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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
34861n. p. n. d. Single sheet with artwork and story glued to brown wrappers folded twice as issued displayed as a card. Ex libris bookplate to inner rear wrapper. Withal a Nr Fine copy. A hand colored woodcut by Joseph Low. 7-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/> unknown books
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
1979WRCLIT72880Charlottesville VA: Bibliographical Society of the Univ. of Virginia 1979. x163pp. Gilt cloth. Illustrations. First edition. Concordance bibliography and index. About fine without dust jacket. Bibliographical Society of the Univ. of Virginia hardcover books
306952Claremont Saunders Press 1953. First edition. Thin 8vo. Frontispiece portrait drawing by Paul Swan; 20 full-page drawings pictorial endpapers and jacket illustration by Phyllis Bailey. Dust jacket few nicks slight rubbing. Very good. 137 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Metrical reworking of the familiar fables. One of 1000 unnumbered copies. Presentation copy signed and inscribed on verso of half-title page by Riley to Jeanie Dulin: "To Jeanie Dulin as compound . . . on her charming book I haven't kept so long Alice C.D. Riley." Laid in loose is a transmittal typed letter signed by Riley Pasadena June 16 1955. Printed by the P - B Press Inc. Pomona California. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Claremont, Saunders Press, 1953. hardcover books
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
19339026593New York: Limited Editions Cub 1933. Hardcover. fine. Samuel Croxall's translation with a bibliographical note by Victor Scholderer. With forty six Florentine woodcuts reproduced from a rare sixteenth century Aesop in the library of Wilfred Merton and redrawn by Rogers. One of 1500 numbered copies designed by Bruce Rogers and signed by him printed by John Johnson at the University Press Oxford.Bound in quarter vellum and marbled paper boards. Slipcase worn at the edges. Former owner's bookplate. Publisher's informational postcard laid in. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Cub hardcover books
19411501032The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf; New York 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A fine copy in original cranberry cloth covered boards with gilt stamped lettering. A new version of Aesop's Fables by the author and illustrator of the book "Ferdinand". Copyright 1941. First thus. Comes housed in publisher's matching slipcase which is in very good condition. A tiny spot is found on the bottom page edges; else a fine copy. The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf; New York hardcover books
200676529New York NY.: North-South Books. Very Good. 2006. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. This book is soft-bound in white covers with red and black printing to the covers. The covers show some light handling wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with color illustrations. This book is signed/inscribed by Lisbeth Zwerger on the copyright page. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. ; Signed by Illustrator . North-South Books paperback books
1912180219011London: William Heinemann 1912. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Deluxe limited edition; copy #540 of 1450 signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Publisher's buckram cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good. Cloth lightly soiled darkened at spine lightly toned and with light staining to edge of rear cover. Dark stain to gutter at top margin of roughly the first third of pages stain to bottom for edge margin to last several leaves and endsheet. Thirteen full-color plates mounted on brown paper with captioned tissue guards all present. William Heinemann hardcover books
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
1849207621Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston 1849. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A French text of Aesop with a French-English dictionary at the end of the book. Scant pencil margin notes. Quarter leather over paper-covered boards with a small japanese tissue patch to the bottom of the spine. Uncommon printing; only a later edition found in OCLC. Very Good binding. Lindsay & Blakiston unknown books
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
1979Embry 196325Easton Press 1979. Fine. Illus. by Robert Lawson. Full brown leather decoratively gilt. Easton Press, 1979. hardcover books
1979299746Norwalk: Easton 1979. hardcover. fine. Lawson Robert. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. 130 pages. Thin 4to gilt-stamped brown leather all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press 1979. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
185673373London: John Murray 1856. New Edition. Hardcover. Very good. New Edition with more than one hundred illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Lewis Carroll was so impressed by Tenniel's animated illustrations for this edition of Aesop's Fables first published in 1848 that he chose the artist to illustrate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1865. From the library of Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott 1824-95 Lord Mayor of London in 1879-80 with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Small octavo: xiv 145 p. In a period one-half brown calf over marbled paper binding with a burgundy calf spine label decorative gilt stamping and brown endpapers. Minor ink staining to the extremities of the last few leaves not affecting the text with a small chip to the bottom corner of the final leaf. A bit of rubbing to the marbled paper; otherwise very good. John Murray hardcover books
1856194703London John Murray 1856. 1856. "New Edition." Small 8vo. 203 fables. 12 page author's introduction. More than 100 illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Index. Modern 3/4 gilt stamped tan calf over marbled boards spine with raised bands and gilt stamped green morocco label matching marbled endpapers glazed edges. Fine. 148 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Bradbury and Evans. Hardcover. Fine. London, John Murray, 1856. hardcover books
18482311550Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1848. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Tenniel John. Hinges broken minor loss to spine head and to spine base pages toned. 1848 Hard Cover. xv 224 16 pp. Olive green boards. Illustrations by John Tenniel who also illustrated Lewis Carroll's Alice. A collection of Aesop's fables. Porter & Coates hardcover books
18001339289London: printed by C. Whittingham. For J. Johnson. W. Ginger and Son. R. Baldwin. F. and C. Rivington. G. and J. Robinson. and 13 others in London 1800. Hardcover. Octavo 2 xii 4 267 1 pages; VG-; bound in contemporary full calf later rebacking with new spine gilt titling; moderate shelfwear and rubbing to binding; The title-page is engraved; with 110 fables and one woodcut per fable; page 129/130 with large tear non-archival repair page 131/132 with large tear; early ink ownership to title page top edge; shelved case 7. ESTC: N42329 ESTC with 3 copies listed. 1339289. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. printed by C. Whittingham. For J. Johnson. W. Ginger and Son. R. Baldwin. F. and C. Rivington. G. and J. Robinson. [and 13 other hardcover books
198843183A. Colish 1988. One of 1500 copies. Large 8vo pp. 52. Introduction by Kit Currie. Patterned paper over boards with applied spine label. A nice copy. Printed on specially made Strathmore Pastelle paper. A. Colish unknown books
1791013739Mitriti: Apud Hilarium Santos 1791. Red leather spine label. Spine floral designs in gilt. Old marbled endpapers. Title-page with illustration. All edges red. Spine extremities worn as are corners. Writing in a very old hand on title-page with small area of brown spotting. See photo. Text is quite clean with occasional brown spots. 88 illustrations through the text indexed at the conclusion. 324pp. index. A rather elusive edition of Aesop's Fables published in Madrid text in Latin. Not listed in OCLC or APBC. We have seen a 1788 Madrid edition with same number of plates but a different publisher. This edition was mentioned in Blake's "Ninth Catalogue of Second-hand Books" on p.312. . Later Edition. Full Mottled Calf. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". Apud Hilarium Santos Hardcover books
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
1982RGKK819-118Santa Cruz CA: The Good Book Press 1982. First Edition. Miniature Book. Very Good. Miniature Book. 3 x 2 5/8 inches. Unpaginated. 10 pp. 2 linoleum cuts by Donna Thomas; text clean unmarked. Hand-made paper over boards titled in blue on the spine and front cover; binding square and tight; spine lightly faded. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-118. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 90 copies this is copy number 6 printed and bound with Peter's hand-made paper. Aesop's fable teaches us the folly of greed. REFERENCE: Bradbury 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books No. 44. The Good Book Press unknown books
198972836NY:: Orchard Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0531057747 . First American printing. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Orchard Books, hardcover books
15011859Basel: Jacob Wolff of Pforzheim 1501. First edition thus. An early illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables augmented and edited by Sebastian Brant and the first edition to include his additional 140 sections. Two parts in one volume folio leaves measuring 297 x 208 mm. Collates complete retaining one of the two blank leaves M6 lacking. Collation identical to the Fairfax-Murray copy: a-b8 c6-o8 alternately p-s6 s6 blank and original; A-B8 C-D6 E8-K6 alternately L4 M5 M6 final blank lacking. With the famous woodcut portrait of Aesop on the verso of a1 and a smaller woodcut portrait of Brant on the verso of A1 in part two. A total of 335 woodcuts divided into 194 in part one and 141 in part two inclusive of the portraits. Text in Latin. <br/><br/>Full black straight-grain morocco. Boards ruled in gilt with gilt dentelles. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Generous margins. Previous owner's small bookplate on front pastedown. This copy has been very carefully restored and generally presents quite well. Certain passages were deemed obscene shortly after publication and as a consequence most known copies have a few sections defaced. This copy is no different with a number of passages and illustrations crossed out and/or marked "no legas" "do not read". A number of leaves have had small marginal tears or wormholes repaired occasionally affecting a letter or a word. One leaf C4 with a small hole affecting the woodcut on the recto and two or three words on the verso. A few leaves have been remargined including the title page to part 2 leaf A1. In two places leaves are bound out of order. The flaws notwithstanding a lovely book.<br/><br/>The plan of this edition was conceived by Sebastian Brant. The first part of the book is based on Johann Zainer's first illustrated edition of 1476-77 translated into Latin by Heinrich Steinhöwel. Brant expands the work polishes the language and includes his commentaries to these fables. The second part is an entirely new work by Brant of 140 fables riddles accounts of miracles and other wonders of nature. These 140 new chapters follow the same structure as the first section with a woodcut followed by verse and then prose "some of a very remarkable character" according to Hugh W. Davies Fairfax Murray. These compositions are taken from the works of Stace Juvenal Virgil Ovid Lucien. The first story taken from Hesiod is said to be the oldest known fable.<br/><br/>"The numerous woodcuts in this volume fall into two distinct categories. The woodcuts in the first part with a few exceptions are rather simplistic and naive in execution and are based in reverse on the woodcuts from Zainer's successful Ulm edition of c.1476 incidentally the first illustrated edition of Aesop; the actual blocks were first used in Wolff's edition of not after 1489 Goff A115. The woodcuts of the second part are more sophisticated with the use of hatching and perspective to enliven the images and they were cut specifically for this edition; is it thought they were produced by the workshop of Johann Grüninger in Strassburg" Sotheby's. According to Hugh W. Davies "The remainder of the cuts are by a new artist the style entirely differing from the older blocks. These are heavily shaded by thin close parallel lines amalgamating into a solid mass in the deepest shadows. The perspective as a rule is fair: the faces are well rounded the noses being broad at the bridge but well-shaped. The cuts have the appearance of metal but they nevertheless are probably on wood."<br/><br/>In the past 30 years there have been five other auction results for this book one copy selling twice. The average price achieved in those five sales including the buyer's premium is just under $119000. If we average just the two copies sold in the last ten years that average jumps to over $167000. Of those five results the lowest sale price from 2002 made over $81000. And finally to complete the analysis a particularly fine copy was offered by the trade in 2014 for 200000 pounds roughly $329000. So while our copy has its defects and imperfections as do almost all other copies it is priced competitively for such a lovely and important work. <br/><br/> Fairfax Murray 20. Goed. I 390 24. Adams A291. Jacob Wolff of Pforzheim unknown books
