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187773759New York:: The World Publishing House 1877. publisher's blue cloth stamped in black and gilt-lettered on the spine. Rear free endpaper lacking; light use to cloth; tight and sound. 8vo. Illustrated by One Hundred and Thirty Engravings. The World Publishing House, hardcover
1981386268London: 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
1929000262New York: Doubleday Doran & Co 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Arthur Rackham. This is a later printing. This copy is Very Good in original boards with a paste on cover illustrated by Arthur Rackham as well as additional illustrations throughout. A nice copy. Doubleday, Doran & Co hardcover
195420789Doubleday. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Pictorial cover is toned with modest soiling and bumped corners but in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Child's name in lower margin of front end sheet. Pages are clean and very good. . Doubleday hardcover
1983009245San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1983. Book. Fine. Paper Covered Boards. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "With an original leaf from the first edition 1818 of The Fable of Aesop and a new impression from one of Bewick's original wood engravings." Fine in plain white paper jacket title in pencil at spine. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Publication no. 175 of The Book Club of California. one of 518 copies designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press binding by the Schuberth Book Bindery. The Book Club of California Hardcover
1924365994New York: John Martin's Book House 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A children's book attractively printed in black and orange.<br /> <br /> Illustrated by George L. Carlson and W. Fletcher White. First edition no statement of later printings. Mounted paper label on front cover with surface wear especially at the edges thus very good lacking the scarce dust jacket. With a few small stray pen marks in the text. John Martin's Book House hardcover
2000212162New York: SeaStar Books 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 87 pages. Features color illustrations by Pinkney accompanying Aesop's fables. A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. Signed by Pinkney on the title page. SeaStar Books unknown
2017020400New York New York: Racehorse for Young Readers/Skyhorse Publishing Inc. 2017. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine. Winter Milo; Peat Fern Bisel; Williams Margery; Cramer Rie; Madsen Eleanora; Nicholson Sir William. Breathtakingly beautiful set of 6 classic works of children's literature that belong on every child's shelf each lavishly illustrated. Housed in a sturdy protective box with a paper band wrapping around center this shows slight bowing. Recommended for children ages 6-10 but could be read aloud to any age. Includes: 1 "The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit" in 88 pages with the classic illustrations by the author; 2 "A Treasure of Bedtime Stories'' in 92 pages 40 stories illustrated by Eleanora Madsen & Fern Bisel Peat; 3 "Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 155 pages illustrated by Rie Cramer; 4 "Mother Goose'' unpaginated 100 classic rhymes illustrated by Frederick Richardson; 5 "The Velveteen Rabbit'' in 47 pages illustrated by Sir William Nicholson & 6 "Aesop's Favorite Fables'' in 112 pages 130 tales with the classic illustrations of Milo Winter. The FIRST EDITION First Printing in this format from 2017 First thus all the hardcover books are FINE: look & feel BRAND NEW & obviously never opened! Completely clean & bright bindings strong & straight pages white & completely unmarked. The protective box is also FINE: no edgewear or tears or chips or fading. A gorgeous set for your favorite young reader priced at just $10 per book! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time later orders Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: set is too large for any expedited domestic or international shipping due to USPS postage rates. <br/> <br/> Racehorse for Young Readers/Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. hardcover
1390530175.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1965012572Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California 1965. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. A special publication of the Augustan Reprint Society. Orig. tan card wrappers sewn and glued. xv 211 pp. B&W illustrations. Some sunning to edges creasing and light scuffing to spines else fine. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California unknown
0385126549.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
0274312506.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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G4052032381I4N00Gakken Education Press. JP Oversized. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Gakken Education Press unknown
DADAX1499483678Windmill Books 2017-07-30. library. New. 8.75x0.50x8.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Windmill Books unknown
1990962Y58Philadelphia; Bristol: Running Press; Parragon Books 1990-1995. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4.5" by 3.5". Lorna Hussey. A lovely trio of miniature children's books containing Aesop's fables all complete with their dust wrappers. Three miniature children's books offering classic moral fables from Aesop. Includes two collections from Running Press and one copy of 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse' from the Mini Classics series.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.The 1990 and 1995 collections are retold by Steven Zorn and 'Town Mouse' is retold by Stephanie Laslett. Including stories such as 'The Fox and the Crow' 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' 'The Goose That Laid Golden Eggs' and more. 'Town Mouse' and 1995 collection are both illustrated throughout in colour. In the original cloth bindings except for 'Town Mouse' which is in the original pictorial boards. Externally lovely. Dust wrappers are also lovely. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine Running Press; Parragon Books hardcover
1897963Y3London: Bliss Sands & Co. 1897. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated . A very smart edition of Aesop's classic fables each accompanied by a relevant proverb from the writings of Shakespeare Macaulay and others. The first edition of this collection of Aesop's fables. With each fable paired with its own proverb from prominent writers such as Shakespeare John Bunyan Macaulay William Wordsworth and others. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.Illustrated with half-page engravings throughout. Includes stories such as 'The Mischievous Dog' 'The Birds the Beasts and the Bat' 'The Fox and the Wolf' and many more. In the original red cloth binding. Externally very smart with slight bumping to the extremities and dulling to the spine cloth. With a couple small marks to the tail of spine. Internally firmly bound. With scattered spotting throughout heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed Bliss, Sands & Co. hardcover
195091757nd c1950. Ward Lock London. nd c1950. 4to. Hardback with colour-printed paper-covered boards. 176 pages. Extremities a little rubbed and worn; inscription to front free end-paper. hardcover
185872352xx 148 32 pages 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear illustrated throughout with woodcuts in the text and illustrated title page Published by John Murray hardcover
18044176Gainsborough: J Brambles.E Mozley 1804. Hardcover. Good. A Gainsborough publication of Aesop's Fables extensively illustrated by 168 attractive woodcuts by Kirkall. In a handsome modern blue half Morocco binding the title page is laid down paper stock browned. Missing several groups of pages eg 29-44 otherwise a tidy and attractive volume. Good 1804 J Brambles...E Mozley hardcover
1964962T73New York: Random House 1964. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". Helen Siegl. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of Aesop's fables retold by Russian-born American writer Anne Terry White. First edition of this collection. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with woodcuts 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. This collection contains: The Dog in the Manger The Fox and the Stork and The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs amongst others. Retold by Anne Terry White a Russian-born American writer and translator. Illustrated by Helen Siegl an Austrian-born American visual artist printmaker and illustrator. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear and the odd small mark to the panels. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the fore edge. Near Fine Random House hardcover
1884962P12Boston: D. Lothrop and Company 1884. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7.5"; 10.5" by 8". Various. A scarce American versified edition of Aesop's fables a decoratively illustrated edition. In a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase both in a near fine condition.A scarce versified edition of the fables of Aesop.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.Illustrated with a frontispiece and decorative borders and vignettes throughout.With illustrations by E. H. Garrett F. H. Lungren F. Childe Hassam George Foster Barnes and M. J. Sweeney.Versified by Clara Doty Bates.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the Durham University Library and Collections. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with patterned paper to the boards in a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase. Externally generally smart a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Spots to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spots. Slipcase is a little faded chemise is a little rubbed. Slipcase and chemise are both in a near fine condition. Very Good D. Lothrop and Company hardcover
1940963T8London: Puffin Picture Book c1940. Paperback. Good Only. 7" by 8.5". Not Stated. A scarce copy of this collection of fables for children with bright illustrations throughout. Scarce work. A Puffin Picture Book. Illustrated with colour throughout. A collection of Aesop's fables retold in simple language for children including: The Old Man and His Donkey The Dog and His Bone and The Proud Bull Frog. Aesop was 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. Adapted by Sheila Hawkins a British author and illustrator. Dated from the Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries. In the original pictorial paper wraps. Externally worn with both the front and rear pages detached but present. Light wear to the extremities with minor sunning. The first page is also detached but present. Internally generally firmly bound with the odd page loosening and a split to the spine. Pages are very bright and clean. Good Only Puffin Picture Book paperback
1984963T1London: Hamish Hamilton 1984. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine. 8.5" by 6.5". William Caxton. Two smart first editions of this collection of fables attributed to Aesop edited by the Gascoignes with Caxton's original illustrations. Two volumes of the same work. First Gascoigne edition. With Caxton's original illustrations printed in celebration of the five hundredth anniversary of his edition. Illustrated with colour images 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. With the illustrations of William Caxton an English merchant diplomat and writer thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476. He is credited with printing over one hundred books including the first English translation of Aesop's Fables 1484. Edited by Arthur Bamber Gascoigne an English television presenter and author who was the original quizmaster of University Challenge and his wife Christina Gascoigne an English photographer artist and editor. In the original paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also very smart with light wear only. With a handmade card chemise in excellent condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot to the fore edge and minor age toning to the extremities. Near Fine Hamish Hamilton hardcover
20101-1606461478Audio Book Contractors Inc. 2010. Audio CD. New. 6.60x6.10x1.00 inches. Audio Book Contractors, Inc. unknown