fables aesop von translated samuel croxall sir roger (3 Ergebnisse)

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: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good condition for age of the book. Hard cover in very good condition, evidence of rubbing, bumping, tanning and spotting across external board. Minor rips on the top and bottom of spine. Internally, front and backboard spine crease is exposed. Slight rubbing bumping on internal front and back boards. Brown and gold spine. Internal pages in very good condition for age of book. Tanning and spotting on pages internally and externally. Handwritten inscription on front page. Black and white illustrations. Includes frontispiece. 364pp. Overall very good condition. Please note that books posted in the UK that are over 2KG may incur an additional postage charge. Therefore, we may need to increase this after your order has been placed and the book(s) weight being reassessed. If posting outside of the UK, we have taken a look at the UK posting rates, and anything over 750g will incur an additional cost after your purchase has been made. We will keep to the cost of the paid postage amount where possible. You have the opportunity to cancel the order, should you not wish to purchase the item(s).

Decorated Cloth. Octavo, original pictorial cloth boards with illustration of leaves in shades of red, yellow and green, black-stamped lettering on gilt label block (these are all on both upper board and spine), "The Prize Library" lettered in black upper board, b&w illus frontis plate, many b&w illus, pp xxxii, 364. N.d., c.1890. Previous owner's inscription (dated Christmas 1900) front free endpaper, endpapers toned, otherwise clean. Corners lightly bumped, head and foot of spine lightly rubbed. Very good condition. An attractive circa 1899 edition of a comprehensive collection of Aesop's ancient fables featuring anthropomorphised animals, copiously illustrated with 110 engraved illustrations. With added "morals, applications" by George Fyler Townsend (1814?1900). Townsend's edition of Aesop's fables introduced the practice of stating a succinct moral at the conclusion of each story, and continues to be influential.