fontaine wright (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 224pp; contents clean and textually unmarked. No library stamps. Gift inscription written on front blank endpaper. Red cloth HC with silver lettering. 30 cm x 22.5 cm.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 260 pages 353 illustrations 150 in color. Minor rubbing and wear to the cover and edges. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY December 4, 2012-March 17, 2013. Works in the Exhibition. Bibliography and Index. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. J. J. Grandville (illustrator). Second Edition. Fables in poems with splendid illustrations. The verses in this edition are all in English. 245pp. Front pastedown cracked with tape mark down hinge. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Back cover almost detached with tape marks down hinge. Wear to head and foot of spine with small loss at head. Cover corners worn. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

in-4to, 48 p., richly illustrated in colour, title with staines (from reading pages are duststained in corners) richement ill. par des dessins couleurs de M. B. De Monvel, original ill. cloth, a bit darkened (binding little bit schaky, innerjoint split) reliure en toile originale, dos légèrement décollé de la couverrture. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO40239817: 1888. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 356 pages. Text in English. Titre doré sur le dos. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons de bibliothèque en page de titre. Annotations en page de garde (ex-libris). . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 4to thick hardcover volume in black embossed cloth. Spine tight with some edge chipping joints cloth split. Boards tight with edge and corner wear. End papers not split with one small old owners stamp. This stated second edition has 245 and 339 pages. Contents very nice with bright pages and illustrations no foxing.

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). A very scarce English language edition of La Fontaine's 'Fables', illustrated with six moving plates in full working order. A very scarce edition of La Fontaine's fables, illustrated with moving plates.Featuring six fables, which are printed on the versos of the moving plates. These fables are The Fox and the Stork; The Wolf and the Lamb; The City Rat and the Country Rat; The Fox and Raven; The Hare and the Tortoise, and the Grasshopper and the Ant.Illustrated with six colour plates, with moving parts and pull tabs in full working order. Collated, complete.With the inscription 'To Denis, Fr. Mr Miff, Xmas 1916' to the front pastedown.With five loosely inserted Fujifilm Instax images of pop-up books from a similar period.With the label of Michael and Megan Dawson, a husband and wife who established a successful business dealing in and restoring pop-up books, to the head of the front pastedown.Undated; dated 1912 via the British Library.A very scarce volume. In the publisher's cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards. A touch of fraying to back strip head and tail, with light handling marks to front board perimeter. Former owner's label to head of front pastedown, with former owner's inscription to front pastedown. Front hinge reinforced with tape, with rear hinge lightly strained but firmly held. Internally, binding a touch strained, with title page detached to head. Extensive tape repairs to fore edge and tail of title page, with chipping to head. Closed tears and chipping to tail of each life, with tape repairs to tail of two further leaves. Final leaf lacking half of paper backing, revealing half of the moving mechanism. All pull tabs and moving parts in full working order. Good Only. book.