Editore: Dover Publications Inc., US, 2003
ISBN 10: 0486217809 ISBN 13: 9780486217802
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Rarewaves USA, OSWEGO, IL, U.S.A.
EUR 9,54
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: New. Calder, Alexander (illustratore).
Editore: Dover Publications Inc., US, 2003
ISBN 10: 0486217809 ISBN 13: 9780486217802
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, Regno Unito
EUR 13,42
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: New. Calder, Alexander (illustratore).
Editore: Everymans Childrens Classics, 1992
ISBN 10: 1857159004 ISBN 13: 9781857159004
Lingua: Inglese
Da: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, Regno Unito
EUR 15,10
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Editore: Everymans Childrens Classics, 1992
ISBN 10: 1857159004 ISBN 13: 9781857159004
Lingua: Inglese
Da: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, Regno Unito
EUR 17,08
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
EUR 17,71
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Percy J. Billinghurst (illustratore). First Thus. This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in grey cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is sunned to the spine but still in near fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Aesop is credited with many fables that have endured for centuries, relating morals and truth to young and old using animals as the main characters in each story. This collection of 100 tales, with color illustrations and black-and-white art by Percy J. Billinghurst throughout, is a beautiful addition to any home library. The cloth-bound cover with a full-color illustrated plate and foil stamping will stand out as a special piece, and you can add other titles in the series to complete a treasury worthy of handing down to your grandchildren. Included is a long introduction by kenneth grahame. Ref V 5.
Da: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
EUR 43,85
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Da: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
EUR 41,16
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Da: Best Price, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
EUR 37,02
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Editore: Dover Publications Inc., US, 2003
ISBN 10: 0486217809 ISBN 13: 9780486217802
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Rarewaves USA United, OSWEGO, IL, U.S.A.
EUR 11,01
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: New. Calder, Alexander (illustratore).
Editore: John Lane The Bodley Head, London and New York, 1910
Da: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
EUR 30,69
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Aggiungi al carrelloFrom the English Version of Sir Roger L'Estrange. Introduction by Kenneth Grahame. [6] xv, 201 pp. With Pictures by Percy J. Billinghurst. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth. Old gift inscription in heavy pencil on half-title; a little shaken; light soiling to cloth.
Da: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Regno Unito
EUR 46,11
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Da: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
EUR 58,66
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Aggiungi al carrelloUnknown. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Single printed sheet measuring 12.75 x 10.5'. Text in red and black, illustration in color. Broadside is in Fine condition. Text and illustration based on the ca 1900 book editionIllustrations By Percy J. Billinghurst.
EUR 74,22
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Editore: Ernest Benn Limited, Londod, 1928
Lingua: Inglese
EUR 42,51
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st thus 26 x 19 cm 52 pp illustrations after the etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts the elder. Browning to end papers re dust jacket flap, the content clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Publishers blue cloth with gilt decorative borders to the covers, the binding clean and tight with no chips splits or bumps. DJ has l small loss to rear upper corner and small chip to the top edge and head tail of the spine now in clear removable sleeve.
Editore: Dover Publications Inc., US, 2003
ISBN 10: 0486217809 ISBN 13: 9780486217802
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Rarewaves.com UK, London, Regno Unito
EUR 11,27
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: New. Calder, Alexander (illustratore).
Editore: Frederick Warne and Co., London; New York, 1890
EUR 35,42
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Aggiungi al carrelloCloth. Condizione: Good. Various (illustratore). 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.
Editore: Godfrey Cave Associates Ltd / Omega Books Ltd, 1984
ISBN 10: 1850070458 ISBN 13: 9781850070450
Lingua: Inglese
Da: BennettBooksLtd, San Diego, NV, U.S.A.
EUR 104,60
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Editore: John Lane the Bodley Head, London and New York, 1910
Da: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
EUR 57,00
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Aggiungi al carrelloFrom the English Version of Sir Roger L'Estrange. Introduction by Kenneth Grahame. xv, 201 pp. With Pictures by Percy J. Billinghurst. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth. Large bookplate on pastedown; small abrasion to the front free endpaper; a bright unworn copy, clean, tight and sound.
Editore: Printed for R. Sare, A. and F Churchil, D. Brown, T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, F Nicholson, G. Sawbridge, B Tooke, and G Strahan, London, 1708
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Bowman Books, Wooster, OH, U.S.A.
EUR 526,10
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Fifth Edition Corrected. Two volumes in one. 550pp, I page of ads, + 266pp and 6pp of ads. Contemporary full-leather binding with red leather title and six raised bands is clean, tight, and square. The interior is clean. The text is clean and unmarked. NOT ex-library. A very nice, tight copy of this early edition.
Editore: R. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil and J. Hindmarth, LONDON, 1692
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Excalibur Books, Penzance, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 1.475,93
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Very scarce First Edition. Folio, 13" Tall. Frontis has a fine engraved Portrait of Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knt. by G. Kneller, engraved by R. White. Title page dated 1692. 8 Page Preface. Frontis to a "Life of Aesop" (28 pages) has a delightful Full-Page engraved Plate depicting Aesop surrounded by Animals. Followed by an Alphabetical Table listing the characters and Fable Nos. Main Text 480 pages containing 500 Fables. Period Brown sheep Full-Leather binding with 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt title on Black leather ground in 2nd compartment. 13" Tall. Splits to leather down sides of spine. Edge wear to cover, especially at corners. Small tears to edge of title page and antique gift inscription, dated 1831 at the top. Several more antique pen marks (see photo). No other inscriptions. Small piece nissing from bottom margin of the Aesop plate, not affecting the illustration. Pages generally in very good condition.
Editore: Frederick Warne n.d. ( 1899), London, 1899
Da: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australia
EUR 86,72
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Aggiungi al carrelloDecorated 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.
Editore: Everyman's Library Children's Classics 1992-2001, London, 1992
EUR 147,59
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Aggiungi al carrelloCloth. Condizione: Near Fine. R. de la Neziere; Stephen Gooden (illustratore). A delightful set of Aesop and Fontaine's fables, illustrated and published for the 'Everyman's Library Children's Classics' Two lovely anthologies of classic fables from Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine.Published for the Everyman's Library Children's Classics series.In the publisher's original cloth binding, decorated with gilt and a front board illustration. Presented here with a cloth-backed clamshell, with spine label.Comprising Sir Edward Marsh's translation of Fontaine and Sir Roger L'Estrange's translation of Aesop. Both illustrated with fifteen colour plates and vignettes to Fontaine's fables and numerous full page drawings to Aesop's.Clamshell provided 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. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrations pasted to the front boards. Held together with a cloth-backed clamshell. Externally, lovely, with only a residue mark left by label to the rear board of 'Aesop'. Clamshell is damp stained to the top edge. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. book.
EUR 147,59
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Aggiungi al carrelloLeather. Condizione: Fine. Percy J. Billinghurst (illustratore). A lovely illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, presented here in a distinctive half morocco binding with clamshell. 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'.Bound in half morocco, with illustrated paper covered boards and marbled endpapers. Held in a lovely cloth-backed clamshell, with 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, which have been later hand-coloured.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 half morocco, with illustrated paper covered boards. With a red cloth-backed clamshell, with spine title label. Externally, book and clamshell are lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with slight transfer to the hand-coloured pages opposing pages. Fine. book.
Editore: Ernest Benn, Limited, London, 1928
Prima edizione
EUR 165,30
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Aggiungi al carrelloCloth. Condizione: Very Good. Marcus Gheeraerts (illustratore). First edition. A smart first edition of this collection of fables and myths adorned with lovely illustrations after Marcus Gheeraerts. Twenty-four fables of Aesop and others collected into one volume, the first trade edition. Illustrated throughout. Including classic tales of 'A Fox and a Raven', 'The Hares and the Frogs,' 'A Fox and Grapes,' and 'A Man and a Satyr' among many others. Rendered into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, an English pamphleteer, author, courtier and press censor best known for his polemical pamphlet 'An Account of the Growth of Knavery'. Illustrated after the designs of Marcus Gheeraerts, a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and van Dyck". In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine and board edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.
Editore: John Lane The Bodley Head; Angus & Robertson 1899-1977, London, 1899
Prima edizione
EUR 165,30
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Aggiungi al carrelloCloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Percy J. Billinghurst (illustratore). First edition. Two scarce editions of Aesop's fables, including the very scarce first edition of the Percy J. Billinghurst illustrated edition, and a late twentieth century edition also featuring his illustrations. Two volumes of the fables of Aesop, both featuring the illustrations of Percy J. Billinghurst.The first of these two volumes is the very scarce first edition of this charming late nineteenth century edition of Aesop's fables, with this edition from the English version of English pamphleteer Sir Roger L'Estrange, featuring an introduction from Kenneth Grahame - author of 'The Wind of the Willows' - and illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with full page illustrations throughout - included in the pagination - from illustrator and bookplate designer Percy J. Billinghurst.The second volume is the scarce 1977 first edition of George Beal's retelling of the fables, which also features Billinghurst's illustrations throughout.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours, teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance, honesty, and hard work.Housed in a cloth slip case In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings, housed in cloth slip case. Externally, excellent, with bump to head of 1899 volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages of 1977 volume exceptionally clean and bright, with the odd spot to the 1899 volume. Slip case in excellent condition. Near Fine. book.
Editore: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1924
EUR 177,11
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Aggiungi al carrelloLeather. Condizione: Fine. Percy J. Billinghurst (illustratore). 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.
EUR 230,25
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Aggiungi al carrelloCloth. Condizione: Fine. None stated (illustratore). A strikingly bound copy of Aesop's fables, with charming illustrations throughout, bound by Eric Sweet with moire cloth panels and a cloth chemise and slipcase. A new edition. Part of the 'Chandos Classics' series.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.Illustrated with one hundred and ten monochrome illustrations, including a frontispiece, and an illustrated title page.A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition has been translated by Samuel Croxall and Sir Roger L'Estrange, and contains George Fyler Townsend's and L. Valentine's 'new applications, morals, etc'.Bound in cloth with moire cloth panels, endpapers and blanks renewed, with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Bound in cloth with moire cloth panels, endpapers and blanks renewed, with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Externally lovely. The chemise is lovely, and the slip excellent with light damp staining to the head. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd minor spot only. Light owner's stamp to the title page. Fine. book.
Editore: London, Printed for D. Brown [& others], 1724
Da: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
EUR 306,92
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Good. The seventh edition corrected. [12], 29, [xi], 549, [1] pp. with frontispiece portrait of the translator. Hardcover, bound in full calf, rebacked; with calf backed slipcase. The binding scuffed. Light foxing; marginal damp staining. [Of-C1-S4].
Editore: R. Sare, et al. 1704, 1699, London, 1704
Da: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
EUR 438,45
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Fourth Edition. Large quarto, two parts in one volume. In Good condition. Newly rebound in quarter brown leather with brown cloth boards. Paneled spine with a green label and gilt lettering. Part 1 textblock has a stain along the tail end of the gutter from the front free end page to page 50, archival repair to the tail edge of the engraved plate of Aesop, mild age toning, and minor soiling scattered throughout. Part 2 textblock has severe age toning, and light plus foxing on some pages throughout. Shelved in Room A Oversized. CONTENTS: Part I ([14], 476 pages, including a frontispiece portrait of L'Estrange and full-page engraving of Aesop surrounded by animals from his fables), published in 1704;-- Part II "Fables and Storyes Moralized [.]" ([16], 238, [2] pages, including a title page), published in 1699. ESTC: N8014, R202378. Both parts commonly bound together. 1397101. Special Collections.