‎Esope‎

‎Aesop; Glenway Westcott (Text); Antonio Frasconi (Illustrations); Joseph Blumenthal (Printing And Design)‎

‎Twelve 12 Fables Of Aesop Newly Narrated By Glenway Westcott / Linoleum Blocks By Antonio Frasconi To Illustrate Twelve Fables Of Aesop Newly Narrated By Glenway Westcott‎

‎New York: The Museum Of Modern Art 1955. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase. Red Cloth Gilt Over Decorative Paper Covered Boards. #528 Of 975 Numbered Copies And 25 Lettered Copies All Signed By Frasconi Westcott And Blumenthal. Near Fine Slight Fading To Spine Cloth Gilt Still Brilliant; Pencil Ownership Signature Of Paco Lagerstrom Dated March 1955 And Small Ownership Label Of Anton Roshko. In The Original Black Slipcase With Cover Label Printed In Red And Black; Slipcase With Rubbing All Along Right Top And Bottom Open Edges 1/4" Splits Along Two Bottom Open Corners And Tiny Frays At Corners Of The Closed End. Paco Axel Lagerstrom 1914 - 1989 Was An Applied Mathematician And Aeronautical Engineer. He Was Trained Formally In Mathematics But Worked For Much Of His Career In Aeronautical Applications. He Was Known For Work In Applying The Method Of Asymptotic Expansion To Fluid Mechanics Problems.3 Several Of His Works Have Become Classics Including "Matched Asymptotic Expansions: Ideas And Techniques". In 1946 Lagerstrom Was Recruited By Hans Liepmann To The Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory At Caltech.5 He Was Later Promoted To Professor Of Aeronautics In 1952 And Professor Of Applied Mathematics In 1967 Having Departed Only Briefly To The University Of Paris In 1960-1961 As Visiting Professor On A Guggenheim Fellowship. His Book "Laminar Flow Theory" Initially Published In 1964 In The Theory Of Laminar Flows Edited By F.K.Moore Is Still Considered As The Standard Textbook For Fluid Mechanics. Anatol Roshko 1923-2017 Was The Theodore Von Kármán Professor Of Aeronautics Emeritus At The California Institute Of Technology Pasadena Ca. Roshko Is Known For His Contributions To Gas Dynamics. He Along With H. W. Liepmann Is The Co-Author Of The Widely Used Textbook "Elements Of Gasdynamics". He Has Made Research Contributions To Problems Of Separated Flow; Bluff-Body Aerodynamics; Structure Of Turbulent Shear Flow. He Completed His Undergraduate Education At The University Of Alberta With A B.Sc. Degree In Engineering Physics In 1945 Received The M.Sc. Degree From Caltech In 1947 And The Ph.D. In 1952. Most Of His Academic Career Has Been At Caltech Where He Was The Theodore Von Karman Professor Of Aeronautics Emeritus At The Time Of His Death. He Was Also A Member Of The National Academy Of Engineering; A Fellow Of The American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics The American Physical Society The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences And An Honorary Fellow Of The Indian Academy Of Sciences. Roshko Received Fluid Dynamics Prize By The American Physical Society Aps In 1987. He Was Also Awarded The Timoshenko Medal In 1999. In Fluid Mechanics The Roshko Number Ro Is A Dimensionless Number Describing Oscillating Flow Mechanisms. <br/> <br/> The Museum Of Modern Art hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 041168

‎Aesop; Gooden, Stephen [Illustrator]; L'Estrange, Roger [Translator];‎

‎Fables Everyman's Library Children's Classics Series‎

‎Everyman's Library 1992-11-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Everyman's Library hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : Q-0679417907 ISBN : 0679417907 9780679417903

‎Aesop; Gregynog Press‎

‎The Fables of Esope - Translated Out of Frensshe in to Englysshe By: William Caxton‎

‎<p>Newtown: The Gregynog Press 1931. 8 146pp 2. Publishers sheep title blocked in black to spine. Spine rubbed affecting a couple of the letters to title minor rubbing to extremities with small scuff to lower top corner. Edges of endpapers browned small stain to title just beneath illustrators name a couple of small and very minor marks to margins generally quite bright and clean. Number one hundred and seventy-two of two hundred and twenty-five copies bound thus by the Gregynog Press bindery another twenty-five copies were specially bound with their name to foot of lower endpaper. Actually published in April 1932 in Bembo type on Barcham Green hand-made paper with thirty-seven wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker and wood engraved initials by William MacCance. For the illustrator see Selborne 'British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940' pages 382-392. Franklin page 282; Harrop 20 noting that "never can living creatures have been more successfully portrayed in so static a medium" Harrop page 96. First Thus. Hardback. Good. Illus. by Parker Agnes Miller. Folio. Private Press.</p> The Gregynog Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 001609

‎Aesop; Hague, Michael [Illustrator]‎

‎Aesop's Fables English and Ancient Greek Edition‎

‎Henry Holt & Co 1985-03-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Henry Holt & Co hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : Q-0805002103 ISBN : 0805002103 9780805002102

‎Aesop; Harris, Laura (editor) ; Tony Palazzo Illustrator‎

‎AESOP'S FABLES‎

‎Doubleday. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Pictorial cover is toned with modest soiling and bumped corners but in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Child's name in lower margin of front end sheet. Pages are clean and very good. . Doubleday hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 20789

‎Aesop; Holder, Heidi‎

‎Aesop's Fables Picture Puffins‎

‎Puffin 1993-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Puffin paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : Q-0140548726 ISBN : 0140548726 9780140548723

‎Aesop; illustrated by Edward J Detmold‎

‎The Fables Of Aesop‎

‎London: Folio Society 1998. Hardcover. Fine condition in a fine slipcase. Decorative Cloth. 152 pp. with 23 color plates plus text illustrations. In handsome slipcase. <br/><br/> Folio Society hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 600010

‎Aesop; J B Rundell‎

‎Aesop's Fables‎

‎London: Cassell Petter and Galpin 1869 . First edition. Leather. Good Only. 11" by 8.5". Ernest Griset. The very scarce first edition of J. B. Rundell's 'revised and re-written' edition of the fables of Aesop featuring the striking illustrations of painter and illustrator Ernest Griset. The very scarce first Rundell edition in a signed Riviere full calf binding.Illustrated with ninety-three full page and vignette illustrations from Griset the vast majority of which have been neatly hand coloured by a prior owner. Collated complete.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare" "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance honesty and hard work.With eight pages of advertisements to the rear.With the publisher's cloth laid down to the blanks at the rear. With a custom chemise and clamshell box.With the bookplates of Edward Dean Richmond and the Brother Julian Collection to the front pastedown.Griset specialized in animal illustrations making him a fitting choice to illustrate Aesop's works. In a full calf Riviere signed binding with gilt detailing to back strip and gilt dentelles. Front board detached but present. Rear joint starting to head but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedown. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and slipcase. Internally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned with instances of light spotting throughout. Majority of illustrations neatly hand coloured by a prior owner. With the publisher's cloth laid down to the blanks at the rear. Good Only Cassell, Petter and Galpin hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 962F22

‎Aesop; James Thomas‎

‎Aesop's Fables: A New Version Chiefly from Original Sources Alta Edition‎

‎Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1848. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Tenniel John. Hinges broken minor loss to spine head and to spine base pages toned. 1848 Hard Cover. xv 224 16 pp. Olive green boards. Illustrations by John Tenniel who also illustrated Lewis Carroll's Alice. A collection of Aesop's fables. Porter & Coates hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 2311550

‎Aesop; Jean de La Fontaine; Werner Thuswaldner; Marie Angel‎

‎Aesop's Fables and Fables de La Fontaine‎

‎London: North-South Books; Neugebauer Press Publishing Ltd 1981-1994. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 14" by 10". Gisela Durr; Marie Angel. A lovely illustrated set comprising the fables of Fontaine and Aesop complete with the original dust wrappers and slipcase. The first UK editions of these works. 'Fontaine' in the original French text.Offering two volumes of classic fables from Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine. Titles include 'The Young Shepherd and the Wolf' 'The Tortoise and the Hare' and 'The Cat and the Mice'. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Volumes are held in the original matching slipcase for 'Fontaine' and accompanied by additional chemise and slipcase from Eric Sweet with spine labels. Loosely inserted with 'Fontaine' is an English translation by Sir Edward Marsh in the original printed wraps.Chemise and additional slipcase provided by Eric Sweet a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Adorned throughout with lovely illustrations by Marie Angel and Gisela Durr. In the original cloth bindings with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the original matching cloth-backed slipcase. With additional chemise and slipcase from Eric Sweet with spine labels. Externally lovely. Dust wrappers are excellent with minor shelf wear. Sunning to the spine of 'Fables de La Fontaine'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few light scattered spots to 'Fontaine'. Fine North-South Books; Neugebauer Press Publishing Ltd hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 962Y59

‎Aesop; Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde ( translated By ]‎

‎Les Fables d'Esope Phrigien avec celles de Philelphe; traduction nouvelle Enrichie de Discours Moraux et Historiques‎

‎D'estienne Roger : Amsterdam 1709. 2 volumes bound in 1. Book measures 17x10.cm. 4488pp engraved frontis circa 140 illustrations within text. Bound in modern half calf with lettering on top board. Binding in near fine condition. Internally pages clean. A very nice clean copy. Housed in a modern cloth drop-back box. F . Half Calf. Very Good Plus. 12mo. Amsterdam Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 015988

‎Aesop; John Hejduk [Illustrator]‎

‎Aesop's Fables Illustrated by John Hejduk‎

‎Rizzoli 1991-08-15. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Rizzoli hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : Q-0847813649 ISBN : 0847813649 9780847813643

‎Aesop; Jones, V S Vernon (Translation); Chesterton, G K (Introduction)‎

‎Aesops Fables : A New Translation.‎

‎<p>xxix 224pp 1953 10th printing scarce dustjacket worn scuffed but complete page edges soiled a few pages bumped unmarked.</p> William Heinemann hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 4447187

‎Aesop; Joseph Jacobs [editor]‎

‎The Fables of Aesop Selected Told Anew and Their Histories Traced‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1950. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Kurt Wiese. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop with commentary from Australian-born folklorist Joseph Jacobs. First illustrated edition of this work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of the tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Retold with literary commentary and historical context provided by Joseph Jacobs an Australian-born folklorist literary critic and historian who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese a German-born book illustrator and writer who illustrated over three hundred books. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also very smart with minor wear and chipping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine The Macmillan Company hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 965T33

‎Aesop; L'estrange‎

‎Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflexions‎

‎Unknown . Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Printed for R. Sare B. Took M. Gillyflower A. & J. Churchil and J. Hindmarsh. First L'Estrange edition 1692. Beautifully rebound 4to; half-bound leather and mahogany cloth. 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt titles in a red compartment to spine. The Life of Aesop includes detailed full-page engraving of Aesop & animals. 1/4 inch tear on FABLES title page near bottom. Some foxing & staining on edges. Unknown hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 53798 ISBN : 119959492x 9781199594921

‎Aesop; La Fontaine, Jean De‎

‎ESOPE EN BELLE HUMEUR OU DERNIERE TRADUXION ET AUGMENTACION DE SES FABLES En Prose & En Vers.‎

‎Amsterdam: Antoins Michils 1690. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. First Edition. 12mo. The very rare first edition; pp. 3-14 15-360 9. Title page printed in red and black preface Esope in Belle Humeur printed in red and black La Vie D'Esope The life of Aesop; Censure de L'Ordinaire. Numerous woodcut vignette illustrations in the text plus head and tail pieces the first vignette to the La Vie D'Esope page shows Aesop dancing between apes playing stringed instruments and in the background his murder is depicted. There is no frontispiece plate in this copy but otherwise complete. Later Victorian full mottled sheep binding with burgundy title label to the spine; binding very good with a little gentle wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight; a little edge-wear to the title page which has a small old paper repair to the base a few pages with short edge-tears. A very good copy of the scarce first edition. Antoins Michils Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 034148

‎Aesop; Leaf, Munro; Lawson, Robert (Illus)‎

‎Aesop's Fables‎

‎The Easton Press. Used - Very Good. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Collector’s Edition. Fully-bound in richly coloured leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine; Elegant gilt decoration on spine and boards. Silk moire endpapers with matching sewn-in bookmark and all edges gilt. B/W and coloured illustrations throughout by Robert Lawson. Aesop's Fables The Easton Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : FORT230323

‎Aesop; Lena Dalkeith‎

‎Aesop's Fables Told to the Children and Beasts Shown to the Children‎

‎London: T. C. & E. C. Jack; E. P. Dutton & Co c1906. Cloth. Good. 6" by 5"; 6.5" by 5"; 7" by 5.5". S. R. Praeger; Percy J. Billinghurst. A scarce curated set of Edwardian adaptations of Aesop for children colourfully illustrated in a custom clamshell. A curated set of three scarce Edwardian renditions of Aesop presented together in a custom cloth clamshell made by Eric Sweet in April 2008. Clamshell is in a fine condition.All in this set have been "told to the children" by Lena Dalkeith Jeanne D'Orge an American poet artist and patron of the arts.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life following adventures of many different creatures.This set includes:'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' two copies of variant bindings. Illustrated by S. R. Praeger. Both are illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Collated complete.'Beasts Shown to the Children' illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and forty-seven colour plates. Collated complete.All edited by Louey Chisholm. All volumes are undated dated from Jisc from copied held at the British Library.Bound by Eric Sweet a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. Two volumes are in the original publisher's cloth binding the third is in the original publisher's paper covered boards in a custom cloth clamshell by Eric Sweet. Externally generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. The cloth bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is a little worn and discoloured with marks and rubbing spine is faded. The paper covered bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is a little rubbed with some marks spine is faded with small tears and loss to the joints with an ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Marks to the rear board of 'Beasts Shown to the Children' with a small amount of cockling to the tail of the front board front hinge is starting but firm. Internally the cloth bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is firmly bound paper covered bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' and 'Beasts Shown to the Children' are generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Clamshell is in a fine condition. Good T. C. & E. C. Jack; E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 962P31

‎Aesop; Louis Untermeyer‎

‎Aesop's Fables‎

‎London: Paul Hamlyn 1967. Cloth. Near Fine. 12" by 10.5". Alice Provensen; Martin Provensen . A scarce edition of Aesop's Fables adapted by Louis Untermeyer featuring the Provensens' distinctive and vibrant illustrations In the publisher's original cloth binding with pictorial paper affixed.This copy is the second impression of this work.This edition features a richly illustrated retelling of Aesop's classic fables. Titles inlude:"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" "The Fox and the Grapes" "The Tortoise and the Hare" The Lion and the Mouse" "the Fox and the Stork" and many more each accompanied by the Provensens' distinctive illustrationsAesop was a storyteller who is thought to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. He is best known for his collection of fables featuring anthropomorphic animals that illustrate moral lessons of honesty wisdom and kindness. These fables have become enduring classics continuing to be shared with generation after generation. in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight discolouration to spine. Rubbing to rear pictorial board resulting in slight loss to paper. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine Paul Hamlyn hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 963H3

‎Aesop; Marie Stuart; Anne McKie; Alison Ainsworth; Ronne Randall‎

‎A Collection of Ladybird Books of Aesop's Fables‎

‎Loughborough: Ladybird Books 1974-1998. Hardback. Near Fine. 7" by 4.5". Robert Ayton; Ken McKie; John Dyke; David Frankland; John Hateley. A smart collection of six Ladybird Books containing Aesop's Fables written for children. Six volumes. Ladybird Books. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of the tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. This collection contains: A First Book of Aesop's Fables 1974. Retold by Marie Stuart a British author of children's books. Illustrated by Robert Norton Ayton a British comics artist and illustrator who worked for the Eagle and Ladybird Books. A Second Book of Aesop's Fables 1974. Retold by Marie Stuart. Illustrated by Robert Norton Ayton. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse 1982. Retold by Anne McKie an English author and an illustrator of children's books. Illustrated by Ken McKie a British illustrator. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse 1993. Read It Yourself Level 3. Retold by Alison Ainsworth an English writer. Illustrated by John Dyke a British author and illustrator. Classic Fables and Legends: Aesop's Fables 1995. Retold by Ronne Randall an American author and children's book publisher. Illustrated by David Frankland a British illustrator. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse 1998. Read It Yourself Level 2. Illustrated by John Hateley a British artist and illustrator. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light wear to the extremities. With a cloth covered clamshell bound by Eric Sweet in excellent condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine Ladybird Books hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 963T4

‎Aesop; Mary Godolphin [Lucy Aikin]‎

‎Aesop's Fables in Words of One Syllable‎

‎London: Isaac Pitman & Sons 1888. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A smart copy of this collection of Aesop's fables printed in the learners' style of phonography or phonetic shorthand. Uncommon work printed in the learners' style of phonography or phonetic shorthand. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop a Greek fabulist and storyteller whose tales are characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. This collection contains: The Nurse and The Snake Stone Broth The Stag in The Lake and many others. Written and translated by Lucy Aikin an English historical writer biographer and correspondent who published under pseudonyms such as Mary Godolphin. In a modern cloth cover with the original paper wraps bound in. Externally excellent. Original wraps are smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small handling mark. A contemporary ink inscription to the title page. Very Good Indeed Isaac Pitman & Sons hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 962T46

‎Aesop; Marcus Ward‎

‎The Jackdaw & Peacock & Other Fables‎

‎London: Marcus Ward & Co LTD c1874. Paperback. Good. 7.5" by 11.5". Marcus Ward & Co Ltd. A very scarce volume of six fables of Aesop accompanied by colourful plates. A very scarce work.A lovely volume of fables by Aesop adapted in to "easy words for children". Including 'The Jackdaw in Peacock's Feathers' 'The Basket of Eggs' 'The Dog and Shadow' 'The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing' 'The Two Pots' and 'The Conceited Crow'.Complete with six colour plates.Ward was a leading Irish publisher who was known for their colour lithography for which they won a medal at the 1851 Great Exhibition. The illustrations have no artist signature besides that of the publisher. One of the sons of the business John Ward was a watercolour painter.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Cambridge Libraries. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally a little edge worn with a few small closed tears and chips. Light handling marks and spots to the wraps. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the front wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spots. Good Marcus Ward & Co LTD paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 971P57

‎Aesop; McTigue, Bernard; Everett Fahy‎

‎The Medici Aesop: From the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library English and Ancient Greek Edition‎

‎Harry N Abrams Inc 1989-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harry N Abrams Inc hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : Q-0810915421 ISBN : 0810915421 9780810915428

‎Aesop; Milo Winter [Illustrator]‎

‎Aesop for Children‎

‎Atheneum 1984-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Atheneum hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : Q-0026890224 ISBN : 0026890224 9780026890229

‎Aesop; Milo Winter [Illustrator]‎

‎The Aesop for Children Black & White Illustrations‎

‎Watchmaker Publishing 2010-08-13. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Watchmaker Publishing paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : Q-1603863788 ISBN : 1603863788 9781603863780