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1865réf. 962T47London: Milner and Company c1865. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop with instructive moral applications from Samuel Croxall. Illustrated with one hundred engravings including a folding frontispiece. 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 includes titles such as: The Cock and the Jewel The Frogs Desiring a King and The Kite and the Pigeons amongst others. With instructive moral applications from Samuel Croxall an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. With thirty-two leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Dated from York Minster. In the original full green cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed Milner and Company hardcover
1900réf. 488192London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1900. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. This book does not have a publication date. It was not published in 1900. 110 black-and-white illustrations. Xxviii 364 pages. Engraved boards and spine are marked. Leading corners edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Spine head is nicked. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. Binding is exposed on early and closing pages but remains intact. Creases throughout pages. Contents are clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Acceptable. Used. Frederick Warne and Co. Hardcover
1985réf. Q-0030020387Holt Rinehart and Winston 1985-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Holt, Rinehart, and Winston hardcover
réf. GOR002276214Hardback. Very Good. hardcover
1929réf. 3086389Madrid.: s.n. 1929. Paperback. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 32 cm. LII p. CXXXII fol. 1 h. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Fábulas. Tip. de Archivos. Grab. intercal. Reproducción en facsimile de la primera edición de 1489. Publícala la Real Academia Española . Cubierta deslucida. Literatura.82 82 Libros infantiles y juveniles.087.5 087.5 [s.n.]. paperback
1939réf. 18196Garden City Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Red cloth cover with mounted color illustration by Arthur Rackham is sunned on spine with frayed upper corners and modest soiling but in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are toned with modest thumbing on a handful of pages but in very good condition. Illustrated in b&w with color plates.; 224 pages . 1939. Garden City Publishing hardcover
réf. uocl08iaab-21015Girassol. New. Girassol unknown
réf. 52746London George Routledge & Sons 1875. Dated circa 1875 from British Library accession date no copies are dated 4to 270 x 230 mm 10½ x 9 inches green cloth gilt and black illustration of Crusoe and Friday to upper cover gilt lettering to upper cover and spine. 24 pages of colour plates including frontispiece printed by Kronheim 6 to each story some with several images per plate. General title page and list of illustrations 6 pages of text to each story the third item in verse 6 animals dressed as humans: dobbin blacksmith tabby cat piper donkey schoolkeeper artful fox Towser's trial naughty monkeys. Text and plates printed 1 side only all plates with blank guard each story with half-title. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly worn hinges rubbed a tiny split on each small pale stain on upper cover a few minor marks to both covers inner paper hinges cracked but binding sound no inscriptions very small bookplate on front pastedown occasional pale margin spot small closed tear to 5 blank guards and top margin of 1 text page neatly repaired. A very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. London, George Routledge & Sons, (1875). hardcover
1886réf. 031054UK: Warne 1886. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. New Edition 1886. Illustrated with eighty original illustrations Bound in the original decorative publishers cloth. Book is very good and bright. Light edge rubbing. Contents quite good. Small name to endpaper. Pages quite foxed. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16727 Warne hardcover
2007réf. SONG025203192XUniversity of Illinois Press 2007-02-14. 2nd. hardcover. Used: Good. 7.00x2.20x10.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of Illinois Press hardcover
réf. 14967629-6Hodder & Stoughton. Used - Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1897réf. 962Z20London: Bliss Sands & Co 1897. Leather. Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". None stated. A beautifully bound edition of Aesop's fables with additional proverbs and applications illustrated with charming engravings throughout and bound in crushed moroco. A new edition with proverbs and applications.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.Illustrated with monochrome vignette wood engravings. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. Bound in modern quarter gilt cloth with crushed morocco boards endpapers and blanks renewed half title and list of publications retained. Bound in modern quarter cloth with crushed morocco boards endpapers and blanks renewed half title and list of publications retained. Externally lovely. Internally generally firmly bound with only the odd page starting other wise firm with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot. Fine Bliss, Sands & Co hardcover
1987réf. 962Y52London: Tiger Books International 1987-1993. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". Harry Rountree; Lindsay Duff. A very scarce trio of editions of Aesop's fables for children by Tiger Books all adorned with colour plates. A trio of very scarce Tiger Books editions of Aesop's fables for children. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Illustrated to each including a frontispiece and ten colour plates to 'Children's Treasury' fifteen double-sided colour plates to 'Children's Classics' and eight double-sided colour plates to the 1987 edition. Collated complete. Offering a delightful set of children's anthologies of these classic fables including stories such as 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' 'The Three Wishes' 'The Fox and the Grapes' 'The Goose Who Laid Golden Eggs' 'The Milkmaid and Her Pail' and many more. In the original cloth except for 'Children's Treasury' which is in the original pictorial boards. All complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally very smart with mild discolouration to the edges of the cloth and a couple marks to the boards of 'Children's Treasury'. Dust wrappers are also very smart with spots and slight sunning to the blue wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with marginal age toning and a scattered spotting to the fore edge of 'Children's Classics' and 'Children's Treasury' affecting the odd page. Near Fine Tiger Books International hardcover
1865réf. 962F9New York: Hurd and Houghton 1865 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Henry Walker Herrick. The first edition of Henry Walker Herrick's illustrated edition of the classic moral fables of Aesop. A charming mid-nineteenth century American edition of the fables of Aesop. This is a first edition thus being the first edition to be illustrated with over one-hundred vignettes by illustrator Henry Walker Herrick.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. The leaves of this volume have been washed.With the blind stamp J. H. Park Seedsmith & Florist of Brooklyn to the title page head.Housed in a modern paper clamshell case. In the publisher's original cloth binding housed in a modern paper clamshell case. Bump to back strip tail with a touch of fraying to back strip head and with small tide mark to front board head. Hinges lightly strained but firmly held. Blind stamp to title page head. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Hurd and Houghton hardcover
1985réf. 962T92London: Pavilion c1985. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine. 8" by 7". Peter de Seve; Roger Culbertson. A very scarce first edition of this pop-up book and audiocassette of Aesop's fables read by Nanette Newman. First edition of this recording. Nanette Newman's Storytime. Very scarce work. A pop-up book with an audiocassette recording of the stories that you can store inside the book. Being 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. Narrated by Nanette Newman an English actress and author who appeared in nine films directed by her husband Bryan Forbes. Retold by Steven Zorn and Roger Culbertson American editors. Illustrated by Peter de Seve an American artist who has worked in the illustration and animation fields. Paper engineering by Roger Culbertson. In the original card display box with the original plastic shrink wrap. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities and a tear to the top of the shrink wrap. The book and box has never been fully removed from the shrink wrap. Internally presumed excellent condition. Near Fine Pavilion hardcover
1861réf. 962T51London: William Tegg 1861. Cloth. Very Good. 5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop with a preface from Samuel Croxall. Illustrated with upwards of one hundred and eighty engravings. 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 includes titles such as: The Cock and the Jewel The Frogs Desiring a King and The Kite and the Pigeons amongst others. With a preface by Samuel Croxall an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. Bound in full cloth with modern endpapers laid in. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the extremities. Very Good William Tegg hardcover
1928réf. 962T68London: Ernest Benn Limited 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7.5". Marcus Gheeraerts. A smart first edition of this collection of fables and myths adorned with lovely illustrations after Marcus Gheeraerts. Twenty-four fables of Aesop and others collected into one volume the first trade edition. Illustrated throughout. Including classic tales of 'A Fox and a Raven' 'The Hares and the Frogs' 'A Fox and Grapes' and 'A Man and a Satyr' among many others. Rendered into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange an English pamphleteer author courtier and press censor best known for his polemical pamphlet 'An Account of the Growth of Knavery'. Illustrated after the designs of Marcus Gheeraerts a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and van Dyck". In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine and board edges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Ernest Benn, Limited hardcover
1933réf. 963Z19London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited c1933. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". Arthur Cook; Harry Rountree. Blanche Winder's retelling of the fables of Aesop in the very scarce original dust wrapper eautifully illustrated by Harry Rountree. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped very scarce dust wrapper illustrated by Harry Rountree.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by Arthur Cooke. Blanche Winder's retelling of the fables of Aesop a collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. Undated dated by the prize label to the front. In the original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with the slightest wear to the tail of the spine. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown with offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap has the odd spot and handling mark to the rear minor sunning to the spine and tape repairs and spotting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd spot to the front. Near Fine Ward, Lock & Co., Limited hardcover
réf. 142494aafSchweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft, Jahresgabe, Mai 1954, in-4to, (28.5 x 20.5 cm), 11 Doppelbll. m. 7 Orig.-Radierungen, kleiner Sammler-Stempel „Joerg Weber“, Lose Bll. in kart. Mappe in Schmuckschuber., Schuber min. lichtrandig, sonst tadellos.
1941réf. 4613Paris A l'Emblème du Secrétaire 1941 in-4 en feuilles Paris, A l'Emblème du Secrétaire, 1941. 33 x 24,5 cm, in-4, 87 (4) pp., 20 gravures en taille-douce hors texte (comprises dans la pagination), 1 vignette de titre et 20 têtes de chapitres gravées sur bois en deux tons, en feuilles sous couverture rempliée portant une pièce de titre contrecollée, chemise et étui de l'éditeur.
1948réf. 1263301948 Les Bibliolatres de France - M. CM. XLVIII. (1948) - 3 volumes in-4, feuillets non-reliés, sous chemise et étui cartonné, ornements (Bandeaux et culs-de-lampe) - 213 + 201 + 253 pages - Exemplaire N°331 spécialement imprimé pour Jean Guichard - Cette édition en trois tomes à 3333 exemplaires numérotés comporte toutes les fables et les illustrations de Chauveau choisies par La Fontaine lui-même pour les deux éditions originales de 1668 et de 1678-1694. Tiré sur papier pur chiffon "Trois fleurs de lin" des Papeteries du Marais. Avec un portrait de l'auteur par Lemagny.
1817réf. 8539Baltimore: J. & T. Vance / J. Robinson Printer 1817. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Good . Octavo 161pp. A good or better copy in contemporary full sheep. Front board partly detached but holding. Printed on cheap paper typical of American printers of the period which is generally age-toned. Bookseller ticket or bookplate lifted inartfully from the front paste-down. A completely unrestored decently preserved example of this early 19th century Baltimore imprint. The text is printed in two columns with the Latin and English presented side-by-side. According to Shaw & Shoemaker there appear to be three printings of this volume executed by Robinson for three different publishers see 39946-8 not in fact specifically noting the one executed for J. & T. Vance. OCLC lists 9 physical holdings for all three of these not differentiating between them. J. & T. Vance / J. Robinson, Printer hardcover
1984réf. 1007Chamberlain Press. 1984. boards 5"x6. A selection of fables illustrated with colored woo d engravings by Sarah Chamberlain and translated by Boris Artzyba sheff. Limited signed edition of 150 copies. Signed by the illust rator on the limitation page. Ten coloured plates each with smal l illustration on the reverse. . Chamberlain Press hardcover
1972réf. 7786Mill Valley CA: Sunflower Press 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight bright and unmarred. Printed paper boards. 33x29mm. 14pp. Numbered limited edition this being 22 of 75. Sunflower Press hardcover
1972réf. 7786Mill Valley CA: Sunflower Press 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight bright and unmarred. Printed paper boards. 33x29mm. 14pp. Numbered limited edition this being 22 of 75. Sunflower Press hardcover books