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1983962T83Bucks: Ginn Publishing 1983-1995. Paperback. Fine. 8.5" by 8". Val Biro. Eighteen very smart volumes of fables attributed to Aesop retold and illustrated by Hungarian children's author Val Biro. Ten volumes. Illustrated 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. Each volume contains two of these classic tales. Retold and illustrated by Balint Stephen Biro a Hungarian children's author artist and illustrator. This collection is arranged into three sections of six volumes being: Fables 1-6 1995. Eleventh impression. The Fox and the Crow; The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs; The Donkey in the Lion's Skin; The Boy Who Cried Wolf; Town Mouse and Country Mouse; and The Boy and the Lion. Fables 7-12 1995. Nineth impression. The Ducks and the Tortoise; The Eagle and the Man The Donkey in the Pond; The Man His Son and the Donkey The Donkey and the Lapdog; and The Farmer and His Sons. Fables 13-18 1995. Third impression. The Lion and the Mouse; The Fox and the Stork; The Hare and the Tortoise; The Sick Lion; The Monkey and the Fishermen and The Bear and the Two Friends. With a clamshell case 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 pictorial card wraps. Externally excellent. With a cloth covered clamshell which is also in excellent condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Ginn Publishing paperback
1975736095310Avenel 1975. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Binding is lightly shaken; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Avenel hardcover
1919851T63London: William Heinemann 1919. Cloth. Good. 8" by 6". Arthur Rackham. A scarce neat collection of Aesop's fables illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham. Scarce work. Fourth impression 1919. Originally published 1912. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and twelve colour plates with tissue guards and many black and white images. Collated complete. Aesop's fables a collection of fables credited to Aesop a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Translated by V. S. Vernon Jones an American translator. With an introduction by Gilbert Keith Chesterton an English writer philosopher Christian apologist a literary and art critic. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham an English book illustrator who is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally smart with light bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Cloth lifting slightly to the rear board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot or tide mark. Good William Heinemann hardcover
19121240601.03<p>William Heinemann London 1912. Very Good. 4to hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Attractively rebound copy in green buckram over silk boards paper spine title label replacing original perished leather label. Limitation statement signed by Rackham on the half-title verso. Contents clean no marking or writing; binding square and tight. 13 tipped-in color illustrations collated all present; numerous black and white illustrations in the text.</p> William Heinemann, London hardcover
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
19682312297New York: Junior Deluxe Editions 1968. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Tinkelman Murray. Faint stains to jacket spine jacket lightly toned with some smudges on rear jacket panel top edge of front jacket panel rubbed. 1968 Hard Cover. 219 pp. "Many of Aesop's stories--almost three hundred of them are included in this book--are about animals. But even more interesting the same stories are also about people!--for the weaknesses and strengths displayed by Aesop's animal characters can be seen in people that you and I know. and the morals of these fables--the ideas about all kinds of things that you get from them--are important to all of us. For this edition of Aesop's Fables the popular modern artist Murray Tinkelman created fifty brand-new drawings. Junior Deluxe Editions hardcover books
1900488192London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1900. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. This book does not have a publication date. It was not published in 1900. 110 black-and-white illustrations. Xxviii 364 pages. Engraved boards and spine are marked. Leading corners edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Spine head is nicked. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. Binding is exposed on early and closing pages but remains intact. Creases throughout pages. Contents are clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Acceptable. Used. Frederick Warne and Co. Hardcover
1990963T5New York: Marrow Junior Books 1990-1991. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 11.5" by 8.5". Robert Rayevsky. Two very smart first edition volumes of these illustrated and retold fables attributed to Aesop with one volume signed by the author. Two volumes. First editions retold in verse by Tom Paxton. Androcles and the Lion is signed by the author to the title page. 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. Retold in verse by Thomas Richard Paxton an American folk singer-songwriter. Illustrated by Robert Rayevsky a Russian-born American artist and illustrator. This set contains: Belling the Cat and Other Aesop's Fables 1990. First printing. Including stories such as: The Night Singer Town Mouse and Country Mouse and Many Friends. Androcles and the Lion and Other Aesop's Fables 1991. First printing. Including stories such as: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing The Bald Knight and The Tree and the Reed. Belling the Cat is bound in the original pictorial paper covered boards with Androcles the Lion being bound in the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Marrow Junior Books hardcover
15181331015Basileæ: In Officina Heruagiana Johann Herwagen; Johannes Froben 1538/1518. Hardcover. Octavo a-x8 y7 A8 B4; VG; bound in 17th century calf plain paneled spine; some rubbing and wear to binding minor worming to binding; mild soiling to interior;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Lacking y8-z8; The wanting leaves of the 1538 edition substituted after 350 with new pagination of 106-126 with the Galeomyomachia in Greek only from the 1518 Froben edition of Aesopi Phrygis vita et fabellæ cum latina interpretatione. Early substitution i.e. 17th century or earlier as the textblock is integral and the binding unrestored;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Printer's device on title page and on verso of last leaf.; Wide margins; Second title page trimmed at top; small holes in upper and lower gutters of the entire first part from previous binding;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Text in Greek and Latin on facing pages for the Aesop Greek only for the Galeomyomachia<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Provenance to the recto and verso of the ffep Fitzwilliam family provenance in several early hands the largest stating playfully: "William Fitzwilliam not his Book but John Fitzwilliam his booke";<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Scattered marginalia and underlining including extensive minute annotations in an early faded 16th century hand around the rear printer's mark other minor annotations throughout notably in English on Midas on page 315.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Scarce; PD consignment; shelved case 3. USTC: 608058;<br /> <br><br /> USTC lists 15 copies 14 in Europe and 1 at the University of Toronto.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> A 1538 edition of Aesop's Fables printed by Johann Herwagen with an appended 1518 edition of the Galeomyomachia Battle of Cats and Mice printed by Johann Froben. Galeomyomachia usually found bound with five other printings by Froben 1518.;. 1331015. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. In Officina Heruagiana [Johann Herwagen]; [Johannes Froben] hardcover books
1995Q-0965231224Book-of-the-Month Club 1995-03-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Book-of-the-Month Club hardcover
1998Q-0140446494Penguin Classics 1998-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
1873h43856Philadelphia: Claxton Remsen & Haffelfinger 1873. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo 6.25 x 4.25 inches publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine very good minor rubbing and wear to corners and spine ends 1877 ownership inscription on flyleaf contents clean and bright 208 pp with half-page woodcut illustrations for many of the fables. A charming old edition. Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger hardcover
1936148561London: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd 1936. Signed limited edition of Aesop's Fables. Royal octavo bound in full vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels marbled endpapers vignette title-page illustrated with engraved plates and decorations. Boldly signed by illustrator Stephen Gooden on the colophon page at the rear. One of 525 numbered copies this is number 304. In fine condition. Translated by famous and influential translator Sir Roger L'estrange. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. Housed in a custom cloth over vellum slipcase. Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media. The fables originally belonged to the oral tradition and were not collected for some three centuries after Aesop's death. By that time a variety of other stories jokes and proverbs were being ascribed to him although some of that material was from sources earlier than him or came from beyond the Greek cultural sphere. George G. Harrap and Company Ltd hardcover
1984Q-0823405109Holiday House 1984-09-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Holiday House hardcover
1899962F25London: John Lane The Bodley Head; Angus & Robertson 1899-1977. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 10.5" by 8". Percy J. Billinghurst. Two scarce editions of Aesop's fables including the very scarce first edition of the Percy J. Billinghurst illustrated edition and a late twentieth century edition also featuring his illustrations. Two volumes of the fables of Aesop both featuring the illustrations of Percy J. Billinghurst.The first of these two volumes is the very scarce first edition of this charming late nineteenth century edition of Aesop's fables with this edition from the English version of English pamphleteer Sir Roger L'Estrange featuring an introduction from Kenneth Grahame - author of 'The Wind of the Willows' - and illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst.Illustrated with a frontispiece and with full page illustrations throughout - included in the pagination - from illustrator and bookplate designer Percy J. Billinghurst. The second volume is the scarce 1977 first edition of George Beal's retelling of the fables which also features Billinghurst's illustrations throughout.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.Housed in a cloth slip case In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings housed in cloth slip case. Externally excellent with bump to head of 1899 volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages of 1977 volume exceptionally clean and bright with the odd spot to the 1899 volume. Slip case in excellent condition. Near Fine John Lane The Bodley Head; Angus & Robertson hardcover
1924962Y34London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd 1924. Leather. Fine. 9" by 6.5". Percy J. Billinghurst . A beautifully bound volume of Aesop's Fables decorated throughout with illustrations by Percy J. Billinghurst. A handsome later impression of this illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables including 'The Lion and the Mouse' 'The Stag and the Horse' and 'The Boasting Mule'. In a handsome modern rebind of quarter morocco decorative paper covered boards and marbled endpapers. Held in the binder's uniform clamshell with a spine title label. From the translation of English pamphleteer Sir Roger L'Estrange and with an introduction by British author of 'The Wind of the Willows' Kenneth Grahame. Strikingly illustrated throughout with full-page drawings by Percy J. Billinghurst. 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. Rebound in quarter morocco with decorative paper covered boards and marbled endpapers. In the binder's uniform clamshell with spine title label. Externally lovely. Clamshell has a hint of shelf wear otherwise excellent. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd hardcover
171429251London: Sawbridge; B. Tooke; and G. Strahan. Poor with No dust jacket as issued. 1714. 6th Edition Corrected. First Printing. Unbound. Contents include: The Preface Frontispiece of portrait of LEstrange missing; Life of Aesop 29 pages; the index; Section of Fables 550 pages 548 as follows: Aesop Barlandus Anlanus Abstemius Poggius and Miscellany Fables. No. 500 missing - supplied with print-out . Covers lacking. Binding copy. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 548 pp . Sawbridge; B. Tooke; and G. Strahan unknown
1928962T68London: Ernest Benn Limited 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7.5". Marcus Gheeraerts. A smart first edition of this collection of fables and myths adorned with lovely illustrations after Marcus Gheeraerts. Twenty-four fables of Aesop and others collected into one volume the first trade edition. Illustrated throughout. Including classic tales of 'A Fox and a Raven' 'The Hares and the Frogs' 'A Fox and Grapes' and 'A Man and a Satyr' among many others. Rendered into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange an English pamphleteer author courtier and press censor best known for his polemical pamphlet 'An Account of the Growth of Knavery'. Illustrated after the designs of Marcus Gheeraerts a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and van Dyck". In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine and board edges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Ernest Benn, Limited hardcover
1991963H12Unknown: Joie Inc. 1991. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 6.5" by 7". Shogo Hirata. Eight vibrantly illustrated volumes of Aesop"s Fables skillfully rebound into a single volume. Rebound in brown cloth with charming gilt star decoration.This edition comprises eight volumes each containing a selection of fables by Shogo Hirata published in 1991 by Joie Inc. in the UK. First UK edition. First edition thus.These volumes have been bound into a single volume by Eric Sweet.These volumes consist of:A Mouse's Gratitude The Foolish Tiger & the Foolish Leopard Outsmarting the Cat.A Crow in Borrowed Feathers The Boy Who Cried Wolf.A Greedy Dog The Gold Axe and the Silver Axe.A Mouse's Wedding A Fox and Grapes An Ant and a Dove.A Cowardly Bat A Donkey and a Foolish Wolf A Crow that was Tricked.Country Mouse and Town Mouse The Money King.The Hare and the Tortoise A Foolish Miller and his Donkey.Ants and Grasshoppers Three Oxen and a Lion.Each work features numerous vibrant full-page and in-text illustrations from Shogo Hirata a Japanese illustrator renowned for his adaptations of classic fairy tales and fables.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. Rebound in brown cloth. Externally lovely. One or two very faint handling marks to boards. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. The odd spot close to fore edge. Near Fine Joie, Inc. 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
2013Q-0141345241Puffin Books 2013-05-02. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Puffin Books paperback
1760962Z5London: J. Rivington et al 1760. Leather. Fine. 7" by 4". None stated. A beautifully bound eighteenth century engraved collection of Aesop's renowned fables bound in half calf and housed in a cloth chemise and uniform slipcase. The Samuel Richardson edited 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 monochrome copper engraved frontispiece and twenty-four monochrome cooper engraved plates each depicting ten engravings. Collated complete. Frontispiece incorrectly bound facing pp. xv. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This collection includes two hundred and forty fables with an account of the life of Aesop by Samuel Richardson. Bound in modern quarter calf with marbled paper to the boards and a cloth chemise and slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Undated dated by copies held institutionally. Bound in modern quarter calf with marbled paper to the boards and with a cloth chemise and matching slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally lovely. Frontispiece bound before pp.xv. Bookplate of 'Eric Sweet' to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with washed bright pages and generally clean with only the odd spot. The slipcase has spotting. Fine J. Rivington et al hardcover
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
1828963Z11London: Joseph Booker; et al. 1828. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 5.5" by 3.5". None stated. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables adorned with over one hundred wood engravings. An early nineteenth century copy of Samuel Croxall's edition.Illustrated with upwards of one hundred and fifty vignette engravings on wood.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.In the original cloth housed in a modern cardboard clamshell casing. In the original cloth housed in a modern cardboard clamshell casing. Externally very smart with fading to the spine the odd minor mark to the boards and minimal bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. The clamshell is lovely. Very Good Indeed Joseph Booker; et al. hardcover
1821962T52London: J. Booker 1821. Leather. Good. 5" by 3". Not Stated. A scarce pocket sized copy of this illustrated edition of Aesop's fables with a preface from Samuel Croxall. Illustrated with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematic engravings. 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 includes titles such as: The Cock and the Jewel The Frogs Desiring a King and The Kite and the Pigeons amongst others. With a preface from Samuel Croxall an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. Bound in full calf. Externally sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor loss to the head of the spine and the spine label with marks to the boards. Hinges starting with the front free endpaper loosening slightly. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper. Good J. Booker hardcover
