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020824Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company. Rare Book Collectors Original Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 198pp.; HB red w/gilt; no title on spine; some rub; PONft.endpaper; 3"tearhalf-title; pgs.15&49 detached not missingotherwise cleantight pgs. "with numerous illustrations. <br/> <br/> Albert Whitman & Company hardcover
1867000013138Boston: T.O.H.P. Burnham 1867. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 4 5 vi-xxiii 2 26-358 4 pp. Brown smooth publisher's cloth with blind rules on the boards gilt lettering and a wolf's head in gilt on the spine. Peach endpapers and pastedowns. With 198 illustrations done in black and white one full-page the rest in-text. Stated third edition on the title page but this is likely the third edition from this publisher of Croxall's Aesop. Translated from the Greek into English by Samuel Croxall. With instructive applications. A small nick to the front board mellowing to the spine a few leaves with imperfections in the paper. T.O.H.P. Burnham hardcover
53798Unknown . Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Printed for R. Sare B. Took M. Gillyflower A. & J. Churchil and J. Hindmarsh. First L'Estrange edition 1692. Beautifully rebound 4to; half-bound leather and mahogany cloth. 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt titles in a red compartment to spine. The Life of Aesop includes detailed full-page engraving of Aesop & animals. 1/4 inch tear on FABLES title page near bottom. Some foxing & staining on edges. Unknown hardcover
1946962H22New York: Archway Press 1946. Cloth. Near Fine. 9" by 6". Philip Grushkin. A very scarce beautifully reproduced hand-written and illustrated edition of the Fables of Aesop by Philip Grushkin with the publisher's original slipcase. In the publisher's original cloth binding.With the publisher's original slipcase.This edition is notable for its handwritten calligraphy and red decorative illustrations by Philip Grushkin reproduced for publication as part of "The Scribe" series from the Archway Press.This edition includes 18 fables and 34 illustrations collated complete.Philip Grushkin 1921-1998 was a book designer educator and art director. He is well-known for his book design work for a number of publishers including Harry N. Abrams where he also worked as Art Director and Vice President.Aesop was a storyteller who is thought to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. He is best known for his collection of fables featuring anthropomorphic animals that illustrate moral lessons of honesty wisdom and kindness. These fables have become enduring classics continuing to be shared with generation after generation. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight discolouration to spine. Very slight bumping to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers with minor age toning and one or two spots. Slipcase generally smart. Rubbing to boards and the odd handling mark in particular a circular mark to the upper left corner of the front board. Previous owner's inscription to front board. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in loss to patterned paper boards. About 1cm of loss to board at the head of the opening. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if a little age toned. The odd spot to fore edge. Near Fine Archway Press hardcover
1782949P42London: W. Strahan; J. F. and C. Rivington; et al 1782. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4". Not Stated. An illustrated collection of Aesop's fables his most popular moral tales an important translation by Samuel Croxall. The fables of Aesop here translated and edited by Samuel Croxall.Illustrated with a frontispiece and an engraving before each fable a total of one-hundred and ninety-six. Collated complete.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the ancient Greek Aesop. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables' for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications. This was an oft-reprinted translation this being the twelfth edition. In a full calf binding. Externally rubbed and a little worn with loss to the front board and to the head and tail of the spine. Light marks and discolouration to the boards. Small cracks to the joints. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with a few scattered spots. Good Only W. Strahan; J. F. and C. Rivington; et al hardcover
1737961P64London: J. and R. Tonson; J. Watts 1737. Leather. Fine. 6.5" by 4"; 7" by 5". Not Stated. A finely bound edition of Aesop's fables the fourth edition of the important Croxall translation complete with illustrations. Smartly bound in a modern quarter morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards in a custom cloth clamshell bound by Eric Sweet in March 2001 with renewed endpapers. Clamshell is in a fine condition. The fourth Samuel Croxall edition.The fables of Aesop here translated and edited by Samuel Croxall.Illustrated with a frontispiece and one-hundred and ninety-six head-pieces being one for each fable. Collated complete.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 adventures of many different creatures.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables' for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications a popular and oft-reprint translation.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 modern quarter morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards in a custom cloth clamshell bound by Eric Sweet in March 2001 with renewed endpapers. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few scattered spots. Neat repair to the frontispiece. Clamshell is in a fine condition. Fine J. and R. Tonson; J. Watts hardcover
1797961P61London; York: A. Millar W. Law and R. Cater 1797. Leather. Fine. 7" by 4"; 7.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A finely bound and washed edition of the fables of Aesop a lovely copy complete with detailed engravings. Smartly rebound in a modern quarter calf binding with patterned cloth to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth chemise and cloth slipcase. An unsigned binding by Eric Sweet. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition. Pages have been washed presenting an extraordinarily and uncommonly bright copy of this work.The London imprint is fictitious the work was printed in York.Engraved by E. Dyas with a frontispiece and one-hundred and ninety-six engravings one for each fable. Collated complete though with renewed endpapers.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.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables' for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications a popular and oft-reprinted translation.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 modern quarter calf binding with patterned cloth to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth chemise and cloth slipcase an unsigned binding by Eric Sweet. Externally fine. Internally smart. Pages are bright and clean with only a few very light handling marks. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition. Fine A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater hardcover
1731962F33London: J. Tonson and J. Watts 1731 . Leather. Fine. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. The very scarce third edition of Samuel Croxall's translation of the fables of Aesop vibrantly bound in half morocco by Eric Sweet and illustrated throughout. The very scarce third edition of this work which was first published in 1722. All early Croxall editions are very scarce.Illustrated with a frontispiece and with vignette woodcuts throughout.Samuel Croxall was an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for this translation of Aesop's Fables in 1722.ESTC T8470Endpapers renewed.The leaves of this volume have been washed. 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. Bound by Eric Sweet in half morocco with paper covered boards. With a corresponding cloth clamshell box identifying this as bound by Sweet in 2004. 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. In a half morocco binding with paper covered boards and cloth clamshell box. Externally fine. Endpapers renewed. Bookplate to clamshell interior. Clamshell in fine condition. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages bright and generally clean with only the odd light handling mark. Fine J. Tonson and J. Watts hardcover
1803961P63London: J. Brambles A. Meggit and J. Waters by H. Mozley 1803. Leather. Fine. 7" by 4.5"; 7.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A finely bound edition of Samuel Croxall's important Aesop translation complete with illustrations. Smartly if slightly idiosyncratically rebound in a modern quarter calf binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth chemise and cloth slipcase. An unsigned binding by Eric Sweet. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and an illustration for each fable a total of one-hundred and ninety-six. Collated complete.Frontispiece is by J. Burnet and R. Scott. The illustrations have been attributed to Elisha Kirkall.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.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables' for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications a popular and oft-reprint translation.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 modern quarter calf binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth chemise and cloth slipcase an unsigned binding by Eric Sweet. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few scattered spots. Gift inscription to the recto of the frontispiece. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition. Fine J. Brambles, A. Meggit, and J. Waters, by H. Mozley hardcover
1855963Z13London: T. Allman 1855. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 3". None stated. Two pocket sized copies of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables one in the original cloth and the other smartly bound by Eric Sweet in gilt cloth and both housed in a cardboard clamshell casing. A two volume set featuring one copy in the original cloth and another bound by Eric Sweet in modern cloth with gilt details and endpapers and blanks retained. Both housed in the original clamshell casing. One copy 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 monochrome wood engraved vignettes. Two charming collections 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.Undated dated by the binder's date to the clamshell and copies held institutionally. The copy bound by Eric Sweet is lacking the original title page and has been renewed with a facsimile with the original vignette laid down. One volume bound in the original cloth the other is bound in modern cloth with endpapers and blanks renewed and both housed in a cardboard clamshell casing. Externally the original cloth copy is very smart with with minimal bumping and wear to the extremities and a mark to the front board and front hinge starting after blanks. The second copy is lovely. Internally the original cloth copy is generally firmly bound with title page tender with a closed tear pages lightly age toned with occasional light spotting. The second copy is lacking the title page renewed with facsimile otherwise firmly bound with generally clean and lightly age toned pages. The clamshell is lovely. Very Good Indeed T. Allman hardcover
1804962F36London: J. Brambles A. Meggitt and J. Walters et al 1804 . Vellum. Fine. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A beautifully bound quarter vellum example of Croxall's translation of Aesop's fables charmingly illustrated with vignette illustrations. A beautifully bound early nineteenth century edition of the fables of Aesop.Illustrated with a frontispiece and with vignette woodcuts throughout.Samuel Croxall was an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his translation of Aesop's Fables first published in 1722.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. Endpapers renewed. Former owner's inscription to title page head.The leaves of this volume have been washed. Bound by Eric Sweet in quarter vellum with marbled paper covered boards and with ink title to back strip. With a corresponding felt lined chemise and cloth covered slip case. 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. In a quarter vellum binding with marbled paper covered boards. Housed in a felt lined chemise and cloth covered slip case. Externally fine. Endpapers renewed. Slip case and chemise in fine condition. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages exceptionally bright with only the odd light handling mark. Fine J. Brambles, A. Meggitt, and J. Walters et al hardcover
1825962F35London: C. and J. Rivington et al. 1825 . Leather. Fine. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. Handsomely bound in quarter morocco this is a charmingly illustrated early nineteenth century edition of Croxall's edition of the fables of Aesop. The twenty-second Croxall edition of Aesop's fables.Illustrated with a frontispiece and with vignette woodcuts throughout.Samuel Croxall was an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his translation of Aesop's Fables in 1722.Endpapers renewed.With a twelve page publisher's catalogue to the rear dated April 1828.The leaves of this volume have been washed. 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. Bound by Eric Sweet in quarter morocco with marbled paper covered boards. With a corresponding cloth clamshell box identifying this as bound by Sweet in 2002. 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. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards with cloth covered clamshell case. Externally fine with endpapers renewed. Slip case in fine condition with bookplate to the interior. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine C. and J. Rivington et al. hardcover
1820963Z8Derby: Henry Mozley and Sons 1820. Leather. Near Fine. 6.5" by 4". None stated. An excellent copy Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables illustrated with wood engravings and bound by Eric Sweet in crushed quarter morocco with a clamshell casing. 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 monochrome wood engraved frontispiece and monochrome wood engraved 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 crushed quarter morocco with marbled paper to the boards housed in a cloth clamshell box.Undated dated by the binder's date. Bound in modern crushed quarter morocco with marbled paper to the boards housed in a cloth clamshell box. Endpapers renewed. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and the odd minor spot. The clamshell is lovely. Near Fine Henry Mozley and Sons hardcover
1747963Z7London: J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts 1747. Leather. Fine. 7" by 4". None stated. A beautifully bound copy of the very scarce fifth edition of Samuel Croxall's renowned edition of Aesop's fables adorned with wood engravings and bound by Eric Sweet in half crushed morocco with a clamshell casing. The fifth 'Samuel Croxall' edition. All early Croxall copies are very scarce.Beautifully bound with Eric Sweet in crushed half morocco with decorative paper to the boards and housed in a cloth clamshell box. Endpapers and blanks 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.Illustrated with a wood engraved frontispiece and wood engraved 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 crushed half morocco with decorative paper to the boards and a cloth chamshell box. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally lovely with minimal marks to the paper. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean washed pages. The clamshell is lovely with only slight fading to the spine. Fine J. and R. Tonson, and J. Watts hardcover
1722962F34DLondon: J. Tonson and J. Watts 1722 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Elisha Kirkall; G. van der Gucht. The very scarce first edition of Samuel Croxall's translation of the fables of Aesop illustrated throughout and in a handsome full calf binding. The very scarce first Croxall translation of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece by G. Van der Gucht and with vignette woodcuts throughout by Elisha Kirkall.Samuel Croxall was an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for this translation of Aesop's Fables.ESTC T84707With an index to the rear.Rebacked retaining the contemporary calf boards with gilt detailing and with endpapers renewed.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 clamshell box lined with felt. Rebacked in a contemporary calf binding with gilt detailing and with endpapers renewed. Housed in a felt-lined cloth clamshell box. Externally excellent. Neat repair to front board head. Clamshell in fine condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with the odd spot most concentrated to the first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed J. Tonson and J. Watts hardcover
17861001F2London: J. F. and C. Rivington 1786 . Leather. Fair. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. Illustrated throughout with vignette woodcuts this is a late 18th century example of Samuel Croxall's edition of the fables of Aesop. The thirteenth Croxall edition of Aesop's fables.Illustrated with vignette woodcuts throughout. Collated lacking the frontispiece.Samuel Croxall was an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his translation of Aesop's Fables in 1722.ESTC T84702Aesop'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 full calf binding with significant rubbing to back strip joints and board perimeters. Front joint starting to head and tail with board firmly held. Lacking front and rear free endpapers and blanks. Ink marks to title page final leaf and rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned with handling marks and spots throughout. Ink marks to title page and final leaf. The majority of vignette illustrations have been partially hand coloured by prior owners. Paper restoration to twenty-one leaves with significant loss of text to six leaves. Lacking frontispiece. Fair J. F. and C. Rivington hardcover
171429251London: Sawbridge; B. Tooke; and G. Strahan. Poor with No dust jacket as issued. 1714. 6th Edition Corrected. First Printing. Unbound. Contents include: The Preface Frontispiece of portrait of LEstrange missing; Life of Aesop 29 pages; the index; Section of Fables 550 pages 548 as follows: Aesop Barlandus Anlanus Abstemius Poggius and Miscellany Fables. No. 500 missing - supplied with print-out . Covers lacking. Binding copy. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 548 pp . Sawbridge; B. Tooke; and G. Strahan unknown
187534370London: Chatto & Windus 1875. Very good. Second edition of this Victorian tour de force with fine and fabulous hand-colored images of humanized animals. Eric Quayle notes that Bennett 1829-1867 had a short career which was terminated by consumption but his books were "extremely popular most passing though several editions"; this book "contains some of Bennett's finest and most vigorous work" 217. The Morgan Library's EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATORS also list it as a notable edition of Aesop. Bennett's compositions suggest the fine caricature of PUNCH but applied a classic work of ancient Greece. 9.75'' x 7.25''. Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black. Yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated by Bennett with 24 full-page wood engravings hand colored including title page. 22 pages. Emboss of famed Victorian bookselling firm W.H. Smith & Son to front fly leaf. Slight lean with a bit of cracking to hinges still firm. Subtle repairs to spine ends a few spots to boards. Interior lightly foxed. Bright. Chatto & Windus unknown
19311709731931. SOUR GRAPES! CALDER Alexander. Fables of Aesop. with an original drawing by Calder. 6 124 10 pp. illustrated with 50 line-block reproductions after pen-and-ink drawings by Calder. 4to 255 x 195 mm. bound in publisher's over boards in the original cardboard slipcase in a new half morocco folding box. Paris: Harrison of Paris 1931. The publisher's copy of the deluxe issue of Calder's most significant book illustrated with figures from Aesop constructed in the same style as his imaginary Circus figures and in his wire portraits and statues that dominated his creative output during the 1930s. This copy has an original signed Calder drawing for "The fox and the grapes" one of the more elaborate images in the book. The deluxe issue is especially sought after being exquisitely printed on Spanish handmade paper incorporating coloured silk-threads. The Calder drawings for Aesop are creative and playful marking this as a major example of modern book illustration. This is the fifth publication of Monroe Wheeler's Harrison of Paris publishing firm. One of 50 copies on Spanish Guarro paper with an original drawing also with the original paper knife laid in. PROVENANCE: This copy belonged to Monroe Wheeler with his book plate. The Artist and the Book 47. Museum of Modern Art 120. hardcover
1931159579Paris: Harrison of Paris 1931. In the original slipcase with the elusive paper-knife First Calder edition limited issue number 262 of 595 copies on Auvergne paper from a total edition of 665 scarce retaining both the slipcase and the paper-knife. The text of the present edition is based Roger L'Estrange's ground-breaking translation of Aesop's Fables 1692. Harrison of Paris was founded by publisher and heiress Barbara Harrison Wescott 1904-1977 and art patron and curator Monroe Wheeler 1899-1988 in 1930. Wheeler designed this book the pale blue covers of which were made from schoolchildren's aprons Becker p. 62. The illustrator Alexander Calder came from a long line of sculptors and first took up printmaking after moving to Paris in 1926 where he befriended Marcel Duchamp Fernand Leger Joan Miró and Piet Mondrian. Quarto. Illustrated throughout by Alexander Calder. Original light blue paper-covered boards front cover lettered in dark blue with Calder illustration edges untrimmed endleaves uncut. With the original paper knife loosely inserted. Housed in the original red card chemise and slipcase. A touch of foxing to wrappers faint offsetting from paper-knife on half-title. A near-fine copy a little wear to slipcase. David P. Becker Drawings for Book Illustration 1980. hardcover
194029149HBDJ 1940 1st Edition THUS EARY ISSUE REPRINT VG to GOOD with some wear. Back DJ Mentions over 950 Vols ends with ZOLA Tanning to pgs Blue embossed cloth book measures 4 ¼ x 6 ¾ and exhibits slight wear in the form of small tears and small missing pieces of the dustcover The pages are intact and tight. SCUFF RUB TINY CHIPS SPINE DJ 231 PGS It consists of Aesop type fables from different sources: Caxton James Phaedrus Hitopadesa Barlandus Avianus Abstemius Pilpay Tolstoi and others. INCLUDES 2 Wallets Ant & Grasshopper Swallow & Raven Old Man & Death The Astronomer ETC<br /><br /> EVERYMAN‘S LIBRARY DENT DUTTON LONDON made in GB hardcover
1814961P59Gainsborough: H. Mozley 1814. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4"; 7.5" by 4.5". Thomas Bewick. A very scarce edition of Aesop's fables spelt as "Esop" here a smart edition with reproductions of Bewick's woodcuts. A very scarce edition of Aesop's fables published by H. Mozley in Gainsborough.Smartly bound in a modern quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards in a custom cloth slipcase bound by Eric Sweet in November 2006 with renewed endpapers. Slipcase is in a fine conditionThe 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.Engraved after Bewick with a head-piece to each fable. 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.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables' for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications a popular and oft-reprint translation.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.Collated bound without the final leaf of the index. In a modern quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth slipcase bound by Eric Sweet. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spots. Neat archival repairs to the text including to the title-page and other pages of text with no loss more significant repair to page 53/54 with loss of text. Bound without the final leaf of the index. Slipcase is fine. Very Good Indeed H. Mozley hardcover
179319695London: John Stockdale 1793. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. Gay Vol. II includes the advertisement leaf following the title page and publisher's advertisement on verso of final text leaf for an edition of Barlow's Aesop and Stockdale fables of Aesop no dates noted. Engraved title page in each volume plus 112 plates in the Aesop and 70 plates in Gay 12 by William Blake; plates with blank leaves as guards. A large paper copy bound in polished mottled calf with matching flyleaves gilt-ruled around the edges and inner dentelles gilt decorated spine. All edges gilt. Interior has some light offsetting from plates as usual. First edition first issue of both works with the long "s" throughout. An exquisite set. John Stockdale unknown
170846353London: R. Sare Et Al. Very Good-. 1708. Hardcover. Two volumes. Contemporary panelled calf spine bands gilt decor. V1 includes the engraving of L'Estrange and after the preface the engraving of Aesop among his animals. VI: Two blanks Frontis title page preface engraving pp. 1-550; 1ad two blanks. Mild edgewear to boards outer hinges cracked but holding small losses to spine ends. Scattered foxing. V2: two blanks title page errata "to the Reader" table pp. 1-266 6pp books printed for Richard Sare. Similar condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . R. Sare, Et Al hardcover
170889232Printed for R. Sare A. and F Churchil D. Brown T. Goodwin M. Wotton F Nicho January 1708. Hardcover. Very Good. both volumes tight and clean except that volume 2 has cracks to spine and heavily browned first and last pages Printed for R. Sare, A. and F Churchil, D. Brown, T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, F Nicho hardcover