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9780140446494PENGUIN CLASSICS. new. Aesop was probably a prisoner of war sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC who represented his masters in court and negotiations and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. All these fables full of humour insight and savage wit as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive and fully annotated modern edition. PENGUIN CLASSICS unknown
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
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New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Kurdish. 126 p. Kurdish Edition of 'Aesop's Fables'. Çîrokên Ezopî. Translated from English into Kurdish by Sidîq Gorîcan.
1976001828<p>London: Scolar Press 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies this copy No.59. 4to pp6 of the introduction and pp292 of the fables themselves and the b/w woodcuts reproduced in facsimile from the copy in the Royal Library Windsor Castle. Hardcover no dust jacket. Binding of heavy raw linen with black stamped titles to brown morocco label on spine in near fine condition with a tiny bit of bobbling to the linen. Inside in excellent near fine condition. An excellent copy of this facsimile published for the Caxton quincentenary of Aesop's Fables one of the most popular books of the early years of printing. Caxton's edition of his own translation from the French was the first in English. Scarce <br /><br /></p> Scolar Press hardcover
D16387London: Marcus Ward & Co. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. ca. 1874. Exceptionally scarce book of Animal Fables. Original dark blue cloth gilt and black lettering and elaborate pictorial decoration on upper cover gray end-papers. Lovely color illustrations. First published in parts Osborne p. 567. <br/><br/> Marcus Ward & Co hardcover books
1912307754London New York : W. Heinemann ; Doubleday Page & Co. 1912. New Edition. Hardcover. Good copy rebacked with the original spine laid back gilt decoration to the spine and boards. Front board starting. Some staining wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright and sharp-cornered. Includes previous owner's inscription. Series; Children's illustrated classics. Physical description; xxix 223 pages 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations some color ; 21 cm. Subjects; Fables Greek ; Translations into English. Fables. Aesop's fables. Aesop's fables Children's literature. Animals in literature. Short stories ; Juvenile fiction. Folklore. Fables Greek ; Illustrations. Children's stories. Fables ; Juvenile fiction. Folklore ; Juvenile fiction. Fables Juvenile literature. Fables Greek ; Adaptations. Animals ; Juvenile fiction. Animals. Fables. Genres; Adaptations. Fables. Fiction. Illustrated. Juvenile works. Translations. London New York : W. Heinemann ; Doubleday, Page & Co. 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
182042859London: Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1820. First edition. Frontispiece 34 of 35 plates each with two engravings. iv 127 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary black roan and marbled boards. Bookseller's yellow ticket of J. Painter Wrexham on front pastedown. Rubbed joints worn. Internally clean. First edition. Frontispiece 34 of 35 plates each with two engravings. iv 127 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Osborne p.7 citing the 1823 ed Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy unknown books
B9781165160082Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1890C208888London: John Gray 1890. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile of the 1669 3rd edition c.1890. Quarto. Full contemporary leather all edges gilt. Some rubbing to leather with a couple of chips and some peeling at lower rear corner recent rebacking with plain brown cloth lacking front endpaper rear endpaper loose with slight damage to last couple of pages otherwise very good with rest of contents in excellent clean condition. John Gray, hardcover
110884Baldwin Cradock and Joy. London. 1823. Baldwin Cradock and Joy. 1823. Second edition. Small slim 8vo hardback. iv 127pp. Engraved frontis. displaying Aesop's trial with the animals including a large elephant. 70 detailed oval engraved vignettes to 35 pages. Quarter red roan gilt rebacked in matching red calf. Marbled boards.Corners rubbed and worn. Pages browned and occasionally foxed. Illustrations attractively off-set to opposing page. Lovely old gift inscription dated 1825. A very attractive volume. hardcover
200051043NY:: SeaStar Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1587170000 . First printing. SIGNED and dated by the illustrator on the title page in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . SeaStar Books, hardcover books
1985WA6774Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1985. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to full red leather gilt all edges gilt some foxing. Out-of-print thus. <br/><br/>With color plates by Michael Hague. Easton Press hardcover
16687514<p>Engraved frontispiece portrait of Ogilby by P. Lombart after P. Lely engraved plate of Aesop among his animals and eighty-one engraved plates illustrating the fables by Cleyn most of which were cut by Hollar. The work first appeared in folio in 1665 with 82 fables each with its own full-page illustration save one plate representing two fables printed on a separate leaf with accompanying letterpress text. Hollar was responsible for 57 of the illustrations & the print depicting Aesop. Period debossed full calf with handsome recasing in a fine morocco. Engraved frontispiece portrait cut and mounted with small paper repair in the lower right corner of the image. Some browning and occasional foxing; a few short marginal tears or paper flaws. Title in red and black Portrait of Aesop Dedication to Charles II. 211 1 blank 82 engraved plates pages. Large folio 10.5 x 16.125 inches; 410 x 265 mm.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> Printed by Thomas Roycroft, for the Author 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
9422W KENT & CO 1857 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. GOOD SMALL LOSS TO LOWER EDGE OF P19 SOME GRUBBY MARKS TO PAGES ENDPAPERS RATHER GRUBBY & SMALL STAIN TO BEP FBW; 9422 . W KENT & CO 1857 1ST EDIT H/B hardcover