smith aesop (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A well presented copy for its age.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 194 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.44 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. E. Boyd Smith (illustrator). A smart first illustrated edition of this Aesop anthology, with drawings by Elmer Boyd Smith. The first illustrated edition of this collection of Aesop's fables.In the original cloth binding.Decorated beautifully throughout with illustrations by Elmer Boyd Smith, an American writer and illustrator of children's books.Offering a vast selection of these classic moral tales, including 'The Hare and the Tortoise', 'Shepherd-boy and the Wolf', 'Wolf in Sheep's Clothing', 'Blackamoor' and many more. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities and a couple small marks to the boards. Front hinge is strained. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Lxv, [1], 189Pp; Xi, [1], 248Pp. 24.8 X16 Cm. Later 1793 Issue, Without Advertisement Leaf For Stockdale's "Gay's Fables" And With Corrected Page Number For P.198 Of The First Vol. Quarter Polished Calf, Rules, Black Spine Labels, Marbled Boards. Bindings Probably Original, Well Worn, Spine Labels Intact, Fraying, Front Board Of Vol I Detached, Front Board Of Volume Ii Held Only By The Cords. Pages Generally Bright And Clean, But With Small Areas Of Foxing On Some Pages, And Faint Offsetting Of Plates (Tissue Guards Are Not Present). Ownership Signatures On Title Pages. Each Volume With Bookplates 12 1/2 Cm X 11 1/2 Cm Designed For The Artist William R. A Hays By Franz Von Bayros (1866 - 1924), An "Austrian Commercial Artist, Illustrator, And Painter, Best Known For His Controversial "Tales At The Dressing Table" Portfolio. He Belonged To The Decadent Movement In Art, Often Utilizing Erotic Themes And Phantasmagoric Imagery. Bayros Was Born In Zagreb, In Present-Day Croatia, Then Part Of The Austro-Hungarian Empire. At The Age Of Seventeen, He Passed The Entrance Examination For The Vienna Academy With Eduard Von Engerth. Bayros Mixed In Elegant Society And Soon Belonged To The Circle Of Friends Of Johann Strauss Ii, Whose Stepdaughter Alice He Married In 1896. The Next Year, Bayros Moved To Munich. In 1904, He Gave His First Exhibition In Munich, Which Was A Great Success. From 1904 Until 1908, He Travelled To Paris And Italy For Further Studies. Returning To Vienna, He Felt Himself A Stranger. The Outbreak Of The First World War Came As Yet Another Setback For Bayros. " (Wikipedia).