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1894962F19London: Macmillan & Co 1894 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 11.5" by 8.5". Richard Heighway. The very scarce large paper limited edition of Joseph Jacob's reworking on Aesop's fables illustrated throughout by Richard Heighway. A very scarce large paper first edition limited to one-hundred unnumbered copies.Illustrated throughout by Richard Heighway with a frontispiece and with vignette illustrations to majority of leaves.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 this volume these tales are retold by noted folklorist Joseph Jacobs who also traces their fascinating history. With the armorial bookplate of A S Marsden-Smedley to the front pastedown. Housed in a cloth clamshell case.The leaves of this volume have been washed.A very scarce late nineteenth century limited edition. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. Light fading to back strip otherwise externally excellent. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages exceptionally bright and generally clean with only the odd spot. Majority of leaves unopened to head. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. Near Fine Macmillan & Co hardcover
1950965T33New York: The Macmillan Company 1950. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Kurt Wiese. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop with commentary from Australian-born folklorist Joseph Jacobs. First illustrated edition of this work. 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. Retold with literary commentary and historical context provided by Joseph Jacobs an Australian-born folklorist literary critic and historian who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese a German-born book illustrator and writer who illustrated over three hundred books. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also very smart with minor wear and chipping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine The Macmillan Company hardcover
1965012572Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California 1965. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. A special publication of the Augustan Reprint Society. Orig. tan card wrappers sewn and glued. xv 211 pp. B&W illustrations. Some sunning to edges creasing and light scuffing to spines else fine. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California unknown
1834963Z9London: Joseph Smith 1834. Leather. Fine. 5.5" by 3". None stated. A smartly bound pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables bound by Eric Sweet in crushed morocco with a uniform chemise and clamshell casing and adorned with many wood engravings. A beautifully bound pocket size nineteenth century copy of Samuel Croxall's noted edition. 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.Illustrated with a folding wood engraved frontispiece an engraved title page and one hundred wood engraved vignettes throughout. Collated complete.A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition was translated and written by Samuel Croxall and is notable for its addition of his 'instructions' to the end of each fable which taught the reader how to apply the lessons of the fables to every day life.Bound in modern crushed half morocco with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Bound in modern crushed half morocco with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean washed pages. The chemise and slipcase are lovely. Fine Joseph Smith hardcover
1853962T50London: Milner and Sowerby c1853. Cloth. Good. 5" by 3.5". Not Stated. An illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop with instructive moral applications from Samuel Croxall. Illustrated with one hundred engravings including a folding frontispiece. 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. This collection includes titles such as: The Cock and the Jewel The Frogs Desiring a King and The Kite and the Pigeons amongst others. With instructive moral applications from Samuel Croxall an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. Dated from National Library of Wales and the contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. In the original full cloth binding. Externally sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light discolouration to the cloth with the odd mark. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot and light age toning to the extremities. A 1" closed tear to the frontispiece. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper dated 1853. Good Milner and Sowerby hardcover
1865962T47London: Milner and Company c1865. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop with instructive moral applications from Samuel Croxall. Illustrated with one hundred engravings including a folding frontispiece. 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. This collection includes titles such as: The Cock and the Jewel The Frogs Desiring a King and The Kite and the Pigeons amongst others. With instructive moral applications from Samuel Croxall an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. With thirty-two leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Dated from York Minster. In the original full green cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed Milner and Company hardcover
1860962T48London: Milner and Company 1860. Cloth. Very Good. 5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop with instructive moral applications from Samuel Croxall. Illustrated with one hundred engravings including a folding frontispiece. 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. This collection includes titles such as: The Cock and the Jewel The Frogs Desiring a King and The Kite and the Pigeons amongst others. With instructive moral applications from Samuel Croxall an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the extremities. Very Good Milner and Company hardcover
1874963T26London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1874. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. A smartly bound illustrated collection of the fables attributed to Aesop translated by Samuel Croxall. Illustrated throughout with eighty original images. 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. Translated by Samuel Croxall an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. With new applications and morals from George Fyler Townsend the British translator of the standard English edition of Aesop's Fables. Dated from the British Library. Bound in quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light sunning to the extremities and the odd small mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages have been washed and are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Very Good Indeed Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover
1839963Z10London: William Milner 1839. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 3". None stated. A beautifully bound pocket sized copy of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables bound in full diced calf housed in a uniform chemise and slipcase adorned with many wood engravings. A beautifully bound nineteenth century copy of Samuel Croxall's edition. 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.Illustrated with a facsimile of the original frontispiece lacking the original and one hundred monochrome vignette vignettes. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition was translated and written by Samuel Croxall and is notable for its addition of his 'instructions' to the end of each fable which taught the reader how to apply the lessons of the fables to every day life.Bound in modern full diced calf with a cloth chemise and matching slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Bound in modern full diced calf with a cloth chemise and matching slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Lacking the original frontispiece renewed with a facsimile. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages with the odd spot and minor handling mark an owner's inscription to the verso of the title page and a minor archival tape repair to pp. 224. Very Good Indeed William Milner hardcover
1848962T49Manchester: Thomas Johnson 1848. Cloth. Very Good. 5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop with instructive moral applications from Samuel Croxall. Illustrated with one hundred engravings including a folding frontispiece and title vignette. The engraving to page 148 has been printed upside-down. 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. This collection includes titles such as: The Cock and the Jewel The Frogs Desiring a King and The Kite and the Pigeons amongst others. With instructive moral applications from Samuel Croxall an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot and light age toning to the extremities. Light creases to the front free endpaper. Very Good Thomas Johnson hardcover
1802962P16London: S. Fisher 1802. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4". Not Stated. Samuel Croxall's popular edition of Aesop an illustrated volume of the classical fables. The fables of Aesop here translated and edited by Samuel Croxall.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 frontispiece and ten plates.Collated bound without plates 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 13 14 16 18 23 and 24.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables' for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications a popular and oft-reprint translation.Including a life of Aesop. In the original cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Spine is faded. Light rubbing and bumping to the spine and extremities. A small amount of loss to the head of the spine. A few light marks to the cloth. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots and handling marks. Page 153 to 168 are a little edge worn. Plates have been hand-coloured by a prior owner. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso of the title page. Very Good S. Fisher hardcover
1995Q-0965231224Book-of-the-Month Club 1995-03-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Book-of-the-Month Club hardcover
1900488192London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1900. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. This book does not have a publication date. It was not published in 1900. 110 black-and-white illustrations. Xxviii 364 pages. Engraved boards and spine are marked. Leading corners edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Spine head is nicked. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. Binding is exposed on early and closing pages but remains intact. Creases throughout pages. Contents are clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Acceptable. Used. Frederick Warne and Co. Hardcover
1857500047160London: W. Kent & Co & Bradbury and Evans 1857. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Original decorated . Lime green cloth spineSome marks to boards foxed especially corner of plates <br/> <br/> W. Kent & Co & Bradbury and Evans hardcover
181875623Newcastle: Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son 1818. First edition; Royal octavo issue; Variant B. contemporary old polished calf; all edges marbled; both covers detached and spine absent. Three attractive old bookplates on pastedown; aside from the binding flaws noted a very attractive copy. . 8vo. Added engraved frontispiece portrait; illustrated throughout from wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. Roscoe 45b. With the "thumb-mark receipt" page with printed facsimile signatures of Thomas Bewick and Robert Elliott Bewick and seaweed in red over wood-engraved landscape bound before title. This is one of the few copies that bear the autograph signature of Thomas Bewick above the thumb-mark. Printed by E. Walker, for T. Bewick and Son, unknown
1975006539London: Paddington Press. A reprint of the 1818 edition with a new intro by Michael Marqusee. Attractive half-leather binding with marbled boards and matching endpapers. Without dustwrapper as issued . Fine. Hardcover. 1st thus. 1975. Paddington Press hardcover
1818405619Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son 1818. A very good copy internally clean and fresh joints restored and with some light wear to binding. 8vo. xxiv 376 pages. 188 fable cuts and 136 tailpieces in text. Contemporary English polished calf the sides and spines decorated in blind and gilt marbled edges by Whitehead and Sons Leeds with their ticket on pastedown. A handsome copy of Bewick's extensively and exquisitely illustrated fables. Roscoe 45. E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son unknown
1894mon0000080149Macmillan 1894-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. On green decorative cloth gilded lettering and bird motif to frontis 1894 edition with some light staining to bottom of first few pages Macmillan hardcover
190939157London: Hodder & Stoughtond 1909. Very good plus. First edition out of series copy of this large paper edition of Detmold's beautifully illustrated interpretation of Aesop's fables with an original watercolor on parchment signed by Detmold tipped in. In his vibrant and stylish illustrations for this limited edition of Aesop's Fables Edward Detmold exhibits aesthetic influences drawn from a variety of sources including Japanese and Chinese paintings Art Nouveau and classical Western art. This copy is supplemented with an original watercolor by Detmold apparently an early iteration of an illustration of a redshank chick that would appear in his circa 1912 BOOK OF BABY BIRDS. 12.5'' x 10.25''. Original white gilt pictorial cloth. Top edge gilt other edges machine deckle. 25 tipped-in color plates. Unpaginated. Bookplate of Sir Francis Carruthers Gould to front pastedown. Original Detmold watercolor on parchment tipped onto verso of front flyleaf; likely an artist's copy no limitation page present. Binding with light bumping to corners and spine ends a few tiny spots of soil to rear; spine sunned. Watercolor with margins marked-up for framing. Endpapers with mild toning leaves with occasional tiny spots of soil or foxing. Sound with vibrant colors. Hodder & Stoughtond unknown
18656735New York: printed at The Riverside Press for Hurd and Houghton 1865. 130 engravings based on designs by Herrick. 8vo. original brown cloth decorated in gilt. Top of spine rather worn and front hinge split. printed at The Riverside Press for Hurd and Houghton hardcover
17936744London: John Stockdale 1793. Two volumes. 112 engraved plates with protective tissue by Thomas Stothard J. Landseer Hunt Medland Lovegrove Skelton Powell Eastgate W. Grainger Clarke L. Chapman A. Smith J. Saunders Audinet et al. Pp. lxi publisher’s ad. leaf 198; xii 248. Large 8vo. original cloth backed marbled paper covered board with printed paper spine labels. Some rubbing light browning to end of volume II and a bit shaken.An excellent untrimmed copy pretty well preserved in the original binding of Stockdale’s well printed and deliciously illustrated Aesop. This is a true first of the great 1793 Stockdale edition with the advertisement leaf for Stockdale’s Gay’s Fables and the misprinted p.891 for p.198 of the first vol. The text is by Samuel Croxall. Booklabels of Carleton Richmond. In the original publisher’s binding John Stockdale hardcover
1668A-110<p>Volume I--Second Edition The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture. London: Printed by Thomas Roycroft for the Author 1668. Second edition with new title page a re-issue of the 1665 edition sheets. This volume contains the frontispiece engraved vignettes and initials missing Ogilby portrait and has all eighty-one full-paged plates in fabulous condition. Light yellowing/browning of initial few pages as regular. Volume II--Second Edition Aesopics or a Second Collection of Fables illustrated with sixty-eight full-paged plates in early issue before captions were added. Pages are remarkably clean without any browning. Large folio volumes both illustrated throughout; Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677 engraved eighty-eight of the illustrations for these works the others were executed by Dirck Stoop c. 1610-1686 and Francis Barlow c. 1626-1704. Both volumes are uniformly re-bound with original leather panels inset in full brick morocco bindings with gilt titles.</p> Thomas Roycroft for the Author, 1668 hardcover
173076Verona: Officina Bodoni 1973. A fine set First Officina Bodoni edition number 86 of 160 copies on handmade Magnani paper. The Officina Bodoni was founded in 1922 by Hans Mardersteig and his press became the most important 20th-century private press on the Continent. This edition was published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of its founding. John Barr notes that this edition was Mardersteig's "reinterpretation of a fine illustrated book printed in Verona in 1479 by Giovanni Alvise. For the Officina Bodoni edition the original woodcuts were. recut by a contemporary engraver and coloured by hand". This copy includes five leaves of prospectuses issued by the press or The Bodley Head who were the sole agent for distribution in the UK. It is recorded that 70 copies each were reserved for The Bodley Head and the Chiswick Book Shop Sandy Hook Connecticut. All other copies were reserved for the Officina Bodoni. 2 vols octavo. With 66 hand-coloured woodcut illustrations by Anna Bramanti after Liberale da Verona. Original green morocco-backed vellum boards spines and front covers lettered in gilt covers with decorative borders in gilt top edges gilt. With acetate dust jackets and brown paper slipcase. List of woodcuts loosely inserted. Acetate slightly toned at spine: a fine set in near-fine jackets and fine slipcase. Barr 91. hardcover
163103Verona: Officina Bodoni 1973. with the woodcuts newly engraved and coloured after a copy in the British Museum. Epilogue in English by Giovanni Mardersteig. Two volumes. Volume I: Pp. 2782blank colophon 68 pochoir woodcuts attributed to Liberale da Verona recut by Anna Bramanti; Volume II: THE FIRST THREE BOOKS OF CAXTON'S AESOP containing the fables illustrated in the Verona Aesopus of MCCCCLXXIX. Pp. 1202blank colophon; med. 8vo; green morocco spines lettered and decorated in gilt 'cloudy' vellum boards lettered and decorated in gilt the spines uniformly faded; t.e.g. others uncut; together within a brown card slipcase edges slightly worn; bookseller's small stamp at top edge of upper pastedowns; Officina Bodoni Verona 1973. One of 130 sets thus total edition 160. Barr 91. Printed on handmade paper watermarked with a goose like that of the original edition this reinterpretation of an early illustrated book printed in Verona in 1479 by Giovanni Alvise was published to mark the 50th anniversary of the Officina Bodoni. A list of the woodcuts with page numbers is loosely inserted in Volume I together with the publisher's prospectus. Volume I contains the Latin text of the 1479 edition with Accio Zucco's Italian translation. Volume II contains the fables in Caxton's translation with the first fable and the final six of the Veronese edition which Caxton did not include translated from the Latin by Betty Radice. The illustrations were coloured by hand at the Atelier Daniel Jacomet Paris. 'The Aesop cuts show a rich spectrum of colours with delicate hues that recall miniatures. Mardersteig maintained that only a great master could have made the preliminary drawings for the fable illustrations and had in mind at the outset the colouring which would give life to the linear woodcuts. This artist he identified on stylistic grounds with the miniaturist Liberale da Verona whose paintings are to be seen in the large choir-books in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedra and elsewhere' Barr page 90. Officina Bodoni unknown
1837962Z27Halifax: William Milner 1837. Leather. Near Fine. 5" by 3.5". None stated. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables bound in full suede and adorned with many wood engravings. A nineteenth century edition of Samuel Croxall's edition. 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.Illustrated with a folding wood engraved frontispiece an engraved title page and over one hundred wood engraved vignettes throughout. Collated complete.A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition was translated and written by Samuel Croxall and is notable for its addition of his 'instructions' to the end of each fable which taught the reader how to apply the lessons of the fables to every day life.Bound in full modern suede endpapers and blanks renewed and housed in a cloth clamshell box. Bound in full modern suede endpapers and blanks renewed and housed in a cloth clamshell box. Externally excellent with only front hinge starting after the frontispiece. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd minor spot. The clamshell is lovely. Near Fine William Milner hardcover
