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Best.-Nr. 163103Verona: Officina Bodoni 1973. with the woodcuts newly engraved and coloured after a copy in the British Museum. Epilogue in English by Giovanni Mardersteig. Two volumes. Volume I: Pp. 2782blank colophon 68 pochoir woodcuts attributed to Liberale da Verona recut by Anna Bramanti; Volume II: THE FIRST THREE BOOKS OF CAXTON'S AESOP containing the fables illustrated in the Verona Aesopus of MCCCCLXXIX. Pp. 1202blank colophon; med. 8vo; green morocco spines lettered and decorated in gilt 'cloudy' vellum boards lettered and decorated in gilt the spines uniformly faded; t.e.g. others uncut; together within a brown card slipcase edges slightly worn; bookseller's small stamp at top edge of upper pastedowns; Officina Bodoni Verona 1973. One of 130 sets thus total edition 160. Barr 91. Printed on handmade paper watermarked with a goose like that of the original edition this reinterpretation of an early illustrated book printed in Verona in 1479 by Giovanni Alvise was published to mark the 50th anniversary of the Officina Bodoni. A list of the woodcuts with page numbers is loosely inserted in Volume I together with the publisher's prospectus. Volume I contains the Latin text of the 1479 edition with Accio Zucco's Italian translation. Volume II contains the fables in Caxton's translation with the first fable and the final six of the Veronese edition which Caxton did not include translated from the Latin by Betty Radice. The illustrations were coloured by hand at the Atelier Daniel Jacomet Paris. 'The Aesop cuts show a rich spectrum of colours with delicate hues that recall miniatures. Mardersteig maintained that only a great master could have made the preliminary drawings for the fable illustrations and had in mind at the outset the colouring which would give life to the linear woodcuts. This artist he identified on stylistic grounds with the miniaturist Liberale da Verona whose paintings are to be seen in the large choir-books in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedra and elsewhere' Barr page 90. Officina Bodoni unknown
1837Best.-Nr. 962Z27Halifax: William Milner 1837. Leather. Near Fine. 5" by 3.5". None stated. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables bound in full suede and adorned with many wood engravings. A nineteenth century edition of Samuel Croxall's edition. 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 a folding wood engraved frontispiece an engraved title page and over one hundred wood engraved vignettes throughout. Collated complete.A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition was translated and written by Samuel Croxall and is notable for its addition of his 'instructions' to the end of each fable which taught the reader how to apply the lessons of the fables to every day life.Bound in full modern suede endpapers and blanks renewed and housed in a cloth clamshell box. Bound in full modern suede endpapers and blanks renewed and housed in a cloth clamshell box. Externally excellent with only front hinge starting after the frontispiece. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd minor spot. The clamshell is lovely. Near Fine William Milner hardcover
1887Best.-Nr. 962Z19London: Frederick Warne and Co c1887. Cloth. Fine. 7.5" by 5". None stated. A strikingly bound copy of Aesop's fables with charming illustrations throughout bound by Eric Sweet with moire cloth panels and a cloth chemise and slipcase. A new edition. Part of the 'Chandos Classics' series. 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 one hundred and ten monochrome illustrations including a frontispiece and an illustrated title page. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition has been translated by Samuel Croxall and Sir Roger L'Estrange and contains George Fyler Townsend's and L. Valentine's 'new applications morals etc'. Bound in cloth with moire cloth panels endpapers and blanks renewed with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Bound in cloth with moire cloth panels endpapers and blanks renewed with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Externally lovely. The chemise is lovely and the slip excellent with light damp staining to the head. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd minor spot only. Light owner's stamp to the title page. Fine Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1835Best.-Nr. 962Z25Halifax: William Milner 1835. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 3". None stated. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables smarty bound in quarter calf and adorned with many wood engravings. A nineteenth century edition of Samuel Croxall's edition. Illustrated with an engraved title page and over one hundred wood engraved vignettes throughout. Lacking the folding frontispiece. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition was translated and written by Samuel Croxall and is notable for its addition of his 'instructions' to the end of each fable which taught the reader how to apply the lessons of the fables to every day life.Bound in quarter calf with paper to the boards Endpapers and blanks renewed. Bound in quarter calf with paper to the boards Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally excellent with minimal rubbing to the extremities. Internally lacking frontispiece otherwise firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with only the odd minor spot and handling mark. Very Good Indeed William Milner hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. ABE-1725453035132FOLIO LONDON 2000 Classic illustrated edition - looks new and unread. Slipcase also in new condition. Absolutely enchanting edition. Hardcover. New. FOLIO LONDON hardcover
1995"The text of the elegantly designed edition, reworked into modern English, is enhanced with evocative engravings by John Tenniel" 147p. Illus [ B & W] Text is clean and unmarked, but the name of a previous young owner is on the front cover and ffep. Some minor stains and small chips to dj. Book
1926Best.-Nr. 288630Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel 1926. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Celia M. Fiennes. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. Wood engraved illustrations by Celia M. Fiennes. 94 pages. Tall 8vo linen-backed brown boards uncut edges. Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press 1926. Limited Edition - number 267 of 325 copies. A fine copy lacking the dust wrapper. One of 350 numbered copies. Golden Cockerel unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 329498Boston: Gambit 1975. First. hardcover. near fine/very good-. David Levine. Selected and illustrated by David Levine with 50 humorous line drawings. 104 pages. Thin 8vo black cloth with red printed labels on cover and spine d.w. price-clipped and lightly chipped at edges with one small stain. Boston: Gambit 1975. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good- dust wrapper; inscribed by the artist on the half title along with a large original pen and ink drawing of a lion. Gambit unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 600010London: Folio Society 1998. Hardcover. Fine condition in a fine slipcase. Decorative Cloth. 152 pp. with 23 color plates plus text illustrations. In handsome slipcase. Folio Society hardcover books
1909Best.-Nr. 39157London: Hodder & Stoughtond 1909. Very good plus. First edition out of series copy of this large paper edition of Detmold's beautifully illustrated interpretation of Aesop's fables with an original watercolor on parchment signed by Detmold tipped in. In his vibrant and stylish illustrations for this limited edition of Aesop's Fables Edward Detmold exhibits aesthetic influences drawn from a variety of sources including Japanese and Chinese paintings Art Nouveau and classical Western art. This copy is supplemented with an original watercolor by Detmold apparently an early iteration of an illustration of a redshank chick that would appear in his circa 1912 BOOK OF BABY BIRDS. 12.5'' x 10.25''. Original white gilt pictorial cloth. Top edge gilt other edges machine deckle. 25 tipped-in color plates. Unpaginated. Bookplate of Sir Francis Carruthers Gould to front pastedown. Original Detmold watercolor on parchment tipped onto verso of front flyleaf; likely an artist's copy no limitation page present. Binding with light bumping to corners and spine ends a few tiny spots of soil to rear; spine sunned. Watercolor with margins marked-up for framing. Endpapers with mild toning leaves with occasional tiny spots of soil or foxing. Sound with vibrant colors. Hodder & Stoughtond unknown books
1950188 pages. Undated. Well-worn. From the Young People's Libary. Circa 1950? Book
Best.-Nr. 23025London: Warne And Co Nd. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth spine and illustrated boards lettered in red and black. Very good. 152 pages. 15.5 x 11.5 cm. With 80 original illustrations and colored engraved frontispiece and vignette. Rubbing to extremities. National Nursery Library. Warne And Co hardcover books
1798Best.-Nr. 1407258London: Printed for C. Dilly . et al. 1798. Sixteenth edition carefully revised and improved. Hardcover. 12mo xxiv 329 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is brown without print. Boards in brown leather; worn spine caps and corners torn hinges toning. Text block has cracked hinges light amount of occasional foxing creasing to corners of final pages tear to rear flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and text engravings. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #4. 1407258. FP New Rockville Stock. Printed for C. Dilly ... [et al.] hardcover books
1823Best.-Nr. 75538Newcastle: T. Bewick & Son. Very Good. 1823. Fine Binding. This book has been re-bound hard-bound in a fine binding of smooth green leather with gilt-stamping raised bands and gilt stamped leather labels on the spine. The covers show some light scuffing and sunning edge-wear and light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The spine is lightly sunned. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and legible with vignette illustrations but also with some damp-staining to the outer edge of some of the pages. Limited # 243 with a facsimile signature and "thumbprint" of Thomas Bewick on the Limitation Page. . T. Bewick & Son unknown books
1818Best.-Nr. 405619Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son 1818. A very good copy internally clean and fresh joints restored and with some light wear to binding. 8vo. xxiv 376 pages. 188 fable cuts and 136 tailpieces in text. Contemporary English polished calf the sides and spines decorated in blind and gilt marbled edges by Whitehead and Sons Leeds with their ticket on pastedown. A handsome copy of Bewick's extensively and exquisitely illustrated fables. Roscoe 45. E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son unknown books
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, LARGE PAPER, with engraved title-vignettes and 110 fine full-page engraved plates; handsomely bound in contemporary full brown diced calf, boards with triple frame border enclosing decorative frame all in gilt, backs with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt with a geometrical floral flourish, marbled edges, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a splendid, crisp and remarkably clean copy in sympathetically restored period binding. WITH THE FINE ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF RAWSON BODDAM CROZIER [1775-1849] ON FRONT PASTE-DOWNS. FIRST EDITION OF THIS SELECTION. Large Paper copies are invariably [as here] the first issue with uncorrected page numeral [891] on p.198, and issued without Stockdale's later advertisement leaf for his edition of Gay's Fables. This selection comprises 110 fables, each illustrated with a superb full-page engraving by Blake, Clarke, Eastgate, Grainger, Landseer, Stothard and several other artists. Croxall compiled his translation (first published in 1722) to rival the well-known version of Roger L'Estrange (first published 1692, many times reprinted and prior to Croxall the well-nigh 'standard' text). Croxall accuses his predecessor of Jacobite tendencies, but has himself not resisted the temptation to incorporate political overtones into what is primarily a children's book. A SPLENDID COPY OF THE FIRST STOCKDALE EDITION AND SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1998Best.-Nr. 89496London:: Folio Society. Near Fine. 1998. Hardcover. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine slipcase.; 152 pages . Folio Society, hardcover books
2016Best.-Nr. 54215Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2016. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Detmold Edward. Large quarto 12" x 9-3/4". 208pp. Light tan leather elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt. A.e.g. Housed in publisher's matching cloth slipcase. Illustrated with all the original 25 stunning color illustrations that bring these timeless characters to life. This now out-of-print facsimile edition is limited to 800 copies. A fine as new copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap and the original shipping box. "The Fables of Aesop is perhaps Detmold's greatest masterpiece." Publisher. The Easton Press hardcover books
Best.-Nr. ST14304Verona: Officina Bodoni 1973. No. 131 OF 160 COPIES. 255 x 182 mm. 10 x 6 3/8". Two volumes. With an epilogue by Giovanni Mardersteig. Publisher's stiff vellum backed with green morocco top edges gilt. WITH 68 FINE HAND-COLORED WOODCUTS by Ann Bramanti 66 of these full-page colored via pochoir by Daniel Jacomet to recreate the illuminated miniature effect of the British Library colored copy of the Veronese Aesop of 1479 upon which the present edition is based. Printed on Magnani mouldmade paper with goose watermark. Volume I: the Latin text of the 1479 edition with Italian translation; volume II: the English text based on Caxton's 1482 translation. Prospectus laid in. Mardersteig/Schmoller 182. ◆Vellum grain showing variation as always otherwise in mint condition. This beautiful limited edition of Aesop is generally considered to be the finest book from Officina Bodoni and is thought by many to be among the half dozen greatest private press books ever printed. Probably the most important certainly the longest-lived 20th century Continental private press Officina Bodoni was founded in 1922 by Hans Mardersteig who later changed his first name to Giovanni. Like Sweynheym and Pannartz the first printers in Italy Mardersteig was born in Germany but moved to Italy as an adult and set up his hand press in a small village there. Will Carter has called Mardersteig "probably the finest pressman the world has ever seen or is ever likely to see" and it is difficult to overstate the pleasure derived from the precision of the Officina Bodoni books. Based on a beautiful hand-colored copy of the Aesop of Giovanni Alvise the third printer in Verona the Officina Bodoni Aesop celebrates the golden anniversary of Mardersteig's founding of his press. Officina Bodoni unknown books
19988vo., with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates and monochrome illustrations in the text; orange cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in red and black, gilt back, green top, green endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.
1793Best.-Nr. 330179London: Stockdale 1793. hardcover. very good-. 2 volumes. Title page vignettes and 100 other fine engraved plates. Tall 8vos bound in full tree calf; gilt-decorated spines with red leather labels joints weak and with repairs spines rubbed; light foxing throughout most notably on the title pages. London: John Stockdale 1793. Large-paper copy printed on rag paper with excellent engravings. The application or moral is an analysis of each fable. Stockdale unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 44667Chicago: Albert Whitman 1929. Third printing. Dash Joseph Eugene. 8vo pp. 254. Illustrated in black and orange by Joseph Eugene Dash. Red cloth with paper illustration on front and gilt lettering.Corners and ends of spine little scuffed or worn o/w a VG tight copy. Albert Whitman unknown books
1694Best.-Nr. 8748London. c. 1694. Bound by Richmond in full elaborately blind embossed calfskin. Guilt-tool ornamental devices to front and rear covers. Raised bands and guilt titles to spine. Marbled endsheets. Tall 4to. Early Printing. Illustrated with a frontis Depicting Aesope surrounded by animal characters. Wing A-706: Hodnett-Aesope in England 63. This copy; lacks title page ad leaf @ pg.38 and portrait of L'Estange. Spine heal lacking with lacquered repared. Corners bumped. Covers mildly rubbed. Else a Very Good sound copy. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 482519Windmill Publishing. Paperback. Good. Very well maintained. Small signs of wear but no tears scratches or major flaws. This bilingual Chinese-English picture book presents Aesop’s classic fable highlighting empathy golden-rule respect and perspective-taking. The story begins when a mischievous fox invites a stork over for dinner but serves soup in shallow dishes that the stork's long beak cannot drink from. To return the favor the clever stork invites the fox to a meal and serves the food in a tall narrow-necked jar. While the stork dines easily the frustrated fox can only lick the outside of the vessel learning a lesson about considering others' needs and treating neighbors with genuine fairness.This is a Chinese la Windmill Publishing paperback
Best.-Nr. 1597710113.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
