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THE FABLES OF AESOP by Aesop
- Bookseller: Maxwell's Bookmark
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 20414
- Format: Green cloth embossed in black and gilt
- Book condition: Very scarce early title by this illustrator. His twin brother, also an artist, had commited suicide by this date, and Edward wo
- Jacket condition: Lacks frontis piece illustration. Spine a bit faded and canted else very good.
- Edition: 1st trade edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
- Place: NY:
- Date published: (1909)
Description
NY:: Hodder and Stoughton, (1909). 1st trade edition. Green cloth embossed in black and gilt. Very scarce early title by this illustrator. His twin brother, also an artist, had commited suicide by this date, and Edward would eventually take his own life as well/Lacks frontis piece illustration. Spine a bit faded and canted else very good. . Illustrated in color by Edward Detmold. 23 color plates tipped in.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
tipped in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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