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187074789New York:: Collins & Brother no date; but 1870s. publisher's green cloth stamped in gold and black. 1878 ink gift inscription; light use and a few spots to the cloth. 12mo. Added illustrated title page; more than fifty illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Collins & Brother, hardcover
75728New York:: Robert B. Collins no date 19th c. publisher's cloth; gilt spine and gilt emblem on front panel; a.e.g. 19th c. ink gift inscription on front pastedown; another old gift inscription in pencil at head of title page; light foxing to text throughout; cloth sunned with light wear. . 8vo. With more than Fifty Illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Robert B. Collins, hardcover
192176331Boston:: LeRoy Phillips 1921. publisher's red cloth lettered in black in dust jacket with applied color illustration on front panel. Old bookplate; endsheets uniformly lightly tanned; otherwise fine in a jacket with a sunned spine and some very slight use. . 12mo. Illustrated by Oliver Hereford frontispiece in color. LeRoy Phillips, hardcover
75443London:: Hodder and Stoughton no date. publisher's illustrated green gilt-lettered cloth. Endsheets slightly tanned; 2" split to the paper of the rear inner hinge still sound; spine tanned with light rubbing to extremities. The plates and text are fine. 8vo. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 22 tipped-in color illustrations by Edward J. Detmold. Hodder and Stoughton, hardcover
186377082New York:: The World Publishing House 1863. publisher's plum cloth with gilt vignette on front panel and elaborately gilt spine. Faint 1866 pencil ownership signature; spine uniformly sunned but gold decoration bright. Clean tight and sound. . 12mo. Illustrated by One Hundred and Thirty Engravings. The World Publishing House, hardcover
180972731London:: Printed for J. Johnson 1809. The Eighteenth Edition. Carefully Revised and Improved. later old half morocco; gilt spine; marbled sides; all edges stained yellow. The last engraving in the book has been partially hand-colored; some very slight rubbing to the leather. Tight and sound. 16mo. Illustrated from engravings. With Instructive Applications: and a Print before Each Fable by Samuel Croxall. Printed for J. Johnson, hardcover
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
193182103New York:: Harrison of Paris; Minton Balch and Company 1931. First edition; one of twenty copies marked "not for Sale" and including an original signed Calder ink drawing which was not used in the publication hinged in after the front free endpaper as issued. . publisher's boards in lettered dust jacket and glassine wrapper; in the publisher's maroon chemise and slipcase with printed paper labels on front panel and the spine of the chemise. . A very fine copy in a slightly sunned slipcase with a little rubbing / use at extremities and tanning to the paper label on the spine of the chemise. 4to. With Fifth Drawings by Alexander Calder. The unused drawing appears to illustrate the story of "A Dog and a Thief" at p. 116. This copy is printed on Guarros' Spanish pure rag paper with coloured silk threads. Harrison of Paris; Minton, Balch and Company, hardcover
16051704209Tornaesium 1605. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good early 1605 edition of Aesop's Fables. In protective case. Tornaesium hardcover books
185777425New York:: Leavitt & Allen 1857. publisher's embossed cloth; gilt spine. 1857 pencil gift inscription; cloth a bit sunned; gold on spine dulled; tight and sound. 12mo. With more than sixty illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Leavitt & Allen, hardcover
193157543N.p.: : Van Beuren Corporation 1931. First edition. original wrappers illustrated in color. . Light use to wrappers; very nice. 4to. Van Beuren Corporation, unknown
1708D4271Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier 1708. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes 152 x 95mm. Vol. I: 297pp. 7 table; Vol. II: 287pp. 4 index. Both volumes with the identical engraved frontispiece depicting the traditional theme of Aesop ruling the animals. The moralizing tales are extensively illustrated with copper- plate engravings by Georg Paul Busch. Volume I contains the life of Aesop by Planudes and the beginning of Aesops Fables and Volume II continues with Aesops Fables and includes the Fables of Philelphe Gabrias and Avienus. Modern binding; frontispiece of vol. II somewhat chipped otherwise clean and good. Rare and richly illustrated edition of Aesops fables with extensive dialogue on the moral of each fable. Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde a clergyman put his mark on the Aesopic work by contributing a four-line rhyming verse at the end of each fable in italics. Bellegarde also added 18 fables of the Latin poet Philelphus and 37 fables based on Aesop by Gabrias and Avienus. The larger fables added are the Battle of the Cats and the Rats and the Battle of the Rats and the Frogs. Thereafter follow five Tales of Aesop taken from Platos dialogue Protagoras another six Poetical fables with Olympian Gods as protagonists two more Tales one taken from Herodot and a last fable taken from Gerbellius. The beautiful fable illustrations are by Georg Paul Busch; a Berlin copper-engraver who died in 1756. Rare early edition of Aesopic literature with several other didactic tales and authors additions. <br/><br/> Pierre Mortier hardcover books
17016410Amsterdam: Ex Typographia Francisci Halmae 1701. Very Good . Lg. 4to. 3016084pp. Indices. Title printed in red & black with an allegorical copper engraved vignette. Added copper engraved title. Illustrated with 18 copper engraved plates each with six large emblematic fable medallions. Plus numerous copper engraved head and tail pieces and large pictorial initials. Early 20th c. full brown morocco hinges & tips rubbed. A.e.g. This copy lacks the folding portrait of the Prince of Nassau. Cohen/de Ricci 797f "tres belle edition bien illustree". Dibdin II 280. Ex Typographia Francisci Halmae unknown books
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1850070458.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0484819836.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1359581529.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1982013162Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1982. Leather binding. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. full blue leather with three raised bands to spine. Unopened condition with notes from the editors pamphlet <br/> <br/> Franklin Library hardcover
18292499London: J. M'Gowan and Son 1829. Two volumes in One 140x108mm half black cloth marbled sides worn to foot of spine vii-xxi 263pp and Vol. II iii-vii 311pp.Aquatint plates 100 unusually the plates are bound 51 49 at the end of each volume. Title pages to both volumes in facsimile. Volume I starts with Preface thus seems to lack the contents list. Volume II lacks only the title as contents pages are complete. Name stamp to margin of Preface edge browned and some fingering & soiling a few leaves with edge wear with 3 leaves with 3mm tears to blank margins only. A well loved and well used Aesop with charming AQUATINT PLATES. Very scarce with Oxford the only copy of this printing noted in British libraries - McGowan was printer as well as publisher and his Windmill Street address is given at the foot of the last page of each volume. <br/><br/> J. M'Gowan and Son hardcover books
L04D-03696Checkerboard Pr. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Checkerboard Pr unknown
150582043X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
DADAX1503069990CREATESPACE 2015-06-09. Large Print. paperback. New. 8.50x0.45x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. CREATESPACE paperback
1503069990.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1505820383.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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