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1848rif. 962F12London: John Murray 1848 . First edition. Cloth. Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". John Tenniel. A vibrantly bound example of the first Thomas James edition of Aesop's fables illustrated throughout by celebrated artist John Tenniel. The first edition of these fables from Rev. Thomas James.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 an engraved title page and 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 twelve pages of advertisements to the rear dated March 1848.The leaves of this volume have been washed. Rebound by Eric Sweet in cloth with endpapers renewed. With a slip case from Sweet which incorporates the publisher's original cloth binding.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. Reboud in cloth with endpapers renewed housed in a cloth slip case with the publisher's original boards and back strip laid down. Externally fine. Original boards lightly age toned with ring mark to front board and back strip age toned. Slip case in very good condition indeed. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages clean and bright. Fine John Murray hardcover
1882rif. 962F21London: John Murray 1882 . Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6". John Tenniel; Wolf. A charming collection of four 19th century copies of Aesop's fables all of which feature the illustrations of John Tenniel. Four volumes of Rev. Thomas James edition of the fables of Aesop which were first published in this edition in 1848.Each of these volumes is the edition of James and features illustrations from John Tenniel and Wolf.Illustrated with over one-hundred vignette illustrations from Tenniel in each volume. 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'.Present here are: the 1852 edition of this work; the 1863 edition being the forty-eighth thousand; the 1868 edition being the sixty-third thousand and the 1882 edition being the seventy-eighth thousand.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 a thirty-two page catalogue to the rear of the 1852 volume dated January 1852 and another to the 1868 volume dated April 1868.Housed in a cloth clamshell case these four volumes were collected by Eric Sweet whose bookplate appears to the interior of the clamshell. In the publisher's original cloth bindings and paper wraps housed in a cloth clamshell. The earliest volume is in paper wraps with losses of paper to the back strip and significant rubbing to wraps. Rear hinge of 1863 volume strained but firmly held. Hinges of 1868 volume strained but firmly held. Clamshell fine. Internally 1852 volume strained throughout with remaining volumes lightly strained. Pages a touch age toned with instances of light spotting throughout. Good John Murray hardcover
1870rif. 962H36London; New York: George Routledge and Sons c1870. Cloth. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". Harrison Weir. A smart copy of Aesop's Fables featuring 50 illustrations by Harrison Weir RI and a charming colour frontispiece. in the publisher's original red cloth binding with blind stamp decoration.This volume is undated dated using Jisc from a copy held at The University of East Anglia Library.This edition is notable for featuring 50 illustrations by Harrison Weir RI and a charming colour frontispiece. Collated complete.Weir was known for both his extensive work as an illustrator and as "The Father of the Cat Fancy" having organised the first cat show in England at the Crystal Palace London in July 1871.This copy includes fables such as "Wolf and the Crane" "Hare and the Tortoise" "Vine and the Goat" Old Hound" "Fox and the Leopard" "Hare and the Hound" "Wolf and the Shepard" "Dove and the Crow" among many others.Aesop 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. Publisher"s advertisements to rear two leaves typical of the era. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Rubbing and bumping to extremities particularly to joints resulting in minor loss to cloth. Fading to spine. Rubbing and the one or two handing marks to boards. One or two small closed tears at head and tail of spine joints. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and one or two handling marks heavier to fore edge. Slight creasing and damp staining to corner of frontispiece not affecting the picture. Very Good George Routledge and Sons hardcover
1852rif. 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
1996rif. Q-0140369848Puffin Books 1996-02-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Puffin Books paperback
rif. Q-0759396159Heinle ELT. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Heinle ELT paperback
2000rif. Q-0866116788Baronet Books 2000-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Baronet Books hardcover
1861rif. 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
1760rif. 962Z5London: J. Rivington et al 1760. Leather. Fine. 7" by 4". None stated. A beautifully bound eighteenth century engraved collection of Aesop's renowned fables bound in half calf and housed in a cloth chemise and uniform slipcase. The Samuel Richardson edited 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 monochrome copper engraved frontispiece and twenty-four monochrome cooper engraved plates each depicting ten engravings. Collated complete. Frontispiece incorrectly bound facing pp. xv. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This collection includes two hundred and forty fables with an account of the life of Aesop by Samuel Richardson. Bound in modern quarter calf with marbled paper to the boards and a cloth chemise and slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Undated dated by copies held institutionally. Bound in modern quarter calf with marbled paper to the boards and with a cloth chemise and matching slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally lovely. Frontispiece bound before pp.xv. Bookplate of 'Eric Sweet' to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with washed bright pages and generally clean with only the odd spot. The slipcase has spotting. Fine J. Rivington et al hardcover
1813rif. 963Z12London: C. Whittingham; Chiswick Press 1813. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None stated. An early nineteenth century copy of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aseop's fables bound in full calf and adorned with many wood engravings. An early nineteenth century copy of Samuel Croxall's edition. Illustrated with many monochrome wood engraved vignettes. 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 contemporary calf. Bound in full contemporary calf. Externally front joint tender rear starting with wear to the extremities boards and joints and the odd slight mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd spot and an owner's inscription to the front blank. Good C. Whittingham; Chiswick Press hardcover
1828rif. 963Z11London: Joseph Booker; et al. 1828. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 5.5" by 3.5". None stated. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables adorned with over one hundred wood engravings. An early nineteenth century copy of Samuel Croxall's edition.Illustrated with upwards of one hundred and fifty vignette engravings on wood.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.In the original cloth housed in a modern cardboard clamshell casing. In the original cloth housed in a modern cardboard clamshell casing. Externally very smart with fading to the spine the odd minor mark to the boards and minimal bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. The clamshell is lovely. Very Good Indeed Joseph Booker; et al. hardcover
1821rif. 962T52London: J. Booker 1821. Leather. Good. 5" by 3". Not Stated. A scarce pocket sized copy of this illustrated edition of Aesop's fables with a preface from Samuel Croxall. Illustrated with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematic 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 from Samuel Croxall an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. Bound in full calf. Externally sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor loss to the head of the spine and the spine label with marks to the boards. Hinges starting with the front free endpaper loosening slightly. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper. Good J. Booker hardcover
2013rif. Q-0141345241Puffin Books 2013-05-02. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Puffin Books paperback
1873rif. h43856Philadelphia: Claxton Remsen & Haffelfinger 1873. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo 6.25 x 4.25 inches publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine very good minor rubbing and wear to corners and spine ends 1877 ownership inscription on flyleaf contents clean and bright 208 pp with half-page woodcut illustrations for many of the fables. A charming old edition. Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger hardcover
1919rif. 851T63London: William Heinemann 1919. Cloth. Good. 8" by 6". Arthur Rackham. A scarce neat collection of Aesop's fables illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham. Scarce work. Fourth impression 1919. Originally published 1912. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and twelve colour plates with tissue guards and many black and white images. Collated complete. Aesop's fables a collection of fables credited to Aesop a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Translated by V. S. Vernon Jones an American translator. With an introduction by Gilbert Keith Chesterton an English writer philosopher Christian apologist a literary and art critic. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham an English book illustrator who is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally smart with light bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Cloth lifting slightly to the rear board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot or tide mark. Good William Heinemann hardcover
2001rif. 962T82London: Award Publications Limited 2001-2004. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 9.5" by 8.5". Val Biro. Ten very smart volumes of fables attributed to Aesop retold and illustrated by Hungarian children's author Val Biro. Ten volumes. 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. Each volume contains two of these classic tales. Retold and illustrated by Balint Stephen Biro a Hungarian children's author artist and illustrator. This collection contains: The Fox and the Stork 2001. First edition first impression. The Monkey and the Fishermen 2001. First edition first impression. The Donkey and the Lapdog 2001. First edition first impression. The Sick Lion 2001. First edition first impression. The Eagle and the Man 2002. First edition first impression. The Bear and the Travellers 2002. First edition first impression. The Bear and the Travellers 2004. Second impression. The Boy Who Cried Wolf 2004. Second impression. The Boy Who Cried Wolf 2004. Second impression. The Farmer and His Sons 2004. Second impression. With a clamshell case 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. In the original pictorial card wraps. Externally excellent. With a cloth covered clamshell which is also in excellent condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Award Publications Limited paperback
2011rif. Q-1849390495Andersen Press 2011-11-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Andersen Press hardcover
1994rif. 963H2New York; London: North-South Books 1994 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 13.5" by 9.5". Gisela Dürr. An artfully illustrated first edition of 17 of Aesop's best-known fables with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volume comes with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume is a first edition.This edition contains 17 of Aesop's best-known fables including titles such as: "The Cat's Party" "The Tortoise and the Hare" "The Empty Head" "A Dress for the Moon" "The Fox and the Stork" "The Goose who Laid Golden Eggs" "The Lioness and the Vixen" and many more.Aesop 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 excellent. Dust wrapper very smart with just one or two minor handling marks. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine North-South Books hardcover
1992rif. Q-0451525655Signet Classics 1992-10-06. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Signet Classics paperback
2004rif. Q-0451529537Signet 2004-10-05. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Signet paperback
1666rif. 48718London.: Printed by William Godbid for Francis Barlow and are to be sold by Ann Seile at the Black-Boy against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet and Edward Powell at the Swan in Little Britain. 1666. Full contemporary calf boards ruled in blind later spine with red morocco label with gilt title and blind rules in seven compartments marbled edges. Folio. 356 x 242 mm. Printed title within double rules engraved title by Barlow with central title within elaborate cartouche and surrounded by an eagle leopard boar fox wolf and lion leaf with large decorative woodcut inhabited ten-line initial and Barlow's dedication to Sir Francis Pruijan or Prujean leaf with Barlow's 'To the Reader' leaf with engraved frontispiece of Aesop with animals and additional engraving with text beneath 20 leaves with 'A Brief Prospect of the Life of Aesop' 16 leaves with 'La Vie d'Esope' 9 leaves with 'Aesopi Philosophice Fabulantis Vita' and Aesop's 110 fables illustrated with 110 engravings final leaves with 'La Table' and 'The Table' decorative woodcut initials and tail-pieces throughout; sheet size: 350 x 228 mm. A very rare large paper copy of the scarce first edition of Francis Barlow's undoubted masterpiece of English book illustration.By the time of the Restoration Francis Barlow had achieved a measure of success with his suites of prints of animals - engraved by the best such as Hollar Griffier and Place - and his decoration of houses and by the mid-1660s had contributed to the Aesop of Ogilby and Hollar. It is not entirely clear why he would wish to issue another edition of the Fables Hofer suggests a competitive nature and a different projected audience but by 1665 he had engraved a superb title it bears that date and by the time of publication in 1666 the date to the letterpress title had engraved a frontispiece of Aesop surrounded by animals and 110 half-page vignettes after his own drawings to illustrate the Fables. Each of the Fable engravings is accompanied by lines of verse by Thomas Philipott; the translations of Aesop's life into French and Latin was by Robert Codrington. Whatever Barlow's motivation the result is one of the most extensive and beautiful English illustrated books of the seventeenth century and one of the scarcest the scarcity often attributed to the loss of the sheets in the Great Fire of London. Large paper copies of this first edition are identifiable see ESTC through various issue points all present here but also as per Philip Hofer the transposition of some of Barlow's engravings. In the present copy the engraving for 'Fab. XLVIII' 'The Ant and Fly' is in fact that for 'Fab. XLXIX' 'The Ant and Grasshopper'. Hofer indicates too that the engravings for 'Fab. LXX' 'The Tortoise and Hare' and 'Fab. LXXI' The Young Man and His Cat' are also transposed however in the present copy they are not the margins headlines etc. conform to the remaining large paper leaves although 'The Young Man and His Cat' features the erroneous title 'The Nurse and Her Child' 'Fab. LXIX' albeit with the correct page number. Large paper copies also feature 'FINIS' beneath the signature Ppp at the foot of the leaf with the final engraving for 'FAB. CX' 'The Tortoise & Eagle'; in addition the spacing of the text in the large paper copy also suggests that the text on this leaf was reset.A second edition was published in 1687 with additional plates to illustrate the life of Aesop and with Philipott's verse replaced with new verse by Aphra Behn. A third edition was issued in 1703 and a posthumous French edition appeared in 1714 published in Amsterdam; Philip Hofer suggests that the third edition was really made up of unused sheets from the two earlier editions but with a new title and that the edition in French - it makes use of some of Barlow's plates - is not a Barlow edition.'This seventeenth-century polyglot English-French-Latin Aesop is handsomely illustrated with engravings after designs by Francis Barlow 1626 - 1702 an English painter renowned for his pictures of country life and field sports. He was perhaps the finest English draughtsman of animal scenes in the seventeenth century. Barlow who published the book at his own expense explains in his preface that he intends the work to contribute to the education of young people. This is the first edition; the relatively few copies known are all survivors of the Great Fire of London which swept over the printer's premises in 1666.' Early Children's Books and Their Illustration.'No artist has responded with more sensitivity and less sentimentality to the gentle grace of deer . The least of creatures the frog the hare the snake and the swallow and the least favoured of them the ass the boar and the wolf -- he draws them all with an intimacy charm and inviolable integrity never surpassed in an English book . '. Edward Hodnett.'Francis Barlow was the first native English book illustrator - indeed the leading interpretative illustrator in England before 1800 . Otto Benesch of the Albertina Museum Vienna has called him 'one of the greatest illustrators of all time'.' Edward Hodnett.This large paper issue of the 1666 Aesop is very scarce: while ESTC lists 17 copies for the small paper issue see ESTC R21542 it notes only two of the large: the copy at the Huntington and that at the Morgan Library and Museum New York; Harvard also holds a copy.ESTC R477463; see 'Francis Barlow' by Edward Hodnett 1978; see #9 in the Morgan Library and Museum's 'Early Children's Books and Their Illustration' 1975; see Philip Hofer's 'Francis Barlow's Aesop' printetd in the Harvard Library Bulletin Autumn 1948. Printed by William Godbid for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Ann Seile at the Black-Boy against St. Dunstan's Church in F hardcover
1687rif. 47459London.: H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow. 1687. Full contemporary midnight blue morocco by the 'Barlow's Aesop Binder' boards ruled in gilt to surround gilt tooled decorative panels with foliate decorative corner pieces banded spine with elaborate decorative tooling and title 'BARLOWs AESOP' gilt turn ins and board edges with gilt roll tool decoration marbled endpapers a.e.g. black morocco-backed velvet-lined buckram box. Folio. 372 x 242 mm. Engraved title printed title engraving with the Devonshire arms dedication leaf 'to the Right Honourable William of Devonshire' leaf 'to the Reader' engraved frontispiece and 31 engraved plates illustrating the 'Life of Aesop' and 110 half-page vignette engravings to the 'Fables'. A superlative large paper copy in a contemporary English binding by the Barlow's Aesop Binder of Barlow's undoubted masterpiece of English book illustration.This copy - printed on excellent paper - is in a beautiful contemporary binding the binding in a beautiful state of preservation by the ‘Barlow’s Aesop Binder’. Few bindings by the 'Barlow’s Aesop Binder' are known and the present copy identifiable by the lettering to the spine and the comparable decorative tooling is one of only a handful. Active in the 1680s and 1690s the bindery worked certainly for William and Mary although the identified copies of Barlow’s masterpiece from the bindery include too the Devonshire dedication copy from Chatsworth the Cracherode copy both these now at the British Library Pepys’ copy at Magdalene Cambridge the present copy and one other in a private collection in the US.This second edition of Francis Barlow's masterpiece adds 31 plates 32 including the frontispiece to illustrate the life of Aesop including the often mutilated 'obscene' plate here untouched and includes verse by Aphra Behn 1640 - 1689 commissioned especially for each of the 'Fables'. The unsigned plates are engraved by Barlow and the remainder by Thomas Dudley a student of Wenceslaus Hollar. Barlow himself drew and engraved all of the illustrations for the 'Fables' themselves.'The Ingenious Mrs. A. Behn has been so obliging as to perform the English Poetry which in short comprehends the Sense of the Fable and Moral: Whereof to say much were needless since it may sufficiently recommend it self to all Persons of Understanding.' Francis Barlow.'Francis Barlow was the first native English book illustrator - indeed the leading interpretative illustrator in England before 1800 . Otto Benesch of the Albertina Museum Vienna has called him 'one of the greatest illustrators of all time'.' Edward Hodnett.Complete copies of Barlow's work in good condition are scarce the present copy however a large paper example in its original binding by theh Barlow’s Aesop Binder printed on a different thick paper stock and entirely unsophisticated is of the utmost rarity. This is borne out if it is necessary to provide evidence by the fact that this copy featured in two sophisticated collections of illustrated books of the last 50 years: firstly that of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow secondly that of Robert S. Pirie; the latter collector rarely if ever settled for second best and would certainly have bought another copy if he had found one. That he had to wait for the present copy is telling.Wing 703; see ‘English Restoration Bindings’ by Howard Nixon pg. 40 nos. 98 / 99; see 'Francis Barlow' by Edward Hodnett 1978. H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow. hardcover
1936rif. 962Z12London: Ward Lock & Co 1936. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7". Harry Rountree. Two copies of Blanche Winder's retelling of Aesop's fables beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Harry Rountree including the very scarce original dust wrapper. The Harry Rountree illustrated edition. Bound in the original cloth with pictorial boards and the original unclipped dust wrapper to one of the volumes. Illustrated by Harry Rountree with a coloured frontispiece and twenty-three coloured plates to both volumes. Collated complete. A charming illustrated collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. A two volume set featuring a complete copy and a smaller incomplete copy with the original dust wrapper. The smaller volume is lacking the pages after pp.44 but contains all twenty-four colour plates. One volume is re-backed and the other has been re-bound with the plates bound to the rear with the original spine bound to the front endpapers. Housed in a cloth clamshell box. In the publisher's original cloth re-backed with pictorial covers. The second volume is re-bound and includes the original unclipped dust wrapper. Housed in a cloth clamshell box. Externally very smart with minimal edge wear and the odd slight mark to the rear covers. Original cloth spine adhered to the front pastedown of the smaller volume. The wrap has archival repairs and a tidemark to the verso and minor creasing. Internally the slightest strain in places otherwise firm. Pages bright with the odd spot heavier to the front and rear. The clamshell has fading to the spine and joint. Very Good Indeed Ward, Lock & Co hardcover
rif. 83537george g harrap & co 1927. First edition thus - New edition reset with new illustrations illus super octavo brown boards VGThis book has only minimal description. Please refer to our website for information on our definitions. More detail on request. george g harrap & co 1927 hardcover
1992rif. Q-0152003509Harcourt Childrens Books 1992-10-01. Library Binding. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt Childrens Books unknown
