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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Aesop, Ernest Griset (illustrator). Hardcover with DJ. An Unused, unmarked and unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. No date stated. Hinges cracked. Slightly dampstained. Writing inside. Owner's name on front endpage. (literature, classics, anthology, folktales).

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Zustand: Como Nuevo. Griset, Ernest (illustrator). Fall River Press, 2014. Texto en inglés. 254 pp. 24 x 16. ESOPO. Tela editorial tapa dura con dorados en tapa y lomo y sobrecubierta de editorial ilustrada. COMO NUEVO. ISBN: 9781454910978. For more than 2,000 years, the fables of the Greek slave known as Aesop have entertained readers with their wise reflections on human nature and their insightful, often witty "morals." This beautiful edition features more than 300 selections passed down through the ages, drawn from the classic compilations of Roger L'Estrange, Jean La Fontaine, and Samuel Croxall and lavishly illustrated by the nineteenth-century artist Ernest Griset. Part fairy tale, part fantasy, part parable, each of these fables is a polished gem of storytelling. Readers young and old will delight in these timeless fables whose unforgettable characters hold up an enchanted mirror that allow us to see ourselves.

Zustand: Fine. First edition in publisher's original flat backed illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 4to. 11'' x 8''. Contains 88 pp with 130 illustrations, 8 full-page colour plates. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued in this edition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).

Full Leather. Zustand: Near Fine binding. First Edition. 8vo; handsomely rebound in full calf, triple ruled in gilt with stops on the boards; 5 raised bands double ruled in gilt and a burgundy morocco label with gilt tilting and decoration; there is a burgundy paste-down under turn-ins elaborately decorated in gilt; 98 pages with 6 pages of advertisements in the rear; with original burgundy cloth boards and spine with gilt decoration and titling bound in. There is a light scrape to the upper board and some cracks to the gutter of both boards as well as a few spots with trivial surface loss.~~With 8 beautifully hand colored illustrations and addition black and white illustrations from a time when pictures in children's books were often frightening. ~~Gift inscription from George H Carmichael to his little brother Thomas Gibson Carmichael on the first blank leaf, March 1892. Sir Thomas was a prominent Scottish politician and colonial administrator. During his political career he was the Governor of Victoria, Madras, and Bengal. Sir Thomas was an amateur entomologist and founder of the Scottish Beekeepers Association. A damselfly species, Drepanoscicta carmichaeli was named after him by biologist Frank Fortescue Laidlaw in 1915. A fitting gift for someone who was an avid naturalist. ~. Near Fine binding.

1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with minor traces of mounting on the blank reverse. The letter reads: 'I shall be happy to execute your orders, and shall be obliged if you kindly forward me the blocks and Copy, with your directions upon what style you wish these drawings to be done: to my address as above.'.

Unbound. Zustand: Very Good. Four wood-engraved color prints, measuring approximately: 7" x 4", 6¼" x 3½", 6½" x 7½", and 7" x 7". Pasted at the corners two-up on two sheets of thick wove paper, else very good with scattered light staining to the edges. Two prints match the illustrations from *Legends of Savage Life* by James Greenwood, first published in London by J.C. Hotten in 1867. They were designed and drawn directly on wood blocks by the French-born English illustrator Ernest Griset, and engraved by H.N. Woods. A *Harper's Magazine* review of the American edition described them as "savage enough to satisfy the most critical - caricatures with abundant justification in the legends for their burlesque; full of life, and of a certain grim and grotesque humor, without being any where vulgar, debasing, or bloody." Griset was celebrated for his illustrations of animals, birds and insects, many of which can found at the British Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum.