croxall translator (3 Ergebnisse)

hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. hardback, octavo, an ex-library copy from a theological college, stamp to the front and rear endpapers but no labels, the binding remains tight, pictorial dust jacket rubbed and chipped, 165pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo.,358pp. Sharp Early Edition of this anthology of dozens of stories by the noted moralist. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Borders and decoration blind-stamped on both boards. Square, tight and clean throughout with barely a hint of page-edge toning and no foxing. Some wear with loss at the spine ends atop tips. Rear end-paper has a couple of nicks and closed tears. Still well-preserved. A very pretty collectable copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). 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. book.