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1967BN63167Otto Maier Verlag 1967. Hardcover/gebunden. sehr gut erhalten fast wie neu! Otto Maier Verlag hardcover
1967BN17380Otto Maier Verlag 1967. Hardcover. ausgemustertes Büchereibuch foliert kaum bibliotheksspezifisch gekennzeichnet sehr gut erhalten! Otto Maier Verlag hardcover
1967BN6220Otto Maier Verlag 1967. Hardcover. Ecken minimal bestossen Seiten etwas nachgedunkelt insgesamt sehr gutes Exemplar! Otto Maier Verlag hardcover
1981963T22Bayreuth: Gondrom Verlag 1981. Hardback. Near Fine. 8.5" by 8.5". J. Pavlin; G. Seda. A very scarce special edition of this charming pop-up book of Aesop's fables told in German. German. Special edition for Gondrom Verlag. Very scarce work. With six pop-up scenes in full colour. Collated complete with all folding and pop-up features in excellent working condition. 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. Illustrated by J. Pavlin and G. Seda. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally very smart with minor wear and sunning to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. With all folding and pop-up features in excellent working condition. Near Fine Gondrom Verlag hardcover
1912ST19901London & New York: William Heinemann & Doubleday Page 1912. No. 863 of 1450 SIGNED by Rackham. With an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. 290 x 227 mm. 11 1/2 x 9". xxix 1 223 1 pp. <br/> SUPERB HONEY-BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT AND INLAID BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with Arts & Crafts-style frame of gilt rules punctuated with inlaid green morocco dots inlaid green morocco Tudor roses at corners with four leafy branches upper cover with gilt titling at head of central panel central gilt-ruled medallion contain the letters "E B" in inlaid blue and green morocco with a collar lettered "XMAS 1912" this surrounded by a wreath of gilt vines and eight inlaid green morocco roses raised bands spine compartments with French fillet frames two panels with gilt lettering turn-ins with multiple gilt rules top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Housed in a felt-lined buckram clamshell box. With 20 full-page black and white illustrations numerous illustrations in the text and 13 COLOR PLATES as called for each mounted on heavy brown stock and protected by lettered tissue guard. Printed on Large Paper. WITH HAND-ILLUMINATED PRESENTATION LEAF BOUND IN: "TO EDMUND" written in burnished gold surrounded by curling leafy vines in blue orange and green "WITH BEST WISHES FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR" written in black ink an ornament below it in colors and gold and "FROM THE BINDERY / XMAS. 1912." in black and red ink at foot. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of "EMB" and "EWB"; front free endpaper with ex-libris of L. W. Jordan Jr. and with pencilled inscription "To Roxy from Edmund." Hudson p. 169; Latimore and Haskell pp. 38-39. The typical offsetting on free endpapers from binder's glue used for turn-ins very small very faint areas of transfer from acidic mounts used for color plates wherever tissue guard doesn't fully cover a facing leaf other trivial imperfections but still QUITE A LOVELY COPY clean and fresh internally and in an unworn handsome binding.<br/> <br/> In a fine binding by an eminent English workshop this is Rackham's take on the famous fables populated with charming animals anthropomorphized to just the right degree along with wistful maidens ancient crones and some seriously sinister trees. Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 studied art at Lambeth School where the work of his fellow student Charles Ricketts influenced his development. As Houfe says soon after Rackham joined the staff of "The Westminster Budget" in 1892 he began concentrating "on the illustration of books and particularly those of a mystical magic or legendary background. He very soon established himself as one of the foremost Edwardian illustrators and was triumphant in the early 1900s when color printing first enabled him to use subtle tints and muted tones to represent age and timelessness. Rackham's imaginative eye saw all forms with the eyes of childhood and created a world that was half reassuring and half frightening. His sources were primarily Victorian and among them are evidently the works of Cruikshank Doyle Houghton and Beardsley but also the prints of Dürer and Altdorfer." After studying under and then working for Douglas Cockerell Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe founded their own bindery in 1901 and continued in a successful partnership until 1912. During that year the firm suffered three major blows: their famously splendid jewelled binding dubbed the "Great Omar" was lost on the Titanic; a few weeks after this accident Francis himself drowned; and Francis' brother Alberto who had been a central figure in producing the firm's vellum illuminated manuscripts went over to Riviere. Despite these losses the firm grew and prospered employing a staff of 80 by the mid-1920s and becoming perhaps the most successful English bindery of the 20th century. This special binding was created as a Christmas present and includes a hand-illuminated leaf from the bindery possibly done by Alberto before he moved to Riviere. Such a grand presentation could only have been reserved for a special patron and in this case the "Edmund" would have been Edmund DeWitt Brooks 1866-1919 the substantial bookseller and bibliophile from Minneapolis. The present volume stands as a monument to a very close friendship between Brooks as well as his wife and namesake son on one side of the Atlantic and Sangorski & Sutcliffe on the other. With a special interest in literary works particularly in fine bindings Brooks came to know his supplier through annual book-buying trips abroad see Lee Edmonds Grove's 1945 memoir "Of Brooks & Books" for an account of that relationship. Grove says that the nature of the friendship was so strong that the binders invited Brooks to stay in a specially outfitted room at their premises rather than in a hotel during his London visits. Although our Aesop was inscribed to the father his son Edmund William Brooks 1900-85 so 12 at the time the present volume was signed continued the family connection with Sangorski & Sutcliffe for many years. The "EMB" and "EWB" bookplates belonged to Edmund's wife Edith M. Brooks 1862-1957 and son Edmund who apparently lived together in the family home after the elder Edmund died. Although we don't know the identity of "Roxy" we do know that the "To Roxy from Edmund" inscription is in the same hand as an identical one made--surely by our younger Edmund as printer/publisher--at the front of a copy of "The Book of Ruth" issued in 1934 by the Reed Pale Press that copy being offered for sale in 2022 by Under the Hill Books. William Heinemann & Doubleday, Page unknown
19749780226033846-2025University of Chicago Press 1974. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Aesop</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> University of Chicago Press</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780226033846</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1974</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 112</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484 the fables and their morals continue to charm modern who does not know the story of the tortoise and the hare or the boy who cried wolf</p> University of Chicago Press hardcover
19749780226033846-2025University of Chicago Press 1974. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Aesop</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> University of Chicago Press</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780226033846</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1974</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 112</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484 the fables and their morals continue to charm modern who does not know the story of the tortoise and the hare or the boy who cried wolf</p> University of Chicago Press hardcover
1984mon0003093981Franklin Library 1984T. leather_bound. Like New. . Franklin Library hardcover
1912882245London: Heinemann: 1912. 1/1450 numbered copies SIGNED BY RACKHAM at limitation statement on verso of half-title. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. White buckram with gilt stamping including vignettes at spine and front cover t.e.g. untrimmed with numerous full-page and text b/w illustrations. There are 13 tipped-in color plates from watercolors by Rackham with brown art paper mounts. Spine is lightly sun-browned also showing mild wear and some soiling to spine ends. Text pages show some aging following each art paper mount. Includes a printed 1912 flyer for a Rackham exhibition of his watercolors used for this book. Lacking board slipcase. A lovely copy . By the Artist. First Limited Edition. White Buckram Gilt. Excellent. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heinemann: Hardcover
1992G0679417907I3N01Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 1992. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group hardcover
1992G0679417907I5N00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 1992. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group hardcover
1992G0679417907I4N00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group hardcover
1992Q-1857159004Gardners Books 1992-09-30. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Gardners Books hardcover
1975BN190368Imprint unknown 1975. 1975. Softcover. Fables <br/><br/>Fables Aesop Imprint unknown paperback
19972-1858545730Brimax 1997. Hardcover. New. 45 pages. 11.40x8.60x0.40 inches. Brimax hardcover
1913962F26Paris: Hachette et Cie 1913 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 12.5" by 10.5". Arthur Rackham. A wonderful example of this signed limited edition of the fables of Aesop the first French language edition of these fables to feature the illustrations of Arthur Rackham. A signed limited edition with this being number 151 of 430 printed on wove paper and flat signed by Rackham himself.The first French language edition of Aesop's fables to feature the illustrations of Rackham. Rackham is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration.Illustrated with thirteen tipped in colour plates and further monochrome vignette and full page illustrations. Collated complete.Small ink stamp of the number 'VI 10881' to the front free endpaper tail.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 felt-lined chemise and slip case. In the publisher's original cloth binding housed in a cloth chemise - lined in felt - and slip case. Back strip lightly age toned with faint handling marks to perimeters of front board. Light shelf wear to back strip tail. Small stamp to front free endpaper tail. Slip case and chemise in fine condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with light offsetting to text leaves facing plates and the odd spot. Very Good Indeed Hachette et Cie hardcover
191389076Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 1913. Fine. Rackham illustrates the father of the Western fable Librairie Hachette et Cie Paris 1913 23 x 29.5 cm relié Illustrated edition with compositions by Arthur Rackham 13 in colour tipped in with captioned tissue guards and 52 black-and-white illustrations in the text one of 55 copies on japon signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page deluxe issue.  Publisher’s full vellum binding flat spine gilt-lettered with gilt-stamped animals upper cover gilt-stamped with the title and an illustration of animals top edge gilt uncut lower cover silk ties preserved.  A fine copy of the works of the most celebrated fabulist illustrated by Arthur Rackham one of the rare copies on japon.  Provenance: Maurice Feuillet with his manuscript ex-libris on the half-title. A renowned press illustrator notably for major judicial cases but also an art critic and founder of the Figaro artistique Feuillet remains famous for his courtroom sketches at the trials of Émile Zola in 1898 and Alfred Dreyfus in 1899.  Librairie Hachette et Cie hardcover
19921-0679417907Everymans Library 1992. Hardcover. New. 336 pages. 8.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Everymans Library hardcover
1992Q-0679417907Everyman's Library 1992-11-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Everyman's Library hardcover
19766000Winchester: Winchester College Printing Society 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Translated by James Sabben-Clare and illustrated with very fine woodcuts by Richard Atkinson-Willes. A limited editon of 400 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by Sabben-Care and Atikinson Willes. This in no 93. To commemorate the quingentenary of the arrival of Wiliam Caxton in England. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Front board has light shading and markings and the edges are rubbed. Internally in very good condtion. 4to. shared 50/50 with Colin Barkham 1976 Winchester College Printing Society hardcover
1944107528Transatlanic Arts. 1944. Transatlantic Arts. 1944. First edition. Slim 4to hardback with DW. Illustrated in colour. Extremities slightly worn with corners bumped otherwise a lovely copy in a worn wrapper with small marks and a tear to rear cover. hardcover
1944963T6New York: Transatlantic Arts 1944. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Arnrid Johnston. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop and others. First edition illustrated by Arnrid Johnston. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with twenty-three colour images. Collated complete. 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. Including stories such as: The Fox and the Crow The Lion and the Mouse and The Fox and the Grapes amongst others. Illustrated by Arnrid Banniza Johnston a Swedish sculptor and illustrator who spent the majority of her life and career in Britain. Dated from the British Library. In the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. The odd small mark with light loss to the tail of the spine and panel edges. The odd closed tear has been sympathetically repaired with tape to the internal side of the wrapper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good Transatlantic Arts hardcover
2000Q-0670889482Viking Juvenile 2000-10-09. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Viking Juvenile hardcover
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
1966123696New York: Oxford University Press 1966. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Toning damp staining on spine. Few small open tears throughout jacket. Oxford University Press hardcover
