adapter
Fables from Aesop Picture Puffin Books
Puffin 2002-11-11. Mass Market Paperback. Used:Good. Puffin paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX0142301949 ISBN : 0142301949 9780142301944
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Aesop Tom Lynch
Fables from Aesop
Viking Juvenile 2000-10-09. Hardcover. Used:Good. Viking Juvenile hardcover
Bookseller reference : DADAX0670889482 ISBN : 0670889482 9780670889488
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Aesop Townsend George Fyler
The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform unknown
Bookseller reference : A04B-02551 ISBN : 1505382645 9781505382648
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Aesop Translated from the Greek By the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend.
Aesop's Fables
Parents' Magazine Press. 1964. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less. Parents' Magazine Press. hardcover
Bookseller reference : GB001AM8018I3N01
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Aesop Translated from the Greek By the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend.
Aesop's Fables
Parents' Magazine Press. 1964. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less. Parents' Magazine Press. hardcover
Bookseller reference : GB001AM8018I5N01
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Aesop Translated from the Greek By the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend.
AESOP'S FABLES.
New York.: Parents' Magazine Press. 1964. . 240pp. COLOR illustrated covers with matching dust jacket illustrated endpapers. Illustrations designed by Harrison Weir and engraved by J. Greenaway. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Parents' Magazine Press. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007206
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Aesop translated by George Whittaker
Phaedri et Aesopi Fabulae in Usum Scholarum Selectae Opera et Studio Georgii Whittaker… Aesop's Fables for Use in Schools
103 pages 1 advert at the rear text in Latin Published by Law & Whittaker hardcover
Bookseller reference : 62391
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Aesop translated by Alfred Caldecott"
Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances Shewn shown in Designs by Randolph Caldecott
79 pages with illustrations throughout" Published by Macmillan and Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 62008
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Aesop V. S. Vernon Jones New Translation
AESOP'S FABLES and Arabian Nights
Grosset & Dunlap NY 1963. 1963. Octavo hardcover near fine in yellow pictorial boards. Red and white endpapers. Introduction on life and work of Aesop. Aesop lived about the 6th Century before Christ. Like Uncle Remus he was both fiction and fact. Both great slaves told their stories about beasts and birds. Fables show superiority as insolent; that pride goes before a fall; that you can be too clever. There is one moral to each fable. 240 pp. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Illus. by William K Plummer Mamoru Funai. Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1963. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32499a
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Aesop V. S. Vernon Jones Translator D. L. Ashliman Introduction
Aesop's Fables Barnes & Noble Classics
Barnes & Noble Classics 2005-01-06. Hardcover. Used:Good. Barnes & Noble Classics hardcover
Bookseller reference : DADAX1593083300 ISBN : 1593083300 9781593083304
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Aesop V. S. Vernon Jones Translator
Aesop's Fables
Penguin Books 1995-07-01. Paperback. Used:Good. Penguin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX014600096X ISBN : 014600096X 9780146000966
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Aesop V. S. Vernon Jones Translator G. K. Chesterton Introduction
Aesop's Fables
Wildside Press 2004-07-01. Hardcover. Used:Good. Wildside Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : DADAX0809587815 ISBN : 0809587815 9780809587810
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Aesop Versified by Mrs. Clara Doty Bates illustrations by EH. Garrett FH. Lungren F. Childe Hassam George Foster Barnes &
SELECTIONS FROM AESOP'S FABLES
London: Pictorial Literature Society. Hardcover. Good. 7 1/2 x 10 inches. No date. Condition is Good; Mild edge wear to covers text block detached from covers and spine most of ffep is missing rfep detached but present text and illustrations are very clean. STK <br/><br/> Pictorial Literature Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 25592
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Aesop Vivian French
Aesop's Funky Fables
Penguin Books . softcover. New. Penguin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 61773358 ISBN : 014056246X 9780140562460
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Aesop Walter Crane; Edmund Evans Illustrator
THE BABY'S OWN AESOP. BEING THE FABLES CONDENSED IN RHYME WITH PORTABLE MORALS
London & New York: George Routledge & Sons 1887. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good binding. Attractive text illustrations throughout in color. Ownership page is blank. Minor soiling and a spot of surface loss about 1 cm wide to the front board and additional surface loss to the edges of the boards. Quarter blue cloth over pictorial paper boards. Good binding. George Routledge & Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 290724
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Aesop Walter Crane
The Baby's Own Aesop
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2011-05-19. Paperback. Good. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG146350179X ISBN : 146350179X 9781463501792
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Aesop Watts Bernadette North South Books
The Wind and the Sun
NorthSouth. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. NorthSouth unknown
Bookseller reference : B01A-01571 ISBN : 1558581626 9781558581623
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Aesop Wilhelm Grimm Hans Christian Anderson
Folk-Lore and Fable; Aesop Grimm Anderson The Harvard Classics Collector's Edition
Ct.: Grolier 1980. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Ct.: Grolier, 1980 unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP95440434
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Aesop With Pictures By Milo Winter
THE AESOP FOR CHILDERN
<p>This is a complete first edition copy of the wonderful AESOP done by the renowned Milo Winter in 1919. Scarce in any condition this one has numerous somewhat skillful clear tape repairs thankfully confined mostly to the page margins with the actual artwork uneffected. Price reflects condition still a great children's book!</p><p>Photos on request.</p> Rand McNally & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio1185
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Aesop & Steven Zorn & Roger Culbertson
Aesop's Fables Pop-up Book With Cassette. Peter De Seve
Running Press Book Publishers. Very Good. 1994. Hardcover. 1561383651 . A tiny 12 page pop-up hard cover book. A Very Good copy all pop-ups are intact and clean included is a Like New cassette. Pictures available. ; Color Illustrations; Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 12 pages . Running Press Book Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17830 ISBN : 1561383651 9781561383658
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Aesop & Alice Mills & Lialia Varetsa & Valentin Varetsa
The Hare and the Tortoise and Other Fables: Aesops Fables Childrens Classics
Grange Books 1999. Hardcover. Used; Very Good. No dust jacket. Hardback copy. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2918337</p> Grange Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2918337 ISBN : 1840138556 9781840138559
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Aesop & Andersen Hans Christian & The Brothers Grimm & Lang Andrew & Wilde Oscar
The Enchanted World: Greatest Folk Tales and Fairy Stories Collectors Library Editions
Collectors Library. Hardcover. Used; Good. Simply Brit Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. 09/01/2008 Collectors Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1496777 ISBN : 190571646x 9781905716463
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AESOP & BABRIUS.
Aesopi Phrygis fabulae elegantissimis eiconibus veras animalium species ad vivum adumbrantes. Gabriae Graeci fabellae lxiv recté lxiii. Haec omnia cum Latina interpretatione. Nunc postremùm excusa & accuratè recognita.Paris Jean Libert 1623. 16mo. With a woodcut decoration on the title-page and woodcut decorated initials in the text.Contemporary French gold-tooled calf sewn on 2 supports each board with the coat-of-arms of Henri de La Tour 1555-1623 Duc de Bouillon and Prince of Sedan who married the daughter of William the Silent founding father of the Dutch Republic with a French Ducal crown the whole in a wreath of 2 laurel branches with berries the flat spine divided into 4 fields each with a central decoration gilt edges. Marbled paste-downs fine-toothed combed pattern in red blue and white.
2 236 1 pp.Very rare 24mo edition of 150 prose fables by Aesop and 43 verse fables by Babrius here called Gabrius in Greek and Latin on facing pages remotely based on the text of the illustrated humanistic editions published by Jean de Tournes in Lyons Bodemann notes a 1570 edition but the USTC records them back to 1550. While the existence of Aesop ca. 620-ca. 584 BCE as a story teller is attested in many early sources the canon that appears under his name contains fables passed down orally and rendered in literary form by many authors over the centuries. Babrius wrote verse fables shortly before 200 CE that were later rendered in Greek prose and added to the Aesop canon. Although the title-page indicates that the fables are illustrated the present edition never contains woodcuts: Libert apparently copied his title from one of the illustrated editions. He does include Maximus Planudes’s extensive account of Aesop’s life preceding the fables. The British Library and the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal have the only other copies known though the latter may have two one described as a 12mo.Although the earliest European marbled papers appear to have been made in or around southern Germany they were not combed. Wolfe notes that the French first used marbled paper for bookbindings and the present paste-downs combed with teeth averaging 2 mm apart closely resemble his earliest example of combed marbled paper plate XV no. 6 from a Paris book of 1622.The arms on the binding are quartered with an inescutcheon. It does not indicate tinctures but in combination one can still identify them giving 1: a semé of fleurs-de-lis as background to a four-turreted tower De La Tour here topped by a larger fleur-de-lis issuant; 2: a heraldic banner with 3 streamers hanging from rings Counts of Auvergne and the inescutcheon: 3 roundels Counts of Boulogne. The Counts of Auvergne had born the quartered arms of La Tour and the Counts of Auvergne with the inescutcheon of the Counts of Boulogne since 1389 and these arms descended to Catharine de’ Medici 1519-1589 from her maternal grandfather appearing in quarters 2 and 3 of her arms before she married King Henri II of France in 1547 when the title merged with the crown: daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001427/image_13 and image_117 in a French armorial of ca. 1550/55. With the Counts of Boulogne extinct the arms passed to another branch of the family descending to Henri de La Tour 1555-1623 who took the title Duc de Bouillon by marriage in 1591 and later inherited the title Vicomte de Turenne from his father adding these arms in the present quarters 3: bendy of 8 Turenne though here it looks like 10; and 4: a fess Bouillon here with double lines above and below. In 1595 he married Elisabeth van Oranje Nassau daughter of William the Silent Willem de Zwijger 1533-1584. A 17th-century engraved portrait of Henri de La Tour’s son shows the same 5 bearings in a slightly different arrangement La Tour in 1 & 4 Boulogne in 2 Turenne in 3 and Auvergne and Bouillon per pale in the inescutcheon: catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/10637765#view.Early owner's inscription on title-page in ink: "Ex Bibliot D. de Montesquieu cat .": since the Montesquieu arms bear no relation to that on the binding this must be a later owner. Lacking the last leaf of the index title-page cut short at the head not affecting the text and a small worm hole in the second half sometime affecting a letter in the first line but otherwise in good condition. Binding rubbed not affecting the arms and backstrip worn a few small chips and holes and hinges cracked. A very rare fable book in a remarkable contemporary armorial binding with the arms in very good condition.l KVK & WorldCat 2 or 3 copies; cf. Bodemann 29.2 similar 1570 De Tournes ed. unknown
Bookseller reference : ABC_45188
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Aesop & Brian Robb & SA. Handford S. A.
Fables Classics
Penguin Classics 1973. New Impression. Paperback. Used; Good. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2954927</p> Penguin Classics paperback
Bookseller reference : 2954927 ISBN : 0140440437 9780140440430
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