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99973London Printed for John Stockdale 1793 1st thus. Tall hardback approx 11 x 7 inches. Halfbound maroon leather binding with maroon cloth to boards. Raised banding and gilt lettering to spine. Marbled page edges. In very good condition. Later leather binding with later endpapers. Repairs to cracked hinges along spine edges. Hinges are reinforced with cloth between endpapers. Some occasional mild foxing and handling marks. Plates with some mild foxing and offsetting to adjacent letterpress. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 2 vols in 1.: Lxv 189pp & xi 246pp. Illustrations complete with 112 B&W engraved plates includes decorative engraved title pages. Engraved by T. Stothard & W. Grainger. London Printed for John Stockdale, 1793 1st thus hardcover
91880London Hodder and Stoughton no date ca1909 1st. Hardback approx 10.5 x 8 inches. Light brown/tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine eagle illustration to front in red with green lettering and border to front. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor handling marks and minor rubbing to edges of cloth rubbing to bottom front edge some darkening to top page edges. Some darkening and mild foxing to prelims. Some light foxing spots to title contents pages and p1. Some dark foxing spots to outer page edges. Plates all very clean and bright all tissue guarded. Else a very good clean and tight 1st edition. 152pp. With 23 mounted colour plates and b/w illustrations in text by Edward J. Detmold. The original edition published in 1909 by Hodder & Stoughton. London, Hodder and Stoughton, no date ca1909 1st hardcover
182535545Paris 1825. avec le sens moral en quatre vers et les quatrains de benserade Couverture au dos est dommagée. Buchrücken im Falz lädiert. Insgesamt guter Zustand Auguste Boulland Quer-8°. Pbd. Literatur unknown
020824Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company. Rare Book Collectors Original Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 198pp.; HB red w/gilt; no title on spine; some rub; PONft.endpaper; 3"tearhalf-title; pgs.15&49 detached not missingotherwise cleantight pgs. "with numerous illustrations. <br/> <br/> Albert Whitman & Company hardcover
192621150211926. Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press. 1926. Large 8vo. Cream-backed brown publisher's boards lettered in gilt to spine in typographic dust-jacket; with 11 wood engravings by Celia M. Fiennes; pp. 8 iii-v 1 94 6; almost entirely uncut spine tips lightly bumped previous bookseller sticker ""Paul Elder & Co San Francisco"" to rear paste-down bookplate of Alma Ruth Lavenson to the front paste-down see below; a near-fine copy; the jacket is lightly spotted browned along spine and to folds chipped to extremities with some closed tears along spine; good but seldom found.Limited edition number 268 of 350 copies of L'Estrange's translation of the Fables rare in dust-jacket.L'Estrange first published his version of the fables in 1692 and it is now regarded as one of the most popular English translations. Commissioned by a group of booksellers his edition appeared two years after Locke had recommended Aesop as an ideal first reading book for children. As Muir notes it was ""the best and largest collection of fables in English and he had children especially in mind when making his compilation"". L'Estrange's Aesop is in fact ""an assemblage of fables and facetiae from a variety of sources ancient and modern the second volume being wholly un-Aesopian. The trenchant reflections added to the individual fables possess a strong political animus and were to draw severe criticism from the later Whig fabulist Samuel Croxall; but all L'Estrange's translations have some degree of political colouring"" DNB.The simplistic yet highly effective wood engravings are by Celia M. Fiennes a direct descendant of the seventeenth-century travel writer Celia Fiennes. She was an accomplished printmaker and illustrator - in the same year as this publication she produced twelve wood engravings for the Cresset Press edition of Matthew Stevenson's 1661 work The Twelve Moneths.Provenance: From the library of the American photographer Alma Ruth Lavenson 1897-1989. Lavenson was particularly prolific in the 1920s and 30s and was influenced by Pictorialism; she worked alongside photographers such as Ansel Adams Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston and developed friendships with these artists.Chanticleer 45. See Muir English Children's Books 1600 to 1900. hardcover
190925107London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Limited first edition of 750 copies numbered and signed by the artist. Illustrated with 25 beautiful plates in color by Edward J. Detmold including two extra plates not found in the trade edition. Thick folio publisher’s original full white polished buckram the upper cover artfully decorated with the original gilt pictorial designs surrounded by a frame ruled in gilt and filled with intertwined vines the spine handsomely gilt lettered and decorated with gilt device and gilt rules t.e.g. housed and protected in the original slipcase. A fine copy with just very light age mellowing at the spine panel the corners fine and sharp the plates all in excellent condition the text-block clean and white essentially a near as pristine copy in a protective slipcase. The slipcase with some wear as would be expected. The book profiting by the presence of the slipcase with the white cloth remaining clean and the giltwork very bright. FIRST EDITION LIMITED SIGNED NUMBERED AND SPECIALLY BOUND. This title represents in our opinion Detmold's very best work. The grace and sensitivity of the illustrations reflect a certain Eastern sensibility. The artist’s powers in the delicate communication of nature’s spirit are exemplified by these wonderful paintings rich with the wide variety of the colours in the spectrum.<br> This is a very fine copy of the best printing of the work numbered and signed by Detmold. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1995962T86Hampshire: Templar Publishing 1995. First edition. Hardback. Fine. 9.5" by 11.5". Ian Andrew. A very smart first edition of this illustrated fable from Aesop retold by British writer A. J. Wood. First edition retold by A. J. Wood. Very scarce edition. Illustrated throughout. A charming retelling of one of the classic fables attributed to Aesop The Lion and The Mouse. Exploring the moral of the story - that no being is so small or insignificant that it cannot aid a creature of greater importance. Retold by A. J. Wood a British author of children's books editor and illustrator. Illustrated by Ian Andrew a British illustrator noted for his black-and-white pencil illustrations. In the original paper covered boards. Externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. With the original price sticker to the rear pastedown. Fine Templar Publishing hardcover
1887962F17London: Macmillan & Co 1887 . Leather. Near Fine. 12" by 9.5". Randolph Caldecott. A beautiful edition of Aesop's fables delightfully illustrated in colour by Randolph Caldecott and in a vibrant quarter morocco binding by Eric Sweet. This edition was first published in 1883.With vignette colour illustrations throughout by British artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott a celebrated children's illustrator.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. The leaves of this volume have been washed.Bound by Eric Sweet in 2002 in a morocco backed marbled paper covered boards by Eric Sweet with endpapers renewed and housed in a cloth covered clamshell.Eric Sweet was 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. Rebound in morocco backed marbled paper covered boards by Eric Sweet with endpapers renewed. Housed in a cloth covered clamshell case. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages exceptionally bright with instances of handling marks to page perimeters and the odd spot. Small closed tear to tail of one leaf. Near Fine Macmillan & Co hardcover
2001962T88London: Frances Lincoln 2001-2002. First edition. Hardback. Fine. 8.5" by 11". Jonathan Heale. Two very smart first edition volumes of this charming retelling of Aesop's fable The Tortoise and The Hare being the first hardcover and first softcover editions. Two volumes. The first hardcover 2001 and first softcover 2002 editions and first impressions of this retelling by Angela McAllister. Illustrated throughout with twelve full page colour images to each volume and numerous decorations. A delightful retelling of this story of a race between unequal partners originally attributed to Aesop. Being a variant of a common folktale theme in which ingenuity and trickery are employed to overcome a stronger opponent. Intended for children and young readers. Retold by Angela McAllister an English writer of books for children and young people best known as the author of The Little Blue Rabbit. Illustrated by Jonathan Heale an English painter illustrator and printmaker. The first hardcover is bound in the original pictorial paper covered boards with the first softcover being bound in the original pictorial card wraps. Externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Frances Lincoln 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
19792606240072Easton Press 1979. Hardcover. Like New. 41 volume Easton Press set Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front back and spine. All edges gold. Silk moire fabric end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Fine binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Some volumes still in publisher's shrink wrap. For more than 30 years the Easton Press has been the standard for finely bound profusely gilt classic leather bindings. <br>Attractive set appealing to the classics reader and decorator alike. Includes some of the most influential books of all time across poetry philosophy and literature. <br>This is an oversized or heavy book which WILL require additional postage for Priority Mail or International delivery outside the US. <br> Contains the following volumes: Aesop - Aesop’s Fables; Aristophanes – The Birds The Frogs; Aristotle – Politics & The Poetics; Bronte Charlotte – Jane Eyre; Bronte Emily – Wuthering Heights; Bunyan John – The Pilgrim’s Progress; Cervantes - Don Quixote; Confucius – The Analects of Confucius; Conrad Joseph – Lord Jim; Crane Stephen – Red Badge of Courage; Dante – The Divine Comedy; Dickens Charles – David Copperfield; Dickens Charles – Great Expectations; Doyle Sir Arthur Conan – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; Dumas Alexandre – The Three Musketeers; Fielding Henry – Tom Jones; Goethe Johann Wolfgang von – Faust; Grimm – Brothers Grimm’s Fairy Tales; Hardy Thomas – Return of the Native; Homer – Odyssey; Keats John – Collected Poems; Khayyam Omar – The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; Machiavelli Niccolo – The Prince; Melville Herman – Moby-Dick; Milton John – Paradise Lost; Plato – Dialogues on Love and Friendship; Rousseau Jean-Jacques– The Confessions; Scott Walter – The Talisman; Shakespeare William – The Comedies; Shakespeare William – The Histories; Shakespeare William – The Tragedies; Sophocles – Oedipus the King; Sterne Lawrence – Tristram Shandy; Stevenson Robert Louis – Treasure Island; Swift Jonathan – Gulliver’s Travels; Thoreau Henry David – Walden; Turgenev Ivan – Fathers and Sons; Twain Mark – Huckleberry Finn; Voltaire – Candide; Whitman Walt – Leaves of Grass; Yeats W.B. – Collected Poems. Easton Press hardcover
1998Q-1853261289Wordsworth Editions Ltd 1998-04-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Wordsworth Editions Ltd paperback
2005Q-1593083300Barnes & Noble Classics 2005-01-06. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Barnes & Noble Classics hardcover
1607009842Lugduni : Apud Petrum Rigaud 1607. Book. Very Good. Leather. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. 412 pps. 3 leafs. 4 1/2" h x 3" w. Title page portrait of Aesop woodcut illustrations in text. "Gabriae Graeci Fabellae XLIII. Batrachomyomachia Homeri hoc est ranarum et murium pugna. Galeomyomachia hoc est felium et murium pugna tragoedia Graeca". Bound in contemporary leather Very Good top cover nearly detached light pencil notations at paste downs. Text in Greek and Latin in opposing columns or pages. SCARCE OCLC locates only the ST GALLER BIBLIOTHEKSNETZ in Switzerland with a copy. Apud Petrum Rigaud Hardcover
FORT770347The Franklin Library. Used - Very Good. Fully-bound in leather with gilt decorations; Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Silk moire endpapers with matching sewn-in bookmark. All outer edges are gilt. The Franklin Library hardcover
1818mon0000147654Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewi 1818T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1823 Second Edition Walker Longmans on contemporary calf leather slightly rubbed and scratched outer boards but inner content excellent Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewi hardcover
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
1930962T90London: Ward Lock and Co. Limited c1930. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7.5". Harry Rountree. A charming copy of this collection of Aesop's Fables retold with bright illustrations throughout. The Sunshine Series. Illustrated with sixteen colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of the fables of Aesop a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. This collection includes: Crying "Wolf" The Lion and The Mouse The Goose Who Laid Golden Eggs The Crow and The Snake and The Two Bags amongst others. Retold by Blanche Winder a British author of children's books. Illustrated by Harry Rountree a New Zealand-born illustrator noted for his prolific output in England around the turn of the twentieth century. Dated from the University of Oxford Libraries. In the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally sound with rubbing and light chipping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with light discolouration to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages with age toning to the endpapers. Good Ward, Lock and Co., Limited hardcover
193313775New York: Viking Press 1933. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Viking Press 1933. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's cloth red topstain in cream pictorial dust jacket custom cloth slipcase; xii86pp.; woodcut frontispiece and illus. throughout pictorial endpapers printed in red. Dust jacket verso reinforced with archival paper heavy color touch-ups to extremities especially along top margin of front panel with evidence of prior shallow chips and tears along edges and various splits down folds; faint offsetting from woodcuts else Near Fine in a Very Good albeit overly-restored copy of the uncommon dust jacket. Signed by Artzybasheff without inscription on half title. Viking Press unknown
68-6467Berkeley CA: Elkus Press 1946. 12mo. String-bound wraps. 16 pp. Near Fine. Illustrated. Black & red ink. Uncut pages. Letterpress on rag.Kozlay's essay reprinted from The Lectures Of Bret Harte. Berkeley, CA: Elkus Press, 1946. paperback
1883D2341London: Macmillan and Co. 1883. Hardcover. Good. Original pictorially stamped cloth; illustrated throughout. Cloth frayed or chipped at corners spine tips and here and there along joints; crack in the gutter at pp. 40-41 with binding just a bit shaken. Still a good reading copy with charming illustrations and details. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1905190615-D01Moffat Yard & Company 1905. Good hardcover with color illustrations by J. M. Conde 275 pages damage to top of spine. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Conde J. M. Moffat Yard & Company Hardcover
1916AVA1277London: Adam & Charles Black 1916. Hardcover. Good. Complete: twelve color plates. 1916 reprint. Hardcover no jacket with decorated board and spine. Exterior shelfworn. Interior clean and unmarked but some foxing throughout. Binding a bit shaken. Front endpaper removed and an owner's name inside. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! Adam & Charles Black hardcover
1857h44381London: W. Kent & Co 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Undated title page but preface by Bennett dated October 1857. Small quarto 10.5 x 8.5 inches cloth backed pictorial paper-covered boards. This is the colored edition. Good with some discoloration mottling and rubbing to cloth spine boards with soil and darkening small stains corner bumping and corner wear contents mainly very good but with some bumping to upper outer corners of pages throughout. Bookplate of Francisci Stanton Carey and a few text pages have old and neat small patches on their blank versos. With colored frontispiece title page and 22 plates illustrating 22 fables. W. Kent & Co hardcover
mon0001002291Frederick Warne and Co. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. New edition. Pages clean no markings wear to edges. Complete with 110 original illustrations. Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover
