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1912réf. 763Aesop's Fables - First USA Edition published by Doubleday Page & Co 1912 Great clean collectable condition throughout see images. Book Condition: Very Good small ownership inscription to front end papers no foxing present and clean tight binding. pictoral cover has minor bumps and rubbing only and is protected by removable archival cover Doubleday Page & Co hardcover
1852réf. 962F20London: John Murray 1852 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". John Tenniel. A vibrantly bound example of Thomas James's edition of Aesop's fables illustrated throughout by celebrated artist John Tenniel. Rev. Thomas James first published his edition of these fables in 1848.Lewis Carroll was so impressed by John Tenniel's animated designs for this edition of the fables that he chose the Tenniel to illustrate 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.Illustrated with over one-hundred vignette illustrations from Tenniel.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 four pages of advertisements to the rear.Rebound by Eric Sweet in quarter morocco with marbled paper covered boards and with endpapers renewed. With a chemise from Sweet which incorporates the publisher's original cloth binding to the front and rear pastedown.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. Rebound in quarter morocco by Eric Sweet with marbled paper covered boards. Externally fine. Endpapers renewed. In a cloth covered chemise with the cloth of the publisher's original binding pasted to the front and rear pastedown. Chemise near fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with instances of significant spotting and foxing throughout. Very Good Indeed John Murray hardcover
1885réf. 963T27London: W. Mack 1885. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 5". F. S. Church. A very scarce collection of illustrated fables from Canadian writer George Thomas Lanigan. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece title vignette and over twenty in-text images. A collection of parody versions of the fables attributed to Aesop a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of these tales contain the typical animal characters. With titles including: The Merchant of Venice The Good Samaritan and The Wolf and the Kid amongst others. Written by George Thomas Lanigan under the pen name G. Washington Aesop a Canadian journalist and poet. Illustrated by Frederick Stuart Church an American artist and illustrator especially known for his depictions of animals. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally sound with light bumping and chipping to the extremities. Loss of the paper to the spine with discolouration to the extremities and the odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Library ink stamp to the front pastedown. Good W. Mack hardcover
1912réf. 104155William Heinemann. London. 1912. William Heinemann. 1912. First edition trade. Hardback. No DW. Green cloth decorated in gilt spine slightly knocked extremities lightly rubbed. Coloured frontis. plus 12 coloured plates all with captioned tissue guards. 5 plates in b/w and numerous illustrations to text. Endpapers browned gift inscription to blank of prelims. Generally a very clean and sound copy of this lovely edition. hardcover
1726réf. JP0028Cambridge: Cornelius Crownfield 1726. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good. Cambridge: Cornelius Crownfield 1726. 1st Edition . Very Good. Recently rebound quarter calf using the original or 19th. century marbled boards and dark polished leather spine with black leather label for gilt title "BENTLEY'S COMMENTARIES 1726". Full-page frontispiece of Prince Frederick facing the dedicatory text. Title pages for the whole volume the first Terence part and the second Phaerdus' Aesop. Pagination: frontispiece leaf5 xxv 444 2Phaedrus title leaf frontispiece leaf Aesop and beastsvi871 finishing with the original rear free endpaper. Sporadic foxing of about three interior leaves and last few leaves lightly browned otherwise a very good copy excellently bound for safe and repeated use. This first edition lacks the indices illustrated title leaf and extra plate of the 1728 Amsterdam edition which despite the very similar pagination is independently typeset with the engraved plates very similar but freely copied from this Cambridge edition. see our JP0019 if unsold. Why not buy both to compare the printing and perhaps the text Cambridge: Cornelius Crownfield hardcover
2002réf. 70153Easton Press. As New. Reprint. Leather_Bound. Unopened shrinkwrapped copy. Full green leather all edges gilt silk moire endpapers.; Easton Press Deluxe Limited Edition With Illustrations By Detmold . 2002. Easton Press hardcover
réf. mon0001002291Frederick Warne and Co. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. New edition. Pages clean no markings wear to edges. Complete with 110 original illustrations. Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover
1999réf. 1904100080Easton Press 1999-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Bound in full black leather. Stamped with gilt design on cover front back and spine. 4 raised bands. All edges gilt. Silk moire fabric end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Fine binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. For more than 30 years the Easton Press has been the standard for finely bound profusely gilt classic leather bindings. Easton Press hardcover
réf. a297881972 Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Reprint of original Westminster 1483 edition. The English Experience No. 439. Hardcover. Large 4to. 284pp. illustrations bright red cloth. Fine no DJ. . hardcover
réf. 008596New York: Hodder & Stoughton Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Date 1909-1912. Collects 313 of Aesop's classic fables and features 23 mounted full-color plates all present by Detmold. Originally published by Hodder and Stoughton in London in 1909 in a limited edition this American edition is quite uncommon in commerce. Very Good in original embossed green cloth with gilt lettering illustrated end papers small prior owner name in ink scattered moderate toning throughout spine evenly sunned to pale green mounting page for illustration at p.134 loose. Still an attractive copy with all of the marvelous Detmold illustrations. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover
réf. 008596New York: Hodder & Stoughton Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Date 1909-1912. Collects 313 of Aesop's classic fables and features 23 mounted full-color plates all present by Detmold. Originally published by Hodder and Stoughton in London in 1909 in a limited edition this American edition is quite uncommon in commerce. Very Good in original embossed green cloth with gilt lettering illustrated end papers small prior owner name in ink scattered moderate toning throughout spine evenly sunned to pale green mounting page for illustration at p.134 loose. Still an attractive copy with all of the marvelous Detmold illustrations. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover books
1900réf. 962T89Not Stated: Not Stated c1900. Paperback. Very Good. 11" by 8". Not Stated. Two very scarce illustrated volumes of fables attributed to Aesop. Complete in two volumes. Very scarce editions. Illustrated with numerous in-text images. 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. Each volume contains two of these classic tales. Volume one contains twenty-seven tales including: The Dog and His Shadow The Lion and The Mouse and The Hare and The Tortoise amongst others. Volume two contains twenty-nine tales including: The Fox and The Grapes The Farmer and His Sons and The Kid and The Wolf amongst others. With illustrations from Ernest Gristet a French-born painter and illustrator noted for the humorous interpretations of his subjects and Joe Burton a British artist and illustrator. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper boards. Externally smart with light wear and minor sunning to the extremities. The odd small mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Very Good Not Stated paperback
réf. 22388William Heinemann London 1912. First edition thus. Coloured frontispiece and 12 coloured plates with lettered tissue guards. Title illustrations in b&w and other b&w plates. 8vo 8 1/4 x 6 inches 224-pages. Original green cloth pictorially blocked in gilt. Spine gilt a little dulled endpapers foxed name on front free endpaper. Overall very good. William Heinemann, London, 1912. hardcover
1825réf. 962F35London: C. and J. Rivington et al. 1825 . Leather. Fine. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. Handsomely bound in quarter morocco this is a charmingly illustrated early nineteenth century edition of Croxall's edition of the fables of Aesop. The twenty-second Croxall edition of Aesop's fables.Illustrated with a frontispiece and with vignette woodcuts throughout.Samuel Croxall was an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his translation of Aesop's Fables in 1722.Endpapers renewed.With a twelve page publisher's catalogue to the rear dated April 1828.The leaves of this volume have been washed. 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. Bound by Eric Sweet in quarter morocco with marbled paper covered boards. With a corresponding cloth clamshell box identifying this as bound by Sweet in 2002. Eric Sweet was 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. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards with cloth covered clamshell case. Externally fine with endpapers renewed. Slip case in fine condition with bookplate to the interior. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine C. and J. Rivington et al. hardcover
réf. 148129Ch Poncelin 1802. TEXT IN FRENCH two-volume set duodecimo marbled heavy card boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to leather spine frontispiece 222pp 158 figures gravees en taille-douce vol 1 284pp 168 figures gravees en taille-douce vol 2 illus VG- bruisng fraying & rubbing to spines 2cm untidy tear to upper spine bruising & rubbing to board edges & corners names in ink to feps dampstaining to vol 2 Ch Poncelin 1802 hardcover
1875réf. C218889London: Chatto & Windus 1875. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. 46pp. Bound in later blue cloth with gilt spine titles new endpapers. Contents slightly thumbed marked and spotted a couple of plates with some small ink marks otherwise a very good copy. Hand-coloured frontis illustrated title page and 22 plates. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
1885réf. 193982London : Printed by R. Ward for B. Quaritch 1885. Memorial Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked 1/2 leather over boards. Raised bands and gilt tooling to spine. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Marbled endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 376 pages; Physical description: xxiv 376 p : illus. ; 26 cm. Subjects: Aesop's fables - Translations into English - Illustrations. Fables Greek - Translations into English - Illustrations. Series: Memorial edition of Thomas Bewick's works ; v. 4. Includes title page vignette. London : Printed by R. Ward for B. Quaritch hardcover
1912réf. 307754London New York : W. Heinemann ; Doubleday Page & Co. 1912. New Edition. Hardcover. Good copy rebacked with the original spine laid back gilt decoration to the spine and boards. Front board starting. Some staining wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright and sharp-cornered. Includes previous owner's inscription. Series; Children's illustrated classics. Physical description; xxix 223 pages 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations some color ; 21 cm. Subjects; Fables Greek ; Translations into English. Fables. Aesop's fables. Aesop's fables Children's literature. Animals in literature. Short stories ; Juvenile fiction. Folklore. Fables Greek ; Illustrations. Children's stories. Fables ; Juvenile fiction. Folklore ; Juvenile fiction. Fables Juvenile literature. Fables Greek ; Adaptations. Animals ; Juvenile fiction. Animals. Fables. Genres; Adaptations. Fables. Fiction. Illustrated. Juvenile works. Translations. London New York : W. Heinemann ; Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover
1796réf. 106396Paris: l'Imprimerie de Delance. 1796. 1st ed. two volumes bound as one. Volumes I and II of four of the series "Les Trois Fabulistes Esope Phedre et La Fontaine par Chamfort et Gail". Octavo quarter-leather with marbled sides gilt-stamped lettering to spine pp xx 371; i; 280 v. Pages 275 - 278 of vol. II are loose final pages toned foxing mainly to earlier pages including title page later endpapers. Very good condition. First edition. Volume I: Aesop's Fables in Greek and Latin translations with further translations into French Volume II. The fables of Gaius Julius Phaedrus Phaidros or Phaeder a 1st-century AD Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin; translated here into French. Both volumes include the translator's notes. 1st Edition. Quarter leather. l'Imprimerie de Delance hardcover
réf. LaFontDoré1868Librairie De L.Hachette Et Cie -Boulevard Saint Germain - Paris - 1868 - 864 pages - Les douze livres en un - 365 fables - Portrait de Jean De La Fontaine en frontispice - Illustration de Gustave Doré en 90hors texte ,nombreuses vignettes et cul de lampe dans le texte -Collation : Notice sur Jean De La Fontaine ,dédicace à monseigneur Le Dauphin ,épitre dédicatoire ,préface ,vie D'Esope LX pages -Les Douze livres pages 5 à 845 -Tables des grandes gravures page 846 à 851 -Tables fes fables pages 853 à 864 - Fort volume in folio ,cartonnage éditeur pleine percaline rouge ,premier orné d'une grande composition dorée ,filets a froid ,dos titré -interieur rousseurs sporadiques et assez frais cependant -Bon état .
1780réf. 154899In Milano: appresso Giuseppe Galeazzi 1780-86. Sei volumi di cm. 165 pp. 1500 ca. complessive. Solida legatura coeva in piena pergamena rigida con titoli in oro su tasselli ai dorsi. Manca la prima carta pres. bianca occhietto al primo volume. Nel 1788 apparve un settimo volume presso un altro editore Giacomo Bertarelli nella contrada di S. Margherita al Segno dell'Immacolata come prosecuzione dell'opera qui non presente. appresso Giuseppe Galeazzi unknown
réf. Z1-S-038-01303Shortland Publications. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear and may have sticker on cover but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Shortland Publications unknown
réf. elala3737London: Printed for D.Brown R.Sare A.Roper. 1724 & London: Printed for J. and J.Knapton R.Williamson. 1730. Seventh & Fourth Editions. Complete set of 2 Volumes the first volume is frequently sold on its own. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 6 p.l. 550 2ads; 7 p.l. 266. 2 engraved plates incl. frontis. portrait. contemporary sprinkled calf rubbed Vol. I covers detached & spine defective stain to lower rear cover Vol. II joints cracked & spine ends chipped light dampstain to second half of Vol. I text lightly embrowned. armorial bookplate of Gower Earl Gower blindstamped crest on upper covers. ownership entry of Katherine Leveson Gower 1736 London: Printed for D.Brown, R.Sare, A.Roper..., 1724 & London: Printed for J. and J.Knapton, R.Williamson..., 1730 unknown
1760réf. 51396London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes 1760. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. Later half calf trimmed closely at head and inner margins. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. ESTC N31485 Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes unknown books
1760réf. 51396London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes 1760. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. Later half calf trimmed closely at head and inner margins. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. ESTC N31485 Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes unknown
