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1900réf. 044144Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company 1900. Undated ca. 1900. Well-illustrated selection of Aesop's fables with 75 full page illustrations frontis in color remaining plates in black and white. Bright and colorful pictorial hardcover in sea-green aqua blue black yellow and white 7.75 inches tall illustrated dustjacket. The book has some rubbing to corners and spine ends good hinges sound text block age-toned and lightly speckled endpapers pages clean name and 1904 date inside front cover two small stickers on front free endpaper - Santa and a clown - no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is age-toned with chips mainly to the spine ends fairly little paper loss. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. W. B. Conkey Company Hardcover
1925réf. 148086Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company 1925. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. 3 inch open tear at front spine edge. Light staining on rear panel. Light bumping at corners of front/rear panels. Illustrations by Joseph Eugene Dash. Albert Whitman & Company hardcover
réf. 41457Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly. 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. Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, hardcover
1865réf. 023496Hurd 1865. No Binding. Near Fine. New York: Hurd and Houghton 1865. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Illustrated with 111 engravings from original designs by Herrick . First edition thus. 12mo. green and gilt boards with period yellow end papers 311 pp. All edges gilt very ornate binding with animals and decorations all in blind-stamped gilt very attractive and conditionally near fine. Date on title page matches date of copyright true first printing thus. Hurd unknown
1926réf. 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
1823réf. 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
réf. 0006526New York and Boston: Hurd And Houghton / E. P. Dutton 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Henry Walker Herrick. 12mo xii 311 pages red bevelled publisher's cloth rebacked with original spine laid down original floral endpapers all edges gilt. Variant with gilt fox in a circle on covers. This is Samuel Croxall text unattributed with a lengthy "Application" at the end of each of the 110 fables here. For example "The Hunted Beaver" draws comparisons to the Inquisition and persecution of the Jews - with advice I do not comprehend. Illustrated by watercolorist Henry Walker Herrick Hurd And Houghton / E. P. Dutton hardcover
1694réf. 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
1966réf. 38055New York: Macmillan 1966. Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Several nicks.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Macmillan hardcover
1975réf. 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
1931réf. 122334455668The sole UK printing published by the Gregynog Press Newtown : 1931. Number '125' of only 250 copies issued. Illustrated with thirty-seven wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker and wood-engraved initials by her husband William McCance typographer and sculptor. This title was Parker's first collaboration with the Press. Bound in the publisher's original tanned sheepskin with the title blocked in black foil on the spine. Printed in Bembo Type on Barcham Green hand-made paper. The BOOK is in Very Good condition with minor rubbing to the spine and the extremities else a fine copy with only a very occasional light spot in places. A book that is seldom encountered in such sharp condition. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Together with Gertrude Hermes and Blair Hughes-Stanton Parker helped to usher in a period of masterly illustrated editions at Gregynog with the Esope title considered one of the masterpieces of the Press. The illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker are considered by Colin Franklin to rank this book as 'the most conspicuously decorative volume of that kind' the binding is smooth appropriately naturalistic and exceptionally well preserved and the type hand-set by Richard Jones is generous and exacting. Writing in his The Private Presses Colin Franklin concluded that 'the entire work of Gregynog printing and binding produced a better thing that anyone else had attempted'. Jones pp. 30-1. Housed in the original plain card slipcase which is a little age worn rubbed and marked but tight and complete. With the publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. A great rarity. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Gregynog Press, Newtown hardcover
1981réf. 386268London: Hodder & Stoughton 1981. Ltd. Ed. Hardcover. Very Good/None. E. J. Detmold. Hardcover red leather stamped in gilt. Facsimile edition of a book that was first published in 1909 by Hodder & Stoughton. 152 pages. 23 full page illustrations in color by Detmold plus various line illustrations in black and white throughout the text. #337 of 500 copies as indicated on tipped-on plate inside front cover. All edges gilt. No slipcase. Record # 386268 Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1847réf. 1196P083Halifax: William Milner 1847. Reprint . Hardback. Printed pages: xviii 296. Very Good Minus. 3.25 x 5.25 inches 8.25 x 13.5 cm. Publishers blind-stamped brown cloth binding with gilt decoration to spine. Page edges untrimmed. Slight bumping to ends of spine and corners light marking to boards. Vertical crease to front free endpaper. Staining to rear endpaper. Some marking and stains to the text. Fold-out frontis with pencilled notes to reverse vignette to title page. Includes 211 fables and 100 woodcut illustrations. Prize inscription to front free endpaper. . Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £15.00; USA £15.00; Oceania £16.00; Rest of World £18.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 3.25 x 5.25 inches 8.25 x 13.5 cm. William Milner 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
1910réf. 11574Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1910. 8vo. 7.2 x 5.1 inches. Reprint of an edition that was originally published in 1894 with notes and an index. Beautifully illustrated throughout with over 100 fine engravings by Heighway. A few light spots to the blank endpapers but overall a nice clean copy in a fine contemporary leather binding of full tree calf. Spine with raised bands each decorated with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled and decorated in gilt. Burgundy morocco title label ruled and lettered in gilt. Double ruled gilt border on boards. Front board with gilt stamped arms of the Queen Elizabeth School in Cranbrook. Board edges with decorative gilt tooling. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. School prize label on the front pastedown endpaper. A lovely copy. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1910 hardcover
2003réf. mon0003783377The Folio Society 2003T. hardcover. New. . The Folio Society hardcover
réf. 0483579459.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1909réf. 77748London: Hodder and Stoughton 1909. 4to.Illustrated. xvi 152 pp. 23 tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold complete. Later issue cloth binding with red decoration and green lettering to boards and gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing and a few light marks to boards and corners with wear around spine ends. Scattered foxing. Good to VG. 27cms tall. . Good. Decorative Cloth. 1909. Hodder and Stoughton [1909] hardcover
1909réf. 77135London: Hodder and Stoughton 1909. 4to.Illustrated. xvi 152 pp. 23 tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. Publisher's brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A little edge-wear marking and rubbing to binding. A little splitting at hinges and staining to half title otherwise with just a handful of spots throughout. Early ink name to prelim. VG save for the minor shaking to the binding. 28cms tall. . Good. Gilt-decorated Cloth. 1909. Hodder and Stoughton [1909] hardcover
1909réf. 60945London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. 4to.Illustrated. This is copy no. 537 of an edition limited to 750 copies signed by the illustrator Edward J. Detmold. Publisher's original maroon blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Series of spots to cloth of front board. Slight fraying to spine ends. Early ink name to front endpaper. Internally clean. With twenty-five tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. The binding is unusual. One often sees the white buckram version but the plainness of this and the lack of gilt edges or decoration to the covers suggest it was a volume intended to forwarded to your binder to place some fancy dan affair around it. . Good. Blind-stamped Cloth. Signed Limited Edition. 1909. Hodder & Stoughton 1909 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
1857réf. 35224London: W. Kent & Co 1857. Hardcover. Good. 1857 London. A Good copy. 4to. 22 pp. with 22 full page hand colored illustration plus the hand colored frontis and title page; covers have also been colored. Re-bound in grey cloth and new end papers. Original front and rear covers laid down. Light scattered foxing mostly confined to backs and edges of plates. Moderate soiling to original covers. W. Kent & Co hardcover
1981réf. 214146London: Hodder and Stoughton 1981. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial brown leather. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Silk endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 152 pages; Physical desc.: 152 p. ill. 24 cm. tipped - in with tissue guards Subject: Aesop's fables -- Adaptations -- Fables -- Folklore. London: Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1889réf. 39636London The Strand: David Nutt. Good with no dust jacket. 1889. 1st Thus. Vellum. frontis; FABLES OF AESOP as First Printed by William Caxton in 1484 with those of Avian Alfonso and Poggio now again edited and induced by Joseph Jacobs. With History of the Aesopic Fable. 2 volumes. Edited by Joseph Jacobs. Frontispiece illustrations. 25.2x15 cm 10x6" original publisher's binding of vellum-backed boards deckle edges. No. 48 of an edition limited to 50 of 60 copies on large paper. Rare Large Paper edition of Caxtons Aesop critically edited and with a long historical essay about the Fables and their origin in Vol. I. Bindings somewhat worn with some scuffing and cracking but fundamentally sound. Internally very clean and attractive. . David Nutt hardcover
réf. 8748Copy number 50 of 750 copies of the limited edition signed by the illustrator. Edward Detmold was the longest surviving of the two tragic Detmold twins who had attracted the attention of artists such as Edward Burne-Jones as children and young artists. Edward's brother Maurice had committed suicide in 1908 after producing numerous highly regarded prints at the turn of the century. Edward himself continued to make prints and publish illustrated books until his own suicide in 1957. Animals and birds were their primary subjects and to varying degrees their prints exhibit the clear influence of the Japanese master printmakers. Large 4to 305 × 250 mm pp. 154 plus 35 mounted coloured plates. Original white buckram gilt top edge gilt others uncut. Very lightly soiled slight separation between a couple of gatherings of the texblock but tight and secure endpapers slightly toned. An excellent copy. [Henry Stone for] Hodder & Stoughton.
