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1992962Y57London: Everyman's Library Children's Classics 1992-2001. Cloth. Near Fine. 8.5" by 7". R. de la Neziere; Stephen Gooden. A delightful set of Aesop and Fontaine's fables illustrated and published for the 'Everyman's Library Children's Classics' Two lovely anthologies of classic fables from Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine. Published for the Everyman's Library Children's Classics series. In the publisher's original cloth binding decorated with gilt and a front board illustration. Presented here with a cloth-backed clamshell with spine label. Comprising Sir Edward Marsh's translation of Fontaine and Sir Roger L'Estrange's translation of Aesop. Both illustrated with fifteen colour plates and vignettes to Fontaine's fables and numerous full page drawings to Aesop's. Clamshell 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. In the publisher's original cloth binding with illustrations pasted to the front boards. Held together with a cloth-backed clamshell. Externally lovely with only a residue mark left by label to the rear board of 'Aesop'. Clamshell is damp stained to the top edge. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine Everyman's Library Children's Classics hardcover
1837962Z27Halifax: William Milner 1837. Leather. Near Fine. 5" by 3.5". None stated. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables bound in full suede and adorned with many wood engravings. A nineteenth century edition of Samuel Croxall's edition. 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 a folding wood engraved frontispiece an engraved title page and over one hundred wood engraved vignettes throughout. Collated complete.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 modern suede endpapers and blanks renewed and housed in a cloth clamshell box. Bound in full modern suede endpapers and blanks renewed and housed in a cloth clamshell box. Externally excellent with only front hinge starting after the frontispiece. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd minor spot. The clamshell is lovely. Near Fine William Milner hardcover
1841351067.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2022SONG1646432827Applesauce Press 2022-07-05. hardcover. Used: Good. 9.90x0.91x13.14. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Applesauce Press hardcover
20139781935721079-2025Proven Publishing 2013. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Aesop</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Proven Publishing</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781935721079</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2013</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 114</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Aesop was an African storyteller who lived in ancient Greece. Heused tales about animals and nature to teach important life lessons andmorals. These stories are now known around the world.This book contains 101 of Aesop's best fables accompanied by overfifty world-class illustrations. As you'll see these fables are writtenfor children but these lessons are relevant for all ages!Aesop's Fables are both universal and timeless making this book aperfect centerpiece for families and classrooms! to enjoy while youshare in reading and have fun talking together about these livelystories and lessons.► 101 of Aesop's classic and beststories!► Practical moral lessons fortoday's world.► High-quality characteristic anddetailed illustrations.► New introduction and historicalinsight by Dr. Sujan Dass</p> Proven Publishing hardcover
1489624406.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
2007DADAX025203192XUniversity of Illinois Press 2007-02-14. 2nd. hardcover. New. 7.00x2.20x10.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of Illinois Press hardcover
1926963Z4London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1926. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". M. Maitland Howard. The first edition of M. Maitland Howard's very scarce beautifully illustrated edition of Aesop's fables with the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first M. Maitland Howard illustrated edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece monochrome line vignettes and seven coloured plates. Collated complete. 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 beautifully illustrated by Marjorie Maitland Howard. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with minimal edge wear slight fading to the spine and very small closed tears to the head of the spine. Lacking front free endpaper. Offsetting to the rear. The wrap is smart with sunning to the spine slight handling marks small closed tears and chips to the extremities with very minimal loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover
1902962T55London: George Routledge & Sons 1902. Cloth. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". Harrison Weir. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop with a clamshell by Eric Sweet. Illustrated with four colour plates and one hundred and fourteen in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of three hundred 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. Translated by George Fyler Townsend a British translator noted for the standard English edition of Aesop's Fables. Illustrated by Harrison William Weir a British artist. With a clamshell 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. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Additional cloth covered clamshell by Eric Sweet is in excellent condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Near Fine George Routledge & Sons hardcover
1871978F24London: Bickers & Son 1871 . Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 9.5". Thomas Bewick. Handsomely bound in full morocco by Ramage this is an attractive late 19th century edition of Bewick's selection of Aesop's fables illustrated throughout with his engravings. A collection of fables from Aesop and other sources selected and compiled by Thomas Bewick and arranged in three parts: 'Fables Extracted from Dodsley's'; 'Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse' and 'Fables in Verse'. A Large Paper copy in a full morocco binding by Ramage.Illustrated throughout with Bewick's original wood engraved vignettes and with a frontispiece and a full plate portrait of Bewick. Collated complete.Also including 'The Life of Aesop' and 'An Essay Upon Fable' by Oliver Goldsmith. Reprinted from the Newcastle Edition which was published in 1784.With the bookplate of C E Stewart to front pastedown.Thomas Bewick spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated 'Aesop's Fables' the first of which was published in 1776. Bewick was an illustrator known for his fine illustrations for books illustrating many natural history works such as 'A History of British Birds' and 'A History of Quadrupeds'. He is known for popularising the practice of printing illustrations using wood producing high-quality illustrations at a lower price. In a full morocco signed binding by Ramage with gilt detailing. Back strip and board perimeters age toned as is common with this shade of morocco. Minor losses of calf to back strip head and tail. Joint heads and tails starting with boards holding firm. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with the odd spot or handling mark. Very Good Bickers & Son hardcover
1855963Z13London: T. Allman 1855. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 3". None stated. Two pocket sized copies of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables one in the original cloth and the other smartly bound by Eric Sweet in gilt cloth and both housed in a cardboard clamshell casing. A two volume set featuring one copy in the original cloth and another bound by Eric Sweet in modern cloth with gilt details and endpapers and blanks retained. Both housed in the original clamshell casing. One copy 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 monochrome wood engraved vignettes. Two charming collections 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.Undated dated by the binder's date to the clamshell and copies held institutionally. The copy bound by Eric Sweet is lacking the original title page and has been renewed with a facsimile with the original vignette laid down. One volume bound in the original cloth the other is bound in modern cloth with endpapers and blanks renewed and both housed in a cardboard clamshell casing. Externally the original cloth copy is very smart with with minimal bumping and wear to the extremities and a mark to the front board and front hinge starting after blanks. The second copy is lovely. Internally the original cloth copy is generally firmly bound with title page tender with a closed tear pages lightly age toned with occasional light spotting. The second copy is lacking the title page renewed with facsimile otherwise firmly bound with generally clean and lightly age toned pages. The clamshell is lovely. Very Good Indeed T. Allman hardcover
193199384William Heinemann. London. 1931. William Heinemann. 1931. Reprint. Hardback. No DW. Navy cloth decorated in light blue worn to extremities and slightly spotted and stained. Coloured frontis. plus 12 coloured plates all with captioned tissue guards. 5 plates in b/w and numerous illustrations to text. Pages browned prize inscription to front pastedown. Generally a clean and sound copy. hardcover
1857500047160London: W. Kent & Co & Bradbury and Evans 1857. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Original decorated . Lime green cloth spineSome marks to boards foxed especially corner of plates <br/> <br/> W. Kent & Co & Bradbury and Evans hardcover
18849917William L. Allison NY 1884. HBNODJ issued 1884 1st Revised Edition Burgundy cloth with Paper Label on Spine with Gold Gilt Cover minor wear tiny chips & tiny ding Extremities with Red ribbon bookmrk F/NF NODJ Interior Nice Tight Clean 250 pgs Table Contents Top pgs edges Gold Gilt . First Thus. Hard Cover. William L. Allison NY hardcover
0601070178.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2000mon0000190091Weigl Pub Inc 1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM. library. Good. 0.5000 in x 9.0000 in x 7.5000 in. Weigl Pub Inc unknown
1489624341.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
20169781776668168-2025IDB Productions 2016. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> AESOP c. 620 BCE - 564</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> IDB Productions</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781776668168</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2016</p> IDB Productions hardcover
20059789562910255-2025bnpublishing.com 2005. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Aesop</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> bnpublishing.com</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9789562910255</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2005</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 60</p> bnpublishing.com hardcover
1868962H31London: Frederick Warne and Co. c1868 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 5". Various. A very scarce edition of The Fables of Aesop translated by Samuel Croxall featuring eighty woodcut illustrations. In the publisher's original in mahogany cloth binding with blind stamp decorations. Undated dated from inscription from previous owner. This edition is notable for featuring eighty woodcut illustrations alongside two hundred and two fables. These fables include titles such as "The Frog and the Ox" "The Peacock and the Crane" "The Lion in Love" "The Wolf and the Lamb" "The Fox Without a Tail" "The Fox and the Lion" The Wolf and the Crane" "The Wolves and the Sheep" "The Cock and the Jewel" and "The Boy and the Nettle" to name a few. This copy has 14 pages of the publisher's advertisements to rear cataloguing their popular novels priced at one shilling each. Aesop was a storyteller who is thought to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. He is best known for his collection of fables featuring anthropomorphic animals that illustrate moral lessons of honesty wisdom and kindness. These fables have become enduring classics continuing to be shared with generation after generation. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities and spine. Very slight cockling to rear panel. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two handling marks and spots towards fore edge. Very Good Indeed Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover
19274iiiDg0026New York & London: Blue Ribbon Books/ Harper & Brothers 1927. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 194 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. A great reading copy. Occassional crayon markings on text. No dj. Last free end page detached from spine. Top and bottom of spine frayed. Blue Ribbon Books/ Harper & Brothers Hardcover
025203192X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1865023496Hurd 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. <br/> <br/> Hurd unknown
Q-0870990292Little Brown & Co 1964. hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Little Brown & Co hardcover
FORT861660Garden City Publishing Co. Used - Acceptable. 1939. Includes all 13 full-colour plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Octavo. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tipped-on full colour illustration of several animals to front board. Garden City Publishing Co hardcover
