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185735224London: 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
1818012015Newcastle: Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son 1818. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition with receipt leaf with Bewick's thumbmark facsimiles of signatures and seaweed stamped on engraved nighttime scene. This receipt page is inscribed at the top to "The Rev. H. D. Griffith". A very nice copy originally bound by Riveire but now lacking front cover with damages spine aeg with a very narrow strip of discoloring top edge of the first signatures else absent foxing and thus deserving of rebinding. Printed by E. Walker, for T. Bewick and Son hardcover books
187953349Edinburgh:: Privately printed for Subscribers by Ballantyne Hanson & Co. 1879. Edition de Luxe; one of 100 copies this copy is unnumbered. old half morocco t.e.g. rebacked with original spine laid down and new endpapers. Clean tight and sound. Large 8vo. To Which are Prefixed The Life of Aesop and an Essay Upon Fable by Oliver Goldsmith. Privately printed for Subscribers by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., unknown
1868257093New York: Charles Scribner & Co 1868. With illustrations by Henry L. Stephens lithographed by Julius Bien. i-x 1-76 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Green cloth a.e.g. Bookplate. Spine neatly recased with the original spine laid down. Bookplate of James Augustus Hewlett. Stephens Henry L. With illustrations by Henry L. Stephens lithographed by Julius Bien. i-x 1-76 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Charles Scribner & Co unknown books
1887962Z19London: 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
185773231London: W Kent & Co 1857. 4to.Illustrated. First edition. 47 pp. Half green morocco over decorative embossed boards with raised bands silver lettering and decoration to spine; marbled edges and endpapers. Firm binding with light rubbing to extremities and a few small black spots to morocco. Finger marks and light foxing/stains inside; two small tears to one of leaves. This is the less common edition with hand-coloured plates. Illustrations designed and drawn on wood by Charles H. Bennett and engraved by Swain. . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1857. W Kent & Co [1857] unknown
183311575<p>Printed by and for Henry Mozley and Sons. Derby 1833. Reprint Croxall edition. 12mo. 6.4 x 4.2 inches. Fully illustrated throughout with frontis engraved title page and 196 wood engravings the artist unknown. Bound in contemporary half brown calf leather. Spine with five raised bands each with vertical gilt lines. Compartments double ruled decorated and lettered in gilt. Burgundy title label gilt. Brown cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper. Some rubbing to edges and corners a bit bumped but still an attractive binding. Overall a very good copy.</p> Printed by and for Henry Mozley and Sons. Derby 1833 hardcover
1887303211London: Routledge 1887. hardcover. very good. Edmund Evans. Engraved and colored by Edmund Evans. Many charming color plates. Slim square 8vo 7-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches. Glazed pictorial boards edges rough and covers somewhat scratched green cloth spine. London: Routledge 1887. A very good copy internally clean but for some foxing on first and last several pages.<br/> <br/> Routledge unknown
1875962F15London; Stockholm: Cassell Petter and Galpin; Familj-Journalens Boktryckeri-Aktiebolag 1875 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 12" by 9". Enerst Griset. A charming collection of two editions of Aesop's fables both featuring the striking illustrations of painter and illustrator Ernest Griset. Present here are two 1875 editions of Aesop's works both of which are illustrated by Ernest Griset.The first of these volumes is the scarce 1875 edition 'Aesopiska Fabler' the first Swedish language edition to feature Griset's illustrations with the text drawn from the editions of Binder Lafontaine Rundell etc.Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty plates and further vignette illustrations all the work of Griset. Collated complete.Also present is the 1875 second edition of J. B. Rundell's 'revised and re-written' edition of the fables illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-one plates and numerous further vignette illustrations from Griset. Collated complete.Contemporary inscription to front free endpaper of Swedish edition and to title page head of English edition.Both volumes are rebacked with original boards restored and back strip laid down retaining the original endpapers. Both volumes are housed in a clamshell box. 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. Rebacked in the publisher's original cloth bindings with back strip laid down retaining the original boards and endpapers. Externally bright with instances of rubbing to board perimeters. In a fine clamshell case. Inscription to front free endpaper of Swedish volume and to title page head of English volume. Internally firmly bound. Leaves of English language volume bright with only the odd spot and with pages of Swedish volume lightly age toned but clean. Very Good Indeed Cassell, Petter and Galpin; Familj-Journalens Boktryckeri-Aktiebolag hardcover
18154763Madrid: 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. <br /><br />Charming well-thumbed American copy of the popular compilation of fables. Imprenta de Lopez y Hermano hardcover
18154763Madrid: Imprenta de Lopez y Hermano 1815. Hard cover. Good/Charming well-thumbed American copy of the popular compilation of fables. . 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. Imprenta de Lopez y Hermano hardcover books
181875623Newcastle: Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son 1818. First edition; Royal octavo issue; Variant B. contemporary old polished calf; all edges marbled; both covers detached and spine absent. Three attractive old bookplates on pastedown; aside from the binding flaws noted a very attractive copy. . 8vo. Added engraved frontispiece portrait; illustrated throughout from wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. Roscoe 45b. With the "thumb-mark receipt" page with printed facsimile signatures of Thomas Bewick and Robert Elliott Bewick and seaweed in red over wood-engraved landscape bound before title. This is one of the few copies that bear the autograph signature of Thomas Bewick above the thumb-mark. Printed by E. Walker, for T. Bewick and Son, unknown
1813963Z12London: 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
1804ABC_45449Rouen 1804. 12mo. chez A. Delalain Mottled calf over boards spine gilt in compartments with green title label lettered in gold red painted edges. With a full-page woodcut portrait 97 x 72 mm. of Aesop. and 192 woodcuts of ca 56 x 72 mm. illustrating the Vie dÉsope 28 and 164 out of a total of 225 Fables; woodcut head- and tailpieces. 8 C 314 2 out of 10 pp. Augmented nicely illustrated re-edition of the editions of 1764 and 1787 with the same collation printed by Richard Lallemant in Rouen Bodemann 113.1-2. As in these editions also in our edition there are the 225 fables of Aesop in French prose with the quatrains by the French writer and dramaturge Isaac Benserade 1612-1691. The translation of the Vie dÉsope is illustrated with 28 woodcuts; the other 164 woodcuts illustrate 164 Fables. They are after the series of Bernard Salomon and Marcus Gheeraerts.Our edition is copied page-for-page strikingly accurate from the edition: Rouen chez les libraires An VI =1798 also in 12mo. see nr. 57 using exactly the same type and at least for the greater part the same woodblocks for the illustrations.Library stamp ownerships entries and a note 1805 written on the first fly-leaves.l Cf. Bodemann 113.1-2. hardcover
180423583Rouen:: A. Lelalain 1804. Nouvelle edition revue corigee & augmentee de la Vie d'Esope. contemporary full sheep. A few old notes on endsheets; some minor staining to text; boards quite scuffed but tight and sound. 16mo. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. A. Lelalain, hardcover
1806R200003997GENETS JEUNE. 1806. In-16. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 110 pages illustrées de cinquante deux gravures en noire et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 880-Littératures helléniques. Littérature grecque
1887962F13London: Frederick Warne 1887 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 8". Walter Crane; Edmund Evans. A vibrant example of the first edition of this charmingly illustrated children's edition of Aesop's moral tales in the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work.In the scarce publisher's original dust wrapper unclipped.Illustrated throughout in colour by Walter Crane printed in colour by Edward Evans. Crane was an English artist and book illustrator and is considered to be the most influential and among the most prolific children's book creators of his generation.Undated; dated 1887 'Walter Crane' by Isobel Spencer p. 203.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. In the publisher's original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards with unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper bright with neat restorations to back strip head and tail head of fore edge of front wrap tail of fore edge of rear wrap. Significant closed tear to rear wrap neatly repaired with tape to the reverse. Minor chips to wrap perimeters. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine Frederick Warne hardcover
189811578<p>John Murray. London. 1898. 8vo. 7.4 x 5 inches. Beautifully illustrated throughout with over 100 fine engravings by Tenniel and Wolf. A few light marks to the front blank endpapers but overall a nice clean copy in a fine contemporary leather binding by Bickers and Son of full tree calf. Spine with raised bands each decorated with gilt piping. Compartments ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Brown morocco title label ruled and lettered in gilt. Decorative gilt border on boards. Board edges with decorative gilt tooling. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. A little rubbing to the extremities but overall a lovely copy.</p> John Murray. London. 1898 hardcover
1882962F21London: 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
182375538Newcastle: 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
182375538Newcastle: 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
1848962F12London: 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
1814961P59Gainsborough: H. Mozley 1814. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4"; 7.5" by 4.5". Thomas Bewick. A very scarce edition of Aesop's fables spelt as "Esop" here a smart edition with reproductions of Bewick's woodcuts. A very scarce edition of Aesop's fables published by H. Mozley in Gainsborough.Smartly bound in a modern quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards in a custom cloth slipcase bound by Eric Sweet in November 2006 with renewed endpapers. Slipcase is in a fine conditionThe fables of Aesop here translated and edited by Samuel Croxall.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life following adventure of many different creatures.Engraved after Bewick with a head-piece to each fable. Bewick's woodcuts of 'Fables' is one of his best known works and spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated Aesop the first of which was published in 1776.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables' for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications a popular and oft-reprint translation.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.Collated bound without the final leaf of the index. In a modern quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth slipcase bound by Eric Sweet. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spots. Neat archival repairs to the text including to the title-page and other pages of text with no loss more significant repair to page 53/54 with loss of text. Bound without the final leaf of the index. Slipcase is fine. Very Good Indeed H. Mozley hardcover
186727206<p><strong>1867 English Aesop's Fables Mythology 197 Woodcuts Illustrated Croxall FAMOUS</strong></p><p><em>"A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other and we then know how to meet him." </em></p><p>― Aesop<em> Aesop's Fables</em></p><p><br />Aesop's fables have been printed for centuries and include some of the most famous fables and tales of all time. This rare 1867 edition of Aesop includes the English translation of Samuel Croxall and includes nearly 200 fables most of which are accompanied with an engraving depicting the fable's events. </p><p>Item number: #27206</p><p>Price: $399</p><p>AESOP</p><p><strong><em>Fables of Aesop and others.</em></strong></p><p>New York: published by James Miller 1867.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->344</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><strong>130 woodcut engravings throughout</strong></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten – <em>C. C. Woodworth</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Green cloth</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~7in X 4.75in 18cm x 12cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p><u>Photos available upon request. </u></p> James Miller hardcover
185673373London: John Murray 1856. New Edition. Hardcover. Very good. New Edition with more than one hundred illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Lewis Carroll was so impressed by Tenniel's animated illustrations for this edition of Aesop's Fables first published in 1848 that he chose the artist to illustrate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1865. From the library of Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott 1824-95 Lord Mayor of London in 1879-80 with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Small octavo: xiv 145 p. In a period one-half brown calf over marbled paper binding with a burgundy calf spine label decorative gilt stamping and brown endpapers. Minor ink staining to the extremities of the last few leaves not affecting the text with a small chip to the bottom corner of the final leaf. A bit of rubbing to the marbled paper; otherwise very good. John Murray hardcover books