Best.-Nr. 1538422034.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1919Best.-Nr. 6902Chicago: Rand McNally 1919. First edition. Good. 31 cm; 112 pages. Color illustrations by Milo Winter. In original cloth with title illustration mounted on upper board. Covers generally quite good with some fraying at spine ends and corners and a 15mm drop of pigment on the upper board obscuring a bit of the illustration. Background of mounted illustration faded to tan. Contents rather good for a children's book without marks or blemishes. The paper stock is slightly tanned darker toward the edges. One hundred twenty-six best-loved fables of Aesop. Rand McNally hardcover
1998Best.-Nr. 067837The Easton Press. A beautiful crisp clean leather bound hardcover in fine condition. Photos available upon request. We are a brick-and-mortar store and sell our own inventory. . Fine. Hardcover. 1998. The Easton Press hardcover
1815Best.-Nr. 4763Madrid: Imprenta de Lopez y Hermano 1815. Hard cover. Good. Small octavo 16 cm; 24 352 pages. Woodcut vignette on title page and 62 woodcuts vignettes many of them captioned with proverbs or "dichos" illustrating the fables. Bound in rustic contemporary vellum over boards in Latin American style laced to text block with headband cores titled in ink on spine worn peeling at fore-edge of upper board; scorched on lower board. Old sewing on spine. Title page loose. Damp stain in lower margin of first 20 leaves affecting title page. Sewing is inexpert yet holding. Protected in clamshell case. Charming well-thumbed American copy of the popular compilation of fables. Imprenta de Lopez y Hermano hardcover
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1936Best.-Nr. 789265George G. Harrap and Co London 1936. Limited edition copy number 390 of 525 copies. 1936. Hardcover. hardback 4to 3131pp title page and 11 copper-engraved plates plus woodcut decorative initials all by Stephen Gooden signed by the artist on limitation page light foxing on page edges and some offsetting from the plates otherwise clean and tight no ownership marks top edges glt marbled endpapers gilt-decorated full vellum binding Very Good condition . George G. Harrap and Co, London, 1936. Limited edition, copy number 390 of 525 copies, hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. 79394hLondon: The Folio Society 2002. Book. Illus. by Detmold Edward J. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Yellow cloth hardcover in green slipcase. Colour illustration to front; gilt lettering to spine; top edge green. Full-page colour illustrations and in-text black line drawings by Detmold. Clean tight bright and completely unmarked; a sound and handsome copy. 152pp. The Folio Society Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1880771144.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0688841910.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1912Best.-Nr. 180219011London: William Heinemann 1912. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Deluxe limited edition; copy #540 of 1450 signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Publisher's buckram cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good. Cloth lightly soiled darkened at spine lightly toned and with light staining to edge of rear cover. Dark stain to gutter at top margin of roughly the first third of pages stain to bottom for edge margin to last several leaves and endsheet. Thirteen full-color plates mounted on brown paper with captioned tissue guards all present. William Heinemann hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1094125539.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
Best.-Nr. 53798Unknown . 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
Best.-Nr. 9507530444.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 8497649281.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1554Best.-Nr. 3630Nuremberg: Gedrückt zu Nürnberg durch Friderich Gutknecht 1554. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. The first work was first printed in 1535 as "Eyn new gedichte von den Schmeichlern" VD16 S 478. The third fable appeared as a broadside ca. 1540 Weller 82 not in VD16. I have been unable to trace an earlier ed. of the second fable. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in modern vellum over boards soiled slightly bowed. The text is in very good condition with a little light dust-soiling a few small spots on the final two leaves and soiling to the verso of the final leaf. With two woodcut illustrations and a fine woodcut ornament on the final leaf. No copies traced in North America. Hans Sachs' reworkings of three traditional fables two by Aesop "The shepherd flatters the wolf" and "The hares and the frogs" and one "the envious man and the miser" by the Latin fabulist Avianus. The first woodcut shows the devious wolf hiding in his cave. The second shows the miser and envious man having their eyes gouged out. The poet and playwright Hans Sachs a shoemaker and guild master by trade was an accomplished Meistersinger of the Nuremberg School Sachs is the title character of Wagner's "Meistersinger". Sachs' songs plays and dialogues address the social concerns of his day and the effects of the Reformation on the established social order. The Fables: 1. Ein yder sehe für sich und verberg sich hinder keinen Schmeichler. Ein jeder sehe für sich und verbarg sich hinter keinen Schmeichler. The shepherd tries to deceive the wolf: A wolf stalked by a hunter comes upon a shepherd and begs him to hide him from the hunter promising a rich reward. The shepherd agrees to help and the wolf hides in a cave. The hunter coming upon the spot but not seeing the wolf asks the shepherd if he has seen his quarry. The shepherd knowing that the wolf is watching them indicates with his hands that the wolf has gone off in a certain direction. Yet while he does so he tries by means of his eyes to let the hunter know that the wolf is in fact hiding in the cave. The hunter fails to see this and heads off. The shepherd then addresses the wolf telling him that he should be grateful that he has saved his life. The wolf thanks him but -being fully aware of the shepherd's deceit damns the shepherd's eyes. 2. Ein schöne Histori von dem Neidigen und dem Geitzigen Schöne Historie von dem Neidigen und dem Geizigen The Envious man and the Miser: "In this fable Jupiter sent Phoebus to earth where he stumbled upon an envious and a miserly person. He offered the miser a wish adding that whatever he wished for should be given double to his companion. The miser determined to wish for nothing knowing he would get only half what the other received and left it to his companion to make the wish. Thereupon the envious man took revenge by wishing that one of his own eyes be gouged out so that his companion would be made blind. Sachs concludes that envy makes envious persons suffer. They delight in the misery of others even if they are about to suffer the same fate themselves and their hearts are full of poison."Roper The Witch in the Western Imagination 3. "Ein yder trag sein joch dise Zeit" Ein jeder trage sein Joch diese Zeit und überwind sein Übel mit Geduld The hares and the frogs: Enduring and overcoming evil with patience: Once upon a time some hares driven desperate by the many enemies foxes wolves falcons hunters that threatened them from every direction came to the sad resolution that there was nothing left for them to do but kill themselves. They scurried to a nearby lake determined to drown themselves the most miserable of creatures. A group of frogs seated upon the bank frightened at the approach of the hares leaped in great alarm and confusion into the water. 'Nay then my friends' said the leader of the hares 'our case is not so desperate yet for here are other poor creatures more faint-hearted than ourselves.'. Gedrückt zu Nürnberg durch Friderich Gutknecht hardcover
1793Best.-Nr. 5806London: John Stockdale 1793. First Stockdale Edition. First Stockdale Edition. Two Volumes. Quartos. Bound in full 19th Century polished calf with filet gilt ruled lines at intricate gilt tooled spines two morocco labels each volume. The rather scarce first Stockdale Edition featuring 110 superb wood-engraved plates 2 title page vignettes as called for. Both volumes with front cover displacement and in need of a binder. Otherwise very nice interior. Priced accordingly. John Stockdale unknown
1829Best.-Nr. 2499London: J. M'Gowan and Son 1829. Two volumes in One 140x108mm half black cloth marbled sides worn to foot of spine vii-xxi 263pp and Vol. II iii-vii 311pp.Aquatint plates 100 unusually the plates are bound 51 49 at the end of each volume. Title pages to both volumes in facsimile. Volume I starts with Preface thus seems to lack the contents list. Volume II lacks only the title as contents pages are complete. Name stamp to margin of Preface edge browned and some fingering & soiling a few leaves with edge wear with 3 leaves with 3mm tears to blank margins only. A well loved and well used Aesop with charming AQUATINT PLATES. Very scarce with Oxford the only copy of this printing noted in British libraries - McGowan was printer as well as publisher and his Windmill Street address is given at the foot of the last page of each volume. J. M'Gowan and Son unknown
1989Best.-Nr. G0316555762I3N10Little Brown & Company 1989. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Little Brown & Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1855010402.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1853Best.-Nr. 2607080003Clark Austin & Smith New York 1853. foxed with brown spots. both covers are taped front cover is cardboard back cover is well worn original cover Clark, Austin & Smith, New York, unknown
1867Best.-Nr. 000013138Boston: T.O.H.P. Burnham 1867. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 4 5 vi-xxiii 2 26-358 4 pp. Brown smooth publisher's cloth with blind rules on the boards gold lettering and a wolf's head in gold on the spine. Peach endpapers and pastedowns. With 198 illustrations done in black and white one full-page the rest in-text. Stated third edition on the title page but this is likely the third edition from this publisher of Croxall's Aesop. Translated from the Greek into English by Samuel Croxall. With instructive applications. A small nick to the front board mellowing to the spine a few leaves with imperfections in the paper. T.O.H.P. Burnham hardcover
2017Best.-Nr. 020400New York New York: Racehorse for Young Readers/Skyhorse Publishing Inc. 2017. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine. Winter Milo; Peat Fern Bisel; Williams Margery; Cramer Rie; Madsen Eleanora; Nicholson Sir William. Breathtakingly beautiful set of 6 classic works of children's literature that belong on every child's shelf each lavishly illustrated. Housed in a sturdy protective box with a paper band wrapping around center this shows slight bowing. Recommended for children ages 6-10 but could be read aloud to any age. Includes: 1 "The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit" in 88 pages with the classic illustrations by the author; 2 "A Treasure of Bedtime Stories'' in 92 pages 40 stories illustrated by Eleanora Madsen & Fern Bisel Peat; 3 "Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 155 pages illustrated by Rie Cramer; 4 "Mother Goose'' unpaginated 100 classic rhymes illustrated by Frederick Richardson; 5 "The Velveteen Rabbit'' in 47 pages illustrated by Sir William Nicholson & 6 "Aesop's Favorite Fables'' in 112 pages 130 tales with the classic illustrations of Milo Winter. The FIRST EDITION First Printing in this format from 2017 First thus all the hardcover books are FINE: look & feel BRAND NEW & obviously never opened! Completely clean & bright bindings strong & straight pages white & completely unmarked. The protective box is also FINE: no edgewear or tears or chips or fading. A gorgeous set for your favorite young reader priced at just $10 per book! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time later orders Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: set is too large for any expedited domestic or international shipping due to USPS postage rates. Racehorse for Young Readers/Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1330072243.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback