fables aesop sir roger (28 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, With owner's name inside cover. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0900707054.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. Calder, Alexander (illustrator). 124 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Reprint. 201pp illustrated. Beige cloth with VG dj, with faded spine. VG.

Zustand: New. In.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Calder, Alexander (illustrator). Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Zustand: Very Good. Calder, Alexander (illustrator). Very Good condition. (Greek fables, illustrations, children's books) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

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Zustand: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Writing inside. Stamped on inside.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. 176 pages; B&W illustrations. Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Light foxing to the top exterior edge of textblock. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Acceptable. 1928; blue cloth covered boards with gold titles; scuffs on front cover; white paper jacket; tears around edges and front; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 52 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Calder, Alexander (illustrator). Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good. Minor creasing. *.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. ~TITLE CONTINUES: The Third Edition Corrected and Amended / Fables and Storyes Moralized: Being a Second Part of the Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists, &c. By Sir Roger L'Estrange. Kt. 2 vols in 1. ~Facsimile reprint of 1699 edition. Green cloth gilt. No dustwrapper. No ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders with tracking, overseas orders on request. Size: (viii), 476, (xiv), 238pp. 4to: 18 x 27.5cm. Binding sound, text unmarked.

Leather. Zustand: Fine. Percy J. Billinghurst (illustrator). A beautifully bound volume of Aesop's Fables, decorated throughout with illustrations by Percy J. Billinghurst. A handsome later impression of this illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, including 'The Lion and the Mouse', 'The Stag and the Horse' and 'The Boasting Mule'.In a handsome modern rebind of quarter morocco, decorative paper covered boards and marbled endpapers. Held in the binder's uniform clamshell, with a spine title label.From the translation of English pamphleteer Sir Roger L'Estrange and with an introduction by British author of 'The Wind of the Willows', Kenneth Grahame.Strikingly illustrated throughout with full-page drawings by Percy J. Billinghurst.Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a letteringartist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head ofBirmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctivestyle. Rebound in quarter morocco, with decorative paper covered boards and marbled endpapers. In the binder's uniform clamshell, with spine title label. Externally, lovely. Clamshell has a hint of shelf wear, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 550, [2]ads; 7 p.l., 266. 2 engraved plates (incl. frontis. portrait). contemporary sprinkled calf (rubbed, Vol. I covers detached & spine defective, stain to lower rear cover, Vol. II joints cracked & spine ends chipped, light dampstain to second half of Vol. I, text lightly embrowned). armorial bookplate of Gower Earl Gower, blindstamped crest on upper covers. ownership entry of Katherine Leveson Gower, 1736. Seventh & Fourth Editions. Complete set of 2 Volumes (the first volume is frequently sold on its own).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. No signatures. Boards protected in loose-fitting non-adhesive plastic jacket. ; Number 45 of an edition of 50 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper and specially bound. [vi], 52 pages. Blue boards with vellum spine. Gilt border decoration on front board. Page dimensions: 255 x 195mm. Top page edges gilt. Selected contents: A Fox and a Raven; A Lion and a Mouse; A Dog and a Shadow; A Sheep and a Crow; A Smith and his Dog; A Man and a Satyr; A Bull and a Ram; A Bat, Birds and Beasts; A Wolf in a Sheep's Skin; Death and an Old Man. ; 4to.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First printing published by Harrison of Paris. Minton, Balch and Company, New York, 1931. Number '33' of only 615 copies printed on Auvergne hand-made paper, of which twenty copies were not for sale. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. The boards are clean. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Light toning to the text-block and the extreme page edges. Many pages remain uncut. The Wrapper is complete and is toned to the edges with a little light spotting in places. The original inner chemise is present and is in Very Good- condition with rubbing to the folds and a small clear tape repair to the upper spine. The printed label to the spine of the chemise is present but rubbed. This copy is missing the original paper knife and slipcase. The book is now housed in a custom cloth slipcase. The fifth publication of Harrison of Paris with 50 striking line drawing illustrations by Alexander Calder. Increasingly scarce to find in collectible condition. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Plates and Decorations by Stephen Gooden. (illustrator). Limited edition. 4to. Publisher's full cream-colored vellum, gilt spine titles and gilt rules and vignettes on the boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. Finely printed letterpress by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press. Copper plates by A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., in London. One of 525 copies on hand-made paper. This is copy number 256, signed by the artist. The boards are yawning a bit as happens with full vellum in a dry climate, and there are a few small faint stains on the endpapers, else this is a fine copy. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 511 of 525 (533) copies printed at Cambridge University Press on hand-made paper, signed by the illustrator. 200 7-line initials and 12 full-page copper engravings by Stephen Gooden. Stiff vellum decorated with gilt rules, gilt grapes and a fox stamped in gold on the front, pink mottled endpapers with matching slipcase, top edge gilt, others uncut. A fine copy. With an alternative circular engraving of the Cat & the Cockerel by Stephen Gooden loosely inserted, Signed by Illustrator(s).

hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. Calder, Alexander (illustrator). Limited. Illustrated with fifty drawings by Alexander Calder. 124pp. Tall thin 8vo, original boards with blue printed d.w (wrappers slightly foxed); uncut edges, 2-piece red board slipcase is broken. (Paris): Harrison of Paris, (1931). A near fine copy in a good slipcase. From a total edition of 615 copies printed on Auvergne hand-made paper, this is one of only 20 marked "not for sale". The fifth publication of Harrison of Paris.

First Calder edition, limited issue, number 262 of 595 copies on Auvergne paper from a total edition of 665, scarce retaining both the slipcase and the paper-knife. The text of the present edition is based Roger L'Estrange's ground-breaking translation of Aesop's Fables (1692). Harrison of Paris was founded by publisher and heiress Barbara Harrison Wescott (1904-1977) and art patron and curator Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988) in 1930. Wheeler designed this book, the pale blue covers of which were made from schoolchildren's aprons (Becker, p. 62). The illustrator, Alexander Calder, came from a long line of sculptors, and first took up printmaking after moving to Paris in 1926, where he befriended Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Leger, Joan Miró, and Piet Mondrian. David P. Becker, Drawings for Book Illustration, 1980. Quarto. Illustrated throughout by Alexander Calder. Original light blue paper-covered boards, front cover lettered in dark blue with Calder illustration, edges untrimmed, endleaves uncut. With the original paper knife loosely inserted. Housed in the original red card chemise and slipcase. A touch of foxing to wrappers, faint offsetting from paper-knife on half-title. A near-fine copy, a little wear to slipcase.