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19613131711Meisenheim/Glan: Anton Hain 1961. 51, (1) Seiten. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Orig.-Broschur. [Softcover / Paperback].
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
102444709X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. 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
9354845347.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book presents a collection of Aesop's fables as a dramatic vehicle for presentation. 66 "playlets" written expressly for elementary school classrooms, grades two to five. Plays include: Mouse and the bull, Grasshopper and the owl, Two frogs, Wolf and the lamb, Boy and the nuts, Flea and the ox, Mother lark and her babies, Peacock and juno, Hare and the tortoise, Wind and the sun, Serpent and the eagle, The heron, etc.
1890961H39London: Field & Tuer 1890. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5". None Stated. A scarce volume reimagining Aesop's classic fables through a Victorian lens richly illustrated with woodcuts and penned by Mary Louisa Boyle close friend of Dickens and Tennyson. Rebound in half calf with red cloth boards.This is a scarce edition this distinctive work that reimagines Aesop's classic fables through a late-Victorian lens. This copy is particularly notable for its numerous woodcut illustrations.The fables included in this edition include: "Courtship" "The Taming of the Shrew" "Self-Esteem" "Simplicity Victorious" "Genius" "Conceit" "Billy and Bully" "Masher Bunnie" "Duped" "Crossed" "Diamond Cut Diamond" "Pride Goes Before a Fall" "The Ungrateful Cur" and "A Cool Reminder" to name a few.Mary Louisa Boyle 1810 1890 was an English writer and amateur actress who moved in the literary circles of Charles Dickens and Alfred Lord Tennyson with the later writing a poem about her "To Mary Boyle" publ. 1889 and the former writing letters to her record several of her gifts to him calling her "among the few whom I most care for and best love."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. Rebound in half calf with red cloth boards. Externally very smart. Rubbing to spine and extremities. Fading to spine. One or two marks to boards. Endpapers slightly age toned with the odd spot. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just one or two spots. Very Good Indeed Field & Tuer hardcover
1947962F24London: Juvenile Productions Ltd. c1947. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 11" by 9.5". E. H. Davie. Two copies of a charmingly illustrated mid-twentieth century juvenile edition of the fables of Aesop vibrantly illustrated in colour by E. H. Davie. Present here are two copies of this children's edition of the animal fables of Aesop illustrated throughout in colour by E. H. Davie.Davie is best known as one of the illustrators frequently used by Enid Blyton but little else about them is known.The first of the two copies of this edition present here is in the publisher's original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards while the other has been rebound by Eric Sweet - with his bookplate to the front pastedown - with endpapers renewed.Eric Sweet was 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.Sweet has produced a chemise and slip case to house these two volumes. To the interior of the chemise is laid down the pictorial paper boards of the rebound volume.Undated; dated circa 1947 via the British Library.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. Two volumes - one in the publisher's original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards and another rebound in cloth - housed in a cloth chemise and slip case. The pictorial boards of the rebound volume are laid down to the interior of the chemise. Externally excellent with rubbing to perimeters of paper covered boards. Bookplate to front pastedown of rebound cloth volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally bright and generally clean with only the odd spot or light handling mark. Very Good Indeed Juvenile Productions Ltd. hardcover
197452755London: William Heinemann 1974. 8vo xxix i 223 1 pp. 13 coloured plates marbled endpapers. Handsomely bound by Bayntun in maroon calf a.e.g. gilt spine with grey and green morocco labels a lovely copy. London: William Heinemann unknown
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
FORT861660Garden City Publishing Co. Used - Acceptable. 1939. Includes all 13 full-colour plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Octavo. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tipped-on full colour illustration of several animals to front board. Garden City Publishing Co hardcover
183323289London: J. Souter School Library 73 St. Paul's Churchyard. Good with no dust jacket. 1833. Hardcover. Ex-library "Students' Library - Mount St. Mary's - Greenmeadows". Library rubber stamp on title page. Some library markings. Owner's signature "John Bowden". Spine rubbed with some abrasions to leather. Gutters split at hinges. ; 2 recto: title 97 1 Errata pages. Quarter blue leather and blue cloth boards. Contemporary printed paper label on front board. Page dimensions: 170 x 98mm. Aesop's fables. Greek text of 50 fables on pages 1-50. Short Notes and Explanations in English on pages 51-60. Lexicon Greek-English on pages 61-97. ; 12mo . J. Souter, School Library, 73, St. Paul's Churchyard hardcover
1933115476Limited Editions Club 1933. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Slipcased limited editions club issue # 440 of 1500 copies issued signed by Bruce Rogers. Tight and unmarked. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1964310063New York: Parents' Magazine Press 1964. Special Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. 2 inch closed tear on front panel. Small open tear on front panel bottom corner. Foxing on top text block edge. Parents' Magazine Press hardcover
1902618270.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0333322029.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0267748256.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0266745539.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0483515736.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1333073151.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1528465784.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
34916London: Ward Lock. 1st ed. Hardcover. Rountree Harry. 1st ptg. Large 8vo full tan cloth with color cover inset plate. 48 color plates by Harry Rountree foxing to edges near fine 1925 gift inscription on half-title. Ward Lock hardcover
198946953London: Jonathan Cape 1989. First edition thus 8vo xvi 160 pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth d.w. light marking to the top edge otherwise very good. London: Jonathan Cape unknown
