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1949021687London: Gaberbocchus Press Limited 1949. First Edition. Softcover. Very mild soiling to covers. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Franciszka Themerson. Illustrated wraps with self-dustwrapper 8" x 10" printed in red and black. Copy #249 of 400 printed on a hand press and illustrated by Franciszka Themerson SIGNED by her with an ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT. Also with a spurious signature of Aesop. Laid in is a compliments slip with the handwritten note by Themerson: "one of the very last copies/sorry it's rather dirty." <br/><br/> Gaberbocchus Press Limited paperback
1949GABERBOC001430Gaberbocchus Press London. 1949. First edition. Quarto. 36 pages. Seven full-page illustrations by Franciszka Themerson the co-founder of the Gaberbocchus Press. Printed in red and black this being the second production of the press and one of only two to be hand-printed. Card wrappers with fold-over paper covers in the French style the cover design incorporating the embossed figure of a woman with an eagle's head.Number 4 of 400 copies numbered and signed by Themerson and with the ''counterfeit signature of Aesop''. Next to her signature the artist has sketched a small self-portrait.Front cover very slightly marked. Inside the covers the glue used in producing the book has cause some staining. Very good indeed. Gaberbocchus Press, London. unknown
1989G0316555762I3N10Little Brown & Company 1989. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Little Brown & Company hardcover
199889496London:: Folio Society. Near Fine. 1998. Hardcover. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine slipcase.; 152 pages . Folio Society, hardcover
190925975London: Hodder and Stoughton 1909. First edition. Illustrated with 23 tipped-in color plates by Edward J. Detmold. 4to publisher's original tan cloth the upper cover with an elaborate pictorial decoration of a falcon in red with lettering in green the spine gilt lettered with decorative tool in red. xvi 152 pp. A very nice copy free of the inevitable browning to the endpapers. The binding attractive and sound hinges fine and firm the plates bright and pleasing. A VERY PLEASING COPY AND QUITE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. These illustrations represent in our opinion Detmold's very best work. Their grace and sensitivity reflect a certain Eastern sensibility. The artist’s powers in the delicate communication of nature’s spirit are exemplified by these wonderful paintings rich with the wide variety of the colours in the spectrum. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1998893T8London: The Folio Society 1998. Cloth. Fine. 10" by 7.5". Edward J. Detmold. A very smart copy of this beautifully illustrated collection of fables from Aesop published by The Folio Society. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece twenty-two colour plates and many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of fables from Greek fabulist and storyteller Aesop who is now credited with a number of writings. Many of the tales are characterised by anthropomorphic animal characters. This collection includes: the hare and the tortoise the monkeys and their mother the vain jackdaw the geese and the cranes the eagle and his captor and many others. Illustrated by Edward Julius Detmold a prolific Victorian and early twentieth-century book illustrator known for his work with his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original paper covered slip case is also excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine The Folio Society hardcover
1909962F27London: Hodder and Stoughton 1909 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12" by 10". Edward J. Detmold. An exceptionally bright example of the first trade edition of Edward J. Detmold's vibrantly illustrated edition of the fables of Aesop. The first trade edition of Detmold's edition of the fables.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-two further tipped in colour plates by Edward Julius Detmold a prolific late Victorian era book illustrator.Collated complete.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 decorative cloth binding housed in cloth covered slip case. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail otherwise externally fine. Light spotting to endpapers with a touch of spotting to text block fore edge. Slip case fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
190968927Hodder & Stoughton. 1909. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. Illustrated with 25 tipped-in color illustrations. Boards are original white buckram now showing uniform light soiling. Corners sharp and inner pages unmarked. Boards show gilt pictorial illustration on front cover two spine tabs gilt on black lettering. Foxing light soiling to inner pastedowns and endpapers. . Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1998330514London: Folio Society 1998. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Folio Society hardcover
1925148086Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company 1925. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. 3 inch open tear at front spine edge. Light staining on rear panel. Light bumping at corners of front/rear panels. Illustrations by Joseph Eugene Dash. Albert Whitman & Company hardcover
1909035074London: Hodder and Stoughton 1909. Book. Illus. by Detmold E. J. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrators. Limited Edition. Large 4to 26 x 31cm. This edition limted to seven hundred and fifty copies numbered and signed by the artist of which this is No. 102. Unpaginated. 25 fine tipped-in colour illustrations by Detmold all with captioned paper guards and all in very good condition. Original cream cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Binding very good and clean without soiling light wear only gilt slightly dulled. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Contents clean and tight original end papers with scarab beetle motif to the centre a little surface damage repaired to the edges of the front paste-down previous owner's neat signature to the front free endpaper. A very good copy of the fine limited edition. Hodder and Stoughton Hardcover
199847632Folio Society 1998 2004. 8vo. with coloured frontispiece coloured plates and monochrome illustrations in the text; orange cloth upper board blocked and lettered in red and black gilt back green top green endpapers a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover
1926288630Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel 1926. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Celia M. Fiennes. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. Wood engraved illustrations by Celia M. Fiennes. 94 pages. Tall 8vo linen-backed brown boards uncut edges. Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press 1926. Limited Edition - number 267 of 325 copies. A fine copy lacking the dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> One of 350 numbered copies.<br/> <br/> Golden Cockerel unknown
1975329498Boston: Gambit 1975. First. hardcover. near fine/very good-. David Levine. Selected and illustrated by David Levine with 50 humorous line drawings. 104 pages. Thin 8vo black cloth with red printed labels on cover and spine d.w. price-clipped and lightly chipped at edges with one small stain. Boston: Gambit 1975. First edition.<br/> <br/> A near fine copy in a very good- dust wrapper; inscribed by the artist on the half title along with a large original pen and ink drawing of a lion.<br/> <br/> Gambit unknown
1931122334455668<p>The sole UK printing published by the Gregynog Press Newtown : 1931. Number '125' of only 250 copies issued. Illustrated with thirty-seven wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker and wood-engraved initials by her husband William McCance typographer and sculptor. This title was Parker's first collaboration with the Press. Bound in the publisher's original tanned sheepskin with the title blocked in black foil on the spine. Printed in Bembo Type on Barcham Green hand-made paper. The BOOK is in Very Good condition with minor rubbing to the spine and the extremities else a fine copy with only a very occasional light spot in places. A book that is seldom encountered in such sharp condition. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Together with Gertrude Hermes and Blair Hughes-Stanton Parker helped to usher in a period of masterly illustrated editions at Gregynog with the Esope title considered one of the masterpieces of the Press. The illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker are considered by Colin Franklin to rank this book as 'the most conspicuously decorative volume of that kind' the binding is smooth appropriately naturalistic and exceptionally well preserved and the type hand-set by Richard Jones is generous and exacting. Writing in his The Private Presses Colin Franklin concluded that 'the entire work of Gregynog printing and binding produced a better thing that anyone else had attempted'. Jones pp. 30-1. Housed in the original plain card slipcase which is a little age worn rubbed and marked but tight and complete. With the publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. A great rarity. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.</p> Gregynog Press, Newtown hardcover
190936569London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. 1st. Hardcover. Detmold Edward J. 4to full brown cloth elaborate gilt-stamped cover and spine 23 mounted color plates with letterpress tissue guards and numerous line drawings by Edward J. Detmold. Wear to tips fraying to spine heavy chipping to head and foot of spine interior near fine no previous owner's marks. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1981386268London: Hodder & Stoughton 1981. Ltd. Ed. Hardcover. Very Good/None. E. J. Detmold. Hardcover red leather stamped in gilt. Facsimile edition of a book that was first published in 1909 by Hodder & Stoughton. 152 pages. 23 full page illustrations in color by Detmold plus various line illustrations in black and white throughout the text. #337 of 500 copies as indicated on tipped-on plate inside front cover. All edges gilt. No slipcase. Record # 386268 Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
191011574<p>Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1910. 8vo. 7.2 x 5.1 inches. Reprint of an edition that was originally published in 1894 with notes and an index. Beautifully illustrated throughout with over 100 fine engravings by Heighway. A few light spots to the blank endpapers but overall a nice clean copy in a fine contemporary leather binding of full tree calf. Spine with raised bands each decorated with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled and decorated in gilt. Burgundy morocco title label ruled and lettered in gilt. Double ruled gilt border on boards. Front board with gilt stamped arms of the Queen Elizabeth School in Cranbrook. Board edges with decorative gilt tooling. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. School prize label on the front pastedown endpaper. A lovely copy.</p> Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1910 hardcover
190977135London: Hodder and Stoughton 1909. 4to.Illustrated. xvi 152 pp. 23 tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. Publisher's brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A little edge-wear marking and rubbing to binding. A little splitting at hinges and staining to half title otherwise with just a handful of spots throughout. Early ink name to prelim. VG save for the minor shaking to the binding. 28cms tall. . Good. Gilt-decorated Cloth. 1909. Hodder and Stoughton [1909] hardcover
190960945London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. 4to.Illustrated. This is copy no. 537 of an edition limited to 750 copies signed by the illustrator Edward J. Detmold. Publisher's original maroon blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Series of spots to cloth of front board. Slight fraying to spine ends. Early ink name to front endpaper. Internally clean. With twenty-five tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. The binding is unusual. One often sees the white buckram version but the plainness of this and the lack of gilt edges or decoration to the covers suggest it was a volume intended to forwarded to your binder to place some fancy dan affair around it. . Good. Blind-stamped Cloth. Signed Limited Edition. 1909. Hodder & Stoughton 1909 hardcover
1981214146London: Hodder and Stoughton 1981. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial brown leather. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Silk endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 152 pages; Physical desc.: 152 p. ill. 24 cm. tipped - in with tissue guards Subject: Aesop's fables -- Adaptations -- Fables -- Folklore. London: Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
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
1975198510Boston: Gambit 1975. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Lightly sunned spine. Gambit hardcover
1909001872<p>London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Edward J. Detmold Edward Julius Detmold 1883-1957. Limited Edition of 750 copies signed and numbered by the artist This copy No.534. 4to unpaginated with limitation page half title title page and a further pp204 printed on one side only complete with the 25 beautiful tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. Hardcover no dust jacket. Publishers red cloth binding with gilt tiles to spine and blind stamped borders titles and centerpiece to front board in good condition with shelf wear and rubbing to top & tail of spine edges of boards and tips with some marking and scratches to boards. Inside except for toning to end papers and the odd mark to edges of pages all pages and tipped-in plates in very good clean and bright condition. A very nice copy of this first edition illustrated by the prolific Victorian and early twentieth-century book illustrator Edward J. Detmold. <br /><br /></p> Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
192621150211926. Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press. 1926. Large 8vo. Cream-backed brown publisher's boards lettered in gilt to spine in typographic dust-jacket; with 11 wood engravings by Celia M. Fiennes; pp. 8 iii-v 1 94 6; almost entirely uncut spine tips lightly bumped previous bookseller sticker ""Paul Elder & Co San Francisco"" to rear paste-down bookplate of Alma Ruth Lavenson to the front paste-down see below; a near-fine copy; the jacket is lightly spotted browned along spine and to folds chipped to extremities with some closed tears along spine; good but seldom found.Limited edition number 268 of 350 copies of L'Estrange's translation of the Fables rare in dust-jacket.L'Estrange first published his version of the fables in 1692 and it is now regarded as one of the most popular English translations. Commissioned by a group of booksellers his edition appeared two years after Locke had recommended Aesop as an ideal first reading book for children. As Muir notes it was ""the best and largest collection of fables in English and he had children especially in mind when making his compilation"". L'Estrange's Aesop is in fact ""an assemblage of fables and facetiae from a variety of sources ancient and modern the second volume being wholly un-Aesopian. The trenchant reflections added to the individual fables possess a strong political animus and were to draw severe criticism from the later Whig fabulist Samuel Croxall; but all L'Estrange's translations have some degree of political colouring"" DNB.The simplistic yet highly effective wood engravings are by Celia M. Fiennes a direct descendant of the seventeenth-century travel writer Celia Fiennes. She was an accomplished printmaker and illustrator - in the same year as this publication she produced twelve wood engravings for the Cresset Press edition of Matthew Stevenson's 1661 work The Twelve Moneths.Provenance: From the library of the American photographer Alma Ruth Lavenson 1897-1989. Lavenson was particularly prolific in the 1920s and 30s and was influenced by Pictorialism; she worked alongside photographers such as Ansel Adams Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston and developed friendships with these artists.Chanticleer 45. See Muir English Children's Books 1600 to 1900. hardcover
