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The Limited Editions Club , 1933. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Slipcase. Signed by Editor. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover with vellum (or vellum-like) spine; boards covered in marbled paper; top edge gilt; other edges deckled; 211 pages; "numerous facsimiles of Florentine woodcuts; limited edition 1393/1500; signed on colophon page by Bruce Rogers who "arranged" this edition. Book in very good condition: spine is darkened and spotted; binding is otherwise excellent; slight spotting to top gilt edge; straight; hinges strong; very sparse spotting to pages. Slipcase in very good condition: some toning and scuffing; no splits..
AESOP'S FABLES by (LEC). Aesop. Samuel Croxall translation - 1933: Samuel Croxall's Translation with a Bibiographical Note by Victor Scholderer and Numerous Facsimiles of Florentine Woodcuts.
by (LEC). Aesop. Samuel Croxall translation
AESOP'S FABLES: Samuel Croxall's Translation with a Bibiographical Note by Victor Scholderer and Numerous Facsimiles of Florentine Woodcuts.
by (LEC). Aesop. Samuel Croxall translation
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. (xviii), 211 pp., original 1/2 vellum and marbled boards, octavo (7.5 x 10.5 inches), top edge gilt, other untrimmed. Signed in the colophon by Bruce Rogers. Vellum slightly soiled, previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, else very good in worn slipcase
1403 of 1500 copies designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by John Johnson at the Oxford University Press
1403 of 1500 copies designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by John Johnson at the Oxford University Press
- Bookseller Chanticleer Books (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition Limited edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1933