Illustrates aesop (3 risultati)

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Fine in like dustjacket (sterling price intact) with background spine yellow colour slightly faded to cream, not affecting lettering. Thirteen fables selected by Hague, and illustrated in wonderful colour by him. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $6, so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards BEFORE the order is processed by the bookseller.…

First edition. Quarto. 36 pages. Seven full-page illustrations by Franciszka Themerson, the co-founder of the Gaberbocchus Press. Printed in red and black, this being the second production of the press and one of only two to be hand-printed. Card wrappers with fold-over paper covers in the French style, the cover design incorporating the embossed figure of a woman with an eagle's head.Number 4 of 400 copies numbered and signed by Themerson and with the ''counterfeit signature of Aesop''. Next to her signature the artist has sketched a small self-portrait.Front cover very slightly marked. Inside the covers the glue used in producing the book has cause some staining. Very good indeed.…

Condizione: Near Fine. 8vo. (7.2 x 5.1 inches). Reprint of an edition that was originally published in 1894, with notes and an index. Beautifully illustrated throughout with over 100 fine engravings by Heighway. A few light spots to the blank endpapers but overall a nice clean copy in a fine contemporary leather binding of full tree calf. Spine with raised bands each decorated with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled and decorated in gilt. Burgundy morocco title label, ruled and lettered in gilt. Double ruled gilt border on boards. Front board with gilt stamped arms of the Queen Elizabeth School in Cranbrook. Board edges with decorative gilt tooling. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. School prize label on the front pastedown endpaper. A lovely copy.…