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1954374173New York: Museum of Modern Art 1954. No. 182 of 975 numbered copies of an edition of 1000 signed by Frasconi Wescott and the printer Joseph Blumenthal. Linoleum blocks by Antonio Frasconi. Printed by Joseph Blumenthal in Emerson type at the Spiral Press. Original pictorial paper-covered boards red cloth spine a fine copy in labeled card slipcase missing glassine book cover. No. 182 of 975 numbered copies of an edition of 1000 signed by Frasconi Wescott and the printer Joseph Blumenthal. Linoleum blocks by Antonio Frasconi. Printed by Joseph Blumenthal in Emerson type at the Spiral Press. As stated on the colophon: "This book the first of a series of limited editions to be published by The Museum of Modern Art under the direction of Monroe Wheeler has been designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at The Spiral Press New York.". The Artist and the Book 111. A Century of Artists Books p.121 Museum of Modern Art unknown
19534447187<p>xxix 224pp 1953 10th printing scarce dustjacket worn scuffed but complete page edges soiled a few pages bumped unmarked.</p> William Heinemann hardcover
1993207278Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1993. Eliot Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded bottom and side edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The Harvard Classics. Easton Press hardcover
19339026593New York: Limited Editions Cub 1933. Hardcover. fine. Samuel Croxall's translation with a bibliographical note by Victor Scholderer. With forty six Florentine woodcuts reproduced from a rare sixteenth century Aesop in the library of Wilfred Merton and redrawn by Rogers. One of 1500 numbered copies designed by Bruce Rogers and signed by him printed by John Johnson at the University Press Oxford.Bound in quarter vellum and marbled paper boards. Slipcase worn at the edges. Former owner's bookplate. Publisher's informational postcard laid in. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Cub hardcover
197452755London: William Heinemann 1974. 8vo xxix i 223 1 pp. 13 coloured plates marbled endpapers. Handsomely bound by Bayntun in maroon calf a.e.g. gilt spine with grey and green morocco labels a lovely copy. London: William Heinemann unknown
190977135London: 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
1955041168New York: The Museum Of Modern Art 1955. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase. Red Cloth Gilt Over Decorative Paper Covered Boards. #528 Of 975 Numbered Copies And 25 Lettered Copies All Signed By Frasconi Westcott And Blumenthal. Near Fine Slight Fading To Spine Cloth Gilt Still Brilliant; Pencil Ownership Signature Of Paco Lagerstrom Dated March 1955 And Small Ownership Label Of Anton Roshko. In The Original Black Slipcase With Cover Label Printed In Red And Black; Slipcase With Rubbing All Along Right Top And Bottom Open Edges 1/4" Splits Along Two Bottom Open Corners And Tiny Frays At Corners Of The Closed End. Paco Axel Lagerstrom 1914 - 1989 Was An Applied Mathematician And Aeronautical Engineer. He Was Trained Formally In Mathematics But Worked For Much Of His Career In Aeronautical Applications. He Was Known For Work In Applying The Method Of Asymptotic Expansion To Fluid Mechanics Problems.3 Several Of His Works Have Become Classics Including "Matched Asymptotic Expansions: Ideas And Techniques". In 1946 Lagerstrom Was Recruited By Hans Liepmann To The Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory At Caltech.5 He Was Later Promoted To Professor Of Aeronautics In 1952 And Professor Of Applied Mathematics In 1967 Having Departed Only Briefly To The University Of Paris In 1960-1961 As Visiting Professor On A Guggenheim Fellowship. His Book "Laminar Flow Theory" Initially Published In 1964 In The Theory Of Laminar Flows Edited By F.K.Moore Is Still Considered As The Standard Textbook For Fluid Mechanics. Anatol Roshko 1923-2017 Was The Theodore Von Kármán Professor Of Aeronautics Emeritus At The California Institute Of Technology Pasadena Ca. Roshko Is Known For His Contributions To Gas Dynamics. He Along With H. W. Liepmann Is The Co-Author Of The Widely Used Textbook "Elements Of Gasdynamics". He Has Made Research Contributions To Problems Of Separated Flow; Bluff-Body Aerodynamics; Structure Of Turbulent Shear Flow. He Completed His Undergraduate Education At The University Of Alberta With A B.Sc. Degree In Engineering Physics In 1945 Received The M.Sc. Degree From Caltech In 1947 And The Ph.D. In 1952. Most Of His Academic Career Has Been At Caltech Where He Was The Theodore Von Karman Professor Of Aeronautics Emeritus At The Time Of His Death. He Was Also A Member Of The National Academy Of Engineering; A Fellow Of The American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics The American Physical Society The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences And An Honorary Fellow Of The Indian Academy Of Sciences. Roshko Received Fluid Dynamics Prize By The American Physical Society Aps In 1987. He Was Also Awarded The Timoshenko Medal In 1999. In Fluid Mechanics The Roshko Number Ro Is A Dimensionless Number Describing Oscillating Flow Mechanisms. <br/> <br/> The Museum Of Modern Art hardcover
199228376Milano: Edizioni Rizzardi 1992. In-4 gr. legatura editoriale in brossura sovracoperta astuccio pp. 3911 con un'acquaforte di Cucchi num. e firmata dall'artista. Bella edizione composta con carattere Bembo e impressa con torchio a mano da A. Zanella in tiratura di 150 esemplari numerati. Il ns. 107 è allo stato di nuovo. Edizioni Rizzardi, unknown
1954327078New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition thus. Narrated by Glenway Wescott. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi. Small quarto. Quarto red cloth and decorated paper over boards. Spine a little toned else about fine in lightly worn very good cardboard slipcase. copy number 195 of 975 numbered copies printed at the Spiral Press Signed by Frasconi Wescott and printer Joseph Blumenthal. A nice copy. The Museum of Modern Art hardcover
1936962Z12London: 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
19092126057Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1909. 1st edition. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Detmold Edward J. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. 23 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with tissue-guards. Assumed 1st edition. Spotting/browning to spine; some chipping to cloth at top and tail; a little fraying. Wear along cover edges; a few small nicks at corners. Some foxing and browning mostly to prelims. All plates present. Bottom corner of page 144 has small piece torn off. Published by Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1908962Z14New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1908. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 10" by 7.5". Lucy Fitch Perkins. The very scarce first Lucy Fitch Perkins illustrated edition of the popular fables of Aesop with her fantastic colour plates throughout and in the original early dust wrapper. The first Lucy Fitch Perkins illustrated edition. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins with a colour frontispiece monochrome headpieces and ten colour plates. In the publisher's pictorial cloth covers with the original unclipped early dust wrapper.Lucy Fitch Perkins was an American illustrator known for her delightful illustrations and children's books such as her best known work 'Dutch Twins'. A charming illustrated collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. In the publisher's original pictorial covers with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with a damp stain and a bump to the centre of the rear board. Owner's inscription to the front free endpaper with tidemarks to the rear endpapers. The wrap has sunning to the spine and cover the odd mark small closed tears to the extremities and a tidemark to the rear and verso. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages and tidemarks to the rear few pages. Very Good Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover
191011574<p>Macmillan & 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.</p> Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1910 hardcover
1976962Y36London: The Scolar Press 1976. Cloth. Near Fine. 11" by 7.5". Not Stated. A superb copy of this limited edition facsimile of William Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables complete with chemise and slipcase. A very scarce limited edition facsimile of William Caxton's 1484 edition of Aesop's fables. Limited to 500 copies of which this is number 317. Reproduced from the copy in the Royal Library Windsor Castle. With an introduction by Edward Hodnett.In the original rough cloth binding with leather spine label. This copy is also handsomely presented in uniform chemise inlaid with decorative marbled paper and slipcase both with paper spine labels. Caxton was an English merchant diplomat writer and most importantly thought to be the first person to introduce the printing press into England in 1476. His was the first translation of these classic fables and is complete with a series of woodcuts throughout. Chemise and slipcase provided 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.Loosely inserted are a series of materials including a postcard informing Eric Sweet of this book a dated written receipt and newsletters from The Scolar and Alliance Record. In the original rough cloth binding with leather spine label. Together with uniform chemise and slipcase both laid with paper spine labels. Externally excellent with only minor pink marks to the front board. Chemise and slipcase are also excellent with a couple marks to the chemise spine label. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine The Scolar Press hardcover
1949GABERBOC001430Gaberbocchus Press London. 1949. First edition. Quarto. 36 pages. Seven full-page illustrations by Franciszka Themerson the co-founder of the Gaberbocchus Press. Printed in red and black this being the second production of the press and one of only two to be hand-printed. Card wrappers with fold-over paper covers in the French style the cover design incorporating the embossed figure of a woman with an eagle's head.Number 4 of 400 copies numbered and signed by Themerson and with the ''counterfeit signature of Aesop''. Next to her signature the artist has sketched a small self-portrait.Front cover very slightly marked. Inside the covers the glue used in producing the book has cause some staining. Very good indeed. Gaberbocchus Press, London. unknown
19285422London: Ernest Benn. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. No signatures. Boards protected in loose-fitting non-adhesive plastic jacket. ; Number 45 of an edition of 50 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper and specially bound. vi 52 pages. Blue boards with vellum spine. Gilt border decoration on front board. Page dimensions: 255 x 195mm. Top page edges gilt. Selected contents: A Fox and a Raven; A Lion and a Mouse; A Dog and a Shadow; A Sheep and a Crow; A Smith and his Dog; A Man and a Satyr; A Bull and a Ram; A Bat Birds and Beasts; A Wolf in a Sheep's Skin; Death and an Old Man. ; 4to . Ernest Benn hardcover
1993mon0000031771HMSO 1993-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Clean copy sound binding. HMSO paperback
1949021687London: Gaberbocchus Press Limited 1949. First Edition. Softcover. Very mild soiling to covers. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Franciszka Themerson. Illustrated wraps with self-dustwrapper 8" x 10" printed in red and black. Copy #249 of 400 printed on a hand press and illustrated by Franciszka Themerson SIGNED by her with an ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT. Also with a spurious signature of Aesop. Laid in is a compliments slip with the handwritten note by Themerson: "one of the very last copies/sorry it's rather dirty." <br/><br/> Gaberbocchus Press Limited paperback
1926288630Waltham 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.<br/> <br/> One of 350 numbered copies.<br/> <br/> Golden Cockerel unknown
191215<p>London: Heinemann 1912. First Edition. Gray muslinn wrapped hardcover. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Translated by V.S. Vernon-Jones. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Color frontispiece and 12 other color plates protected with lettered tissue plus numerous black & white drawings all by Arthur Rackham. 224 pages. Some fading of the outside cover with damage to the bottom and top. Inside pages is pristine condition with minimal tanning of the exterior of pages.</p> William Heinemann/Double Day Page & co. hardcover
190968927Hodder & Stoughton. 1909. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. Illustrated with 25 tipped-in color illustrations. Boards are original white buckram now showing uniform light soiling. Corners sharp and inner pages unmarked. Boards show gilt pictorial illustration on front cover two spine tabs gilt on black lettering. Foxing light soiling to inner pastedowns and endpapers. . Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
191225887<p><strong>1912 Aesop Fables 1ed Arthur Rackham Illustrated Esoteric Occult Fairy Tales ART</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><em><br /></em>Aesop's fables have been printed for centuries and include some of the most famous fables and tales of all time. This first edition features 13 color tipped-in plates of Arthur Rackham art including the frontispiece. It also has several in-text illustrations in black and white. Many of these illustrations depict animals personifying human qualities in a satirical or humorous manner.</p><p>Rackham art is highly desirable and has been used in numerous literary works. However the illustrations in this printing are particularly notable. According to Hudson</p><p>"Arthur Rackham's primary intention was to amuse…he was often his own model; there are several self-caricatures to be detected in Aesop's Fables. He is the man who catches the flea the pompous gentleman who scolds the drowning boy the credulous slave-owner who scrubs the black boy." Hudson Arthur Rackham His Life and Work p. 94</p><p>This 1912 edition was translated and edited by V.S. Vernon Jones who was known only for this work.</p><p>Item number: #25887</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>AESOP</p><p><strong><em>Aesop's fables. A new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones; with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton ; and illustrations by Arthur Rackham</em></strong></p><p>London : William Heinemann ; New York : Doubleday Page & Co. 1912. First edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->xxix 1 223 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->65 illustrations throughout</p><p> <!--endif-->13 color tipped-in plates by Arthur Rackham including frontispiece</p><p> <!--endif-->52 black and white in-text illustrations</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: ~8.25in X 6.25in 21cm x 15.5cm</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>25887</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> William Heinemann hardcover
1912962Z13London: Wordsworth Classics; Books for Children; William Heinemann 1912-1994 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 6"; 72 by 4.5"; 8" by 6". Arthur Rackham. Arthur Rackham's fantastic and desirable first Rackham edition in the original decorative cloth binding housed in a cloth clamshell box. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition with two later editions housed in . Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with a colour frontispiece many monochrome plates and vignettes and twelve colour plates to the first edition. Monochrome vignettes and seventeen monochrome plates to the '1994' edition. A colour frontispiece monochrome plates and vignettes and eleven monochrome plates to the '1979' edition. Collated complete.This set features three editions of Arthur Rackham's illustrated version of Aesop's fables translated by V. S. Vernon with an introduction from G. K. Chesterton. The works feature a collection of charming and popular fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. During the "Golden Age" of British book illustration Rackham was one of its leading artists. He used expressive line paired with a subtle use of watercolour to create his beautiful images. The first edition is in the original publisher's decorative cloth. The later editions are in the original paperback and the original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper and the original paper covers. Externally the two later editions are lovely. The first edition is excellent with only minimal edge wear and a slight lean. Minor offsetting to the endpapers to the first edition. The dust wrapper is excellent with minimal edge wear and slight sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound with minimal age toning to the paperback. The other two are clean and bright. The clamshell is excellent with Eric Sweet's bookplate inside Near Fine Wordsworth Classics; Books for Children; William Heinemann hardcover
1975329498Boston: 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.<br/> <br/> 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.<br/> <br/> Gambit unknown
1912962P19London: Adam & Charles Black 1912. First edition. Cloth. Good. 10.5" by 8"; 10.5" by 8.5". Charles Folkard. An edition de luxe of Charles Folkard's colourfully illustrated Aesop signed by the publishers A. & C. Black. An edition de luxe of two hundred and fifty copies of which this is numbered one hundred and seven published at the same time as the first Folkard edition.Signed by the publishers to the limitation leaf to J. H. Brough.In a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase both of which are in a near fine condition. The important fables of Aesop. Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece eleven tipped-in colour plates and numerous line illustrations in text by Charles Folkard. Collated complete.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 adventures of many different creatures.Folkard created the cartoon character Teddy Tail who ran in the Daily Mail.With a preface by Gordon Home. Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding in a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase. Externally generally smart. Small tears to the head and tail of the front joint. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is discoloured. Light marks to the cloth. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few scattered spots. Slipcase is a little faded to the spine in a near fine condition. Chemise is age-toned to the spine in a near fine condition. Good Adam & Charles Black hardcover
