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0266507565.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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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
200279394hLondon: The Folio Society 2002. Book. Illus. by Detmold Edward J. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Yellow cloth hardcover in green slipcase. Colour illustration to front; gilt lettering to spine; top edge green. Full-page colour illustrations and in-text black line drawings by Detmold. Clean tight bright and completely unmarked; a sound and handsome copy. 152pp. The Folio Society Hardcover
185773231London: W Kent & Co 1857. 4to.Illustrated. First edition. 47 pp. Half green morocco over decorative embossed boards with raised bands silver lettering and decoration to spine; marbled edges and endpapers. Firm binding with light rubbing to extremities and a few small black spots to morocco. Finger marks and light foxing/stains inside; two small tears to one of leaves. This is the less common edition with hand-coloured plates. Illustrations designed and drawn on wood by Charles H. Bennett and engraved by Swain. . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1857. W Kent & Co [1857] unknown
1022906488.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1023444666.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1793435881London : Printed for John Stockdale 1793. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copies in modern binding; cloth boards backed in gilt-blocked aniline calf. Spine and covers dust-toned nicked and rubbed as with age. Vol II has detached cover and cracked spine. Heavy foxing inside. Physical description; 2 volumes plates 23 cm. Subjects; Aesop. Aesops fables ; Early works to 1800. Fables Greek ; Early works to 1800. Fables Greek. London : Printed for John Stockdale hardcover
1823962P14Newcastle; London: E. Walker; Longman and Co 1823. Leather. Fine. 9" by 5.5"; 9.5" by 6.5". Thomas Bewick. A finely bound edition of Bewick's Aesop a lovely copy complete with his woodcuts and a facsimile thumbprint receipt. Smartly bound in a half morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth clamshell bound by Eric Sweet in April 2001. Clamshell is in a fine condition.Facsimile receipt leaf to the front with the facsimile thumbprint of Bewick. This is copy number 829 with this receipt. Pages have been washed presenting an uncommonly bright copy of this sought after work.The fables of Aesop here with the important woodcuts of Bewick.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life following adventure of many different creatures.Illustrated with a vignette title and a woodcut head-piece to each fable alongside tail-pieces by Thomas Bewick. Collated complete though the endpapers have been renewed. Bewick's woodcuts of 'Fables' is one of his best known works and spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated Aesop the first of which was published in 1776.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 a half morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth clamshell bound by Eric Sweet. Externally fine. A couple of very light marks to the front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few very light handling marks. Clamshell is in a fine condition. Fine E. Walker; Longman and Co 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
1865962F9New York: Hurd and Houghton 1865 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Henry Walker Herrick. The first edition of Henry Walker Herrick's illustrated edition of the classic moral fables of Aesop. A charming mid-nineteenth century American edition of the fables of Aesop. This is a first edition thus being the first edition to be illustrated with over one-hundred vignettes by illustrator Henry Walker Herrick.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. The leaves of this volume have been washed.With the blind stamp J. H. Park Seedsmith & Florist of Brooklyn to the title page head.Housed in a modern paper clamshell case. In the publisher's original cloth binding housed in a modern paper clamshell case. Bump to back strip tail with a touch of fraying to back strip head and with small tide mark to front board head. Hinges lightly strained but firmly held. Blind stamp to title page head. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Hurd and Houghton hardcover
1857962F16London: W. Kent & Co 1857 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 9". Charles H. Bennett. The very scarce first edition of Charles H. Bennett's distinctive Victorian-era interpretation of Aesop"s classic fables illustrated throughout with hand-coloured plates by Bennett himself. A very scarce first edition.In this edition Bennett reimagines the traditional animal characters of Aesop's work with human traits and behaviours offering a satirical lens on Victorian society. He includes characters such as 'the callous footman the idle officer the exposed swindler the ignorant patron of the arts and the foolish social climber' Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790-1914.Illustrated with twenty-four hand coloured plates by Bennett. Collated complete.Bennett was a prolific Victorian illustrator who had a short career which ended when he died of consumption.Rebacked in calf in the publisher's original cloth covered boards retaining the original endpapers. Housed in a clamshell case with the bookplate of Eric Sweet to the front pastedown of the clamshell.With the contemporary inscription of Helen Bessie Steel to a front blank and the inscription of Claud G. Steel to recto of frontispiece.Quayle in 'Early Children's Books' says this is one of Bennett's finest and most vigorous works and one of the most notable editions of Aesop's Fables. Rebacked in calf retaining the publisher's original cloth covered boards. In a cloth covered slip case in fine condition. Externally excellent with a touch of fading to board perimeters. Front hinge lightly strained with board firmly held. Inscription to front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with spotting throughout and with tide mark to head of introduction text leaf. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Very Good W. Kent & Co hardcover
1818964P41Newcastle; London: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co 1818. Leather. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5"; 8.5" by 6". Thomas Bewick. A Riviere bound copy of Bewick's Aesop an important work by the noted woodcutter in a smart tree calf binding and held in a custom chemise and slipcase. Bound by Riviere.In a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase both of which are in a fine condition.The Royal Octavo issue variant A with the 'Auld Clouty' vignette to the tail of page xvi and "road of honour and honesty" to the final line of page 248. Facsimile receipt leaf to the front with the facsimile thumbprint of Bewick.The fables of Aesop here with the important woodcuts of Bewick.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life following adventure of many different creatures.Illustrated with a vignette title and a woodcut head-piece to each fable alongside tail-pieces by Thomas Bewick. Collated complete.Bewick's woodcuts of 'Fables' is one of his best known works and spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated Aesop the first of which was published in 1776. In a rebacked tree calf binding bound by Riviere in a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase. Externally smart. Light shelf wear to the extremities. Only a few minor marks to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with only a few scattered spots. Chemise and clamshell are both in a fine condition. Near Fine E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co hardcover
1818964F64Newcastle : E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co 1818 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 7". Thomas Bewick. Thomas Bewick scholar Thomas Hugo's own copy of the Royal 8vo edition of Bewick's Aesop's fables illustrated throughout with vignette engravings. One of 500 copies on Royal 8vo with signed "thumb-mark" receipt. Variant B with Philosopher woodcut to p. xvi and last line of p.248 "road of candour and prudence". Roscoe 45b.The personal copy of Thomas Hugo an antiquarian and clergyman who was a dedicated admirer and collector of the Bewicks' woodcuts and publications. With his bookplate to the verso of the front free endpaper alongside bibliographical note.Hugo has tipped in page xvi from the Demi 8vo variant which features the suppressed engraving of "Auld Clouty".Illustrated with a vignette title and a woodcut head-piece to each fable alongside tail-pieces by Thomas Bewick. Collated complete.Bewick's woodcuts of 'Fables' is one of his best known works. He spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated Aesop the first of which was published in 1776.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. In a handsome full morocco binding.Housed in a cloth covered clamshell case with the bookplate of Eric Sweet to the clamshell interior. In a full morocco binding with blind tooling housed in a cloth clamshell case. Externally excellent with a touch of rubbing to joints. Rear hinge strained but firmly held. Bookplate and tipped in note to verso of front free endpaper. Clamshell in fine condition. Internally binding strained with pages 343-346 detached and loosely inserted. Pages age toned with the odd spot or handling mark. Very Good E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co hardcover
18181484271Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Beswick 1818. Leather. Good/No Jacket. used red leather hardcover copy lacking a dust jacket as issued. light shelfwear corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. paste down title to spine gilt top edges still radiant. E. Walker for T. Beswick hardcover
1024187276.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1793330179London: Stockdale 1793. hardcover. very good-. 2 volumes. Title page vignettes and 100 other fine engraved plates. Tall 8vos bound in full tree calf; gilt-decorated spines with red leather labels joints weak and with repairs spines rubbed; light foxing throughout most notably on the title pages. London: John Stockdale 1793.<br/> <br/> Large-paper copy printed on rag paper with excellent engravings. The application or moral is an analysis of each fable.<br/> <br/> Stockdale unknown
1829981Z3London: J. M'Gowan and Son c1829. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 4". None stated. A very scarce two volume set of Aesop's fables adapted for young people and illustrated with fantastic aquatint illustrations and both in contemporary half calf. A very scarce illustrated edition with only one copy held institutionally. Bound in half calf. Illustrated with many unique aquatint illustrations with an engraved title page and fifty plates to 'Vol I' and an engraved frontispiece and forty-eight plates to 'Vol II'. Lacking the frontispiece to 'Volume I'.A two volume complete set.A rare to see illustrated edition of Aesop's renowned fables adapted for young people with instructive applications. This edition features a collection of fantastic and anonymously illustrated plates depicting whimsical portrayals of a frog and mice in armour and many more. Undated dated by copies held institutionally. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Externally fading cracking and rubbing to the spines with rubbing to the joints and extremities slight marks to the boards with front joint starting slightly at the head of the front joint. Internally engraved title starting otherwise firmly bound with generally bright pages and occasional light spotting heavier to the plates with the odd closed tear to the extremities of the odd plate or page. Very Good J. M'Gowan and Son hardcover
179376453London: Printed for John Stockdale 1793. 8vo. Two volumes. pp. lxv i 189 1; xii 248. Engraved titles and 110 plates. Bindings rubbed and recased and repaired with sheep with most of three of the original calf boards. Orange leather label gilt lettering ruling and devices to spine. Slight cracking to the lower hinge of the second volume. Titles are toned and are cut close at head and foot with loss to the imprint. Foxing elsewhere. A very good 18th century set with striking illustrations. . Very Good. Original Boards. 1793. Printed for John Stockdale [1793] hardcover
084670076XNew. paperback. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. paperback
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
026790150X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
179349589London: John Stockdale 1793. Leather. Very Good. 2 vols. tall 8vo pp. lxv 189; xi 248. Later issue of the 1793 edition without the long 's' throughout and without the advertisement leaf in Volume I. Comprising 110 fables each with an engraved illustration together with two engraved title pages with vignettes; the date on the first volume was trimmed neat early repair. Large-paper copy clean and bright throughout. Handsomely bound by Riviere in full tan smooth calf spines with gilt-tooled compartments with floral devices and lettered in gilt on two morocco labels one green one red. Some spotting and scratching to the covers with a small faint stain to the lower rear board of Volume II. Bookplate and previous owner's ink stamp to endpapers and first blank. A handsome set. John Stockdale unknown
