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19682312297New York: Junior Deluxe Editions 1968. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Tinkelman Murray. Faint stains to jacket spine jacket lightly toned with some smudges on rear jacket panel top edge of front jacket panel rubbed. 1968 Hard Cover. 219 pp. "Many of Aesop's stories--almost three hundred of them are included in this book--are about animals. But even more interesting the same stories are also about people!--for the weaknesses and strengths displayed by Aesop's animal characters can be seen in people that you and I know. and the morals of these fables--the ideas about all kinds of things that you get from them--are important to all of us. For this edition of Aesop's Fables the popular modern artist Murray Tinkelman created fifty brand-new drawings. Junior Deluxe Editions hardcover books
1979WRCLIT72880Charlottesville VA: Bibliographical Society of the Univ. of Virginia 1979. x163pp. Gilt cloth. Illustrations. First edition. Concordance bibliography and index. About fine without dust jacket. Bibliographical Society of the Univ. of Virginia hardcover books
192944667Chicago: 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
198972836NY:: Orchard Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0531057747 . First American printing. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Orchard Books, hardcover books
19411501032The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf; New York 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A fine copy in original cranberry cloth covered boards with gilt stamped lettering. A new version of Aesop's Fables by the author and illustrator of the book "Ferdinand". Copyright 1941. First thus. Comes housed in publisher's matching slipcase which is in very good condition. A tiny spot is found on the bottom page edges; else a fine copy. The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf; New York hardcover books
1989276363New York: Abrams 1989. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Introduction by Everett Fahy. Fables Translated from the Greek by Bernard McTigue. Illustrated throughout with 151 color facsimiles. 175pp. Slim square 4to gilt- stamped navy blue cloth d.w. New York: Abrams 1989. One corner very slightly bumped still a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed by Fahy on the title page to Shirley Hazzard & Francis Steegmuller.<br/><br/> Reproductions of the elegantly-illuminated 15th century Florentine manuscript traced to the library of Lorenzo de Medici's son Piero.<br/><br/> Abrams unknown books
197175037NY:: Seabury Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0816430705 . Second printing. Near fine in a near fine one short closed edge tear both corners of front flap are clipped dust jacket. . Seabury Press, hardcover books
1988403466Mount Vernon NY: A. Colish 1988. Introduction by Kit Currie. 8vo. 52 2pp. Printed in red and black. Original patterned paper boards. Near-fine save two tiny areas of wear at foot of spine. One of 1500 copies designed by Jerry Kelly. Publisher's letterpress announcement laid in. <br/><br/> A. Colish hardcover books
1988403479Mount Vernon NY: A. Colish 1988. Introduction by Kit Currie. 8vo. 52 2pp. Printed in red and black. Original patterned paper boards. A fine copy. One of 1500 copies designed by Jerry Kelly. <br/><br/> A. Colish hardcover books
1982RGKK819-118Santa Cruz CA: The Good Book Press 1982. First Edition. Miniature Book. Very Good. Miniature Book. 3 x 2 5/8 inches. Unpaginated. 10 pp. 2 linoleum cuts by Donna Thomas; text clean unmarked. Hand-made paper over boards titled in blue on the spine and front cover; binding square and tight; spine lightly faded. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-118. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 90 copies this is copy number 6 printed and bound with Peter's hand-made paper. Aesop's fable teaches us the folly of greed. REFERENCE: Bradbury 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books No. 44. The Good Book Press unknown books
1979Embry 196325Easton Press 1979. Fine. Illus. by Robert Lawson. Full brown leather decoratively gilt. Easton Press, 1979. hardcover books
34861n. p. n. d. Single sheet with artwork and story glued to brown wrappers folded twice as issued displayed as a card. Ex libris bookplate to inner rear wrapper. Withal a Nr Fine copy. A hand colored woodcut by Joseph Low. 7-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/> unknown books
18482311550Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1848. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Tenniel John. Hinges broken minor loss to spine head and to spine base pages toned. 1848 Hard Cover. xv 224 16 pp. Olive green boards. Illustrations by John Tenniel who also illustrated Lewis Carroll's Alice. A collection of Aesop's fables. Porter & Coates hardcover books
306952Claremont Saunders Press 1953. First edition. Thin 8vo. Frontispiece portrait drawing by Paul Swan; 20 full-page drawings pictorial endpapers and jacket illustration by Phyllis Bailey. Dust jacket few nicks slight rubbing. Very good. 137 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Metrical reworking of the familiar fables. One of 1000 unnumbered copies. Presentation copy signed and inscribed on verso of half-title page by Riley to Jeanie Dulin: "To Jeanie Dulin as compound . . . on her charming book I haven't kept so long Alice C.D. Riley." Laid in loose is a transmittal typed letter signed by Riley Pasadena June 16 1955. Printed by the P - B Press Inc. Pomona California. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Claremont, Saunders Press, 1953. hardcover books
1988WRCLIT81925Mount Vernon: A. Colish Inc. 1988. Narrow quarto. Decorated paper over boards gilt spine label. Woodcuts printed in red. Fine without dust jacket. First printing in this format. Introduction by Kit Currie. One of 1500 copies printed in Centaur and Narrow Bembo italic types on Strathmore paper after a design by Jerry Kelly. A. Colish, Inc. hardcover books
1989281885New York: Abrams 1989. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Introduction by Everett Fahy. Fables Translated from the Greek by Bernard McTigue. Illustrated throughout with 151 color facsimiles. 175pp. Slim square 4to gilt- stamped navy blue cloth d.w. New York: Abrams 1989. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper inscribed by Fahy on the title page.<br/><br/> Reproductions of the elegantly-illuminated 15th century Florentine manuscript traced to the library of Lorenzo de Medici's son Piero.<br/><br/> Abrams unknown books
1979299746Norwalk: Easton 1979. hardcover. fine. Lawson Robert. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. 130 pages. Thin 4to gilt-stamped brown leather all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press 1979. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
199889496London:: Folio Society. Near Fine. 1998. Hardcover. B000LJN6ZG . First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine slipcase.; 152 pages . Folio Society, hardcover books
18648464Boston. T.O.H.P. Burnham. 1864. Bound in blind embossed gilt titled cloth. Thick 12mo 5.5" x 7". Illustrated with 198 woodcuts en texte. Spine well sunned covers mildly sunned and rubbed. Headpiece chipped. Ink inscription to ffep. Light water staining to bottom corners throughout very seldom reaching text block. Volume presents slight lean. Several signatures slightly shaken but very firm. A Good crisp bright copy. T.O.H.P. Burnham. hardcover books
200051043NY:: SeaStar Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1587170000 . First printing. SIGNED and dated by the illustrator on the title page in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . SeaStar Books, hardcover books
200676529New York NY.: North-South Books. Very Good. 2006. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. This book is soft-bound in white covers with red and black printing to the covers. The covers show some light handling wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with color illustrations. This book is signed/inscribed by Lisbeth Zwerger on the copyright page. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. ; Signed by Illustrator . North-South Books paperback books
1998600010London: Folio Society 1998. Hardcover. Fine condition in a fine slipcase. Decorative Cloth. 152 pp. with 23 color plates plus text illustrations. In handsome slipcase. <br/><br/> Folio Society hardcover books
198843183A. Colish 1988. One of 1500 copies. Large 8vo pp. 52. Introduction by Kit Currie. Patterned paper over boards with applied spine label. A nice copy. Printed on specially made Strathmore Pastelle paper. A. Colish unknown books
1979GKK220-015Heiligenhaus: Hans Gerd Goldschmidt 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. Miniature Book. 2 1/4 x 1 9/16 inches. 124 pp. Text includes 22 fables of Aesop in German-language with 8 drawings by F. Rosmasler Jr. list of the fables included in the text; text clean unmarked. Gilt-stamped brown leather gilt-stamped dust-jacket paper slip-case; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. GKK220-015. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies this is number 127. Printed in 6-point Palatino by Rolf Riotte on Buttenpapier and bound by Horst Schmita. Projected to consist of 3 volumes this is the only volume issued of the series. It is the only miniature book printed in West Germany bound in leather with a printed dust-jacket; this edition has lovely headbands; a truly excellent example of the book arts. 2 copies listed in Worldcat. Hans Gerd Goldschmidt, hardcover books
19727786Mill Valley CA: Sunflower Press 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Tight bright and unmarred. Printed paper boards. 33x29mm. 14pp. Numbered limited edition this being 22 of 75. <br/><br/> Sunflower Press hardcover books
