rev lestrange (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Cover and edges shows minor shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardback, blue cloth with printed spine label, marks on covers, head, tail and corners rubbed and bumped, former owner's name and blind embossed stamp on front end-paper and name on title-page, tear to fore-edge of page 303 repaired, some light marks throughout. Please contact me for photographs or further information if required.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. hardback, 8vo, viii,341pp, frontispiece and title vignette, ex-library, label on endpaper, blindstamp on frontis, title page, and first few pages, text clean and sound, library binding in red cloth, numbering on spine, Fair condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, frontis,341pp, advert leaves, orig blue clothhas had a new blue cloth spine fitted and what was left of the original spine outer laid on, original boards little marked and rubbed, binding good and sound, ex royal thames yacht club library copy with bookplate to pastedown and couple of their small ink stamps to title page, contents good and clean, a good sound copy, with new spine as stated. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. Two volumes in one. Octavo, viii, 360pp + 352pp. Dark green cloth binding with gilt text to spine, minimal shelf wear to edges and corners, internally immaculate, no marks or inscriptions. Near Fine. An thorough study into the history of humour and the ludicrous.

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Various (illustrator). A richly illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, featuring 159 of these timeless tales with additional moral applications by Rev. G. F. Townsend and L. Valentine. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, with blind stamp.This edition is notable for containing 159 of Aesop's fables, accompanied by 110 original illustrations.This edition is undated, this copy has been dated using Jisc, from a copy held at The National Trust Libraries.This copy includes fables such as "The Wolf and the Lamb", "The Frog and the Fox", "The Boy and his Mother", "Snake and the Crab", "Wasps in a Honey-pot", "The Fortune Teller", "The Ox and the Frog", "The Wind and the Sun", "The Viper and the File", "The Ant and the Fly", "The Cat and the Cock", among many others. This copy is also notable for including moral applications by the Reverend George Fyler Townsend and L. Valentine.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, smart. One or two handling marks to the boards, with a couple of spots of damp staining to rear boards. Rubbing and bumping to extremities. Joints strained, rear joint separated about four inches at the centre, and slightly at the extremities, but holding firm. Previous owner's inscription to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if a little age toned. One or two handling marks to fore edge. The odd spot. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. Both volumes. Uniform publisher's binding, but not originally together. Volume 1 inscribed' To Lady Belcher with the kind regards of A G L'Estrange'. Volume 2: has bookplate for C J Peacock and later ownership details on the half-title page (See photos). Vol1: Spine sunned. Wear to spine ends. Small scuffs to paper on inside covers. Good. Vol 2: Spine frayed at top and loss at foot of spine. Damp stain to top front corner and ink stains to rear board .Internally in good condition. Last page of index untidily cut. Fair. No extra for 2nd Class in UK. Small surcharge for overseas. Presentation Copy.

hardcover. Zustand: very good(-). 2 volumes. xi + 311 and viii + 347pp., short 8vo, red cloth with gilt-lettering on spine; corners bumped, covers lightly worn, some chipping at spine ends, particularly the head of volume II. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1880. A very good (-) set.

First Edition. Two volumes Spines a touch sunned, a little foxing, mostly at fore-edge, otherwise a very nice copy Original red cloth, ruled in blind and lettered and decorated in gilt.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo., pp: vi,1-313[1] + 12pp publisher's catalogue at end, incl. half title, pages uncut, coloured litho. frontispiece with browned tissue guard, vignette title page, chocolate endpapers, in original blue cloth, gilt with gilt yacht to front board, spine gilt lettered, a little wear to head & tail of spine otherwise very good indeed in sellophane wrap.