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Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Lobel, Arnold & Lobel, Anita. Quarto, softcover, VG with school stamp on inside cover. Fables by Aesop, La Fontaine, Mirra Ginsburg. Illustrated in color by the Lobels. 45 pp. with glossary.
BEWICK'S SELECT FABLES of Aesop and Others by AESOP, et al - 1871
by AESOP, et al
BEWICK'S SELECT FABLES of Aesop and Others
by AESOP, et al
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London: Bickers and Son, 1871. Full leather. Near Fine. 12mo (7 1/4 in tall); xl 312 pp. Regarded the father of modern wood engraving, Thomas Bewick brought new expressive possibilities to the declining art. Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop (circa 620-560 BCE) is thought to have created Western civilization's first morality tales. Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others. In Three Parts. I. Fables Extracted from Dodsley's. II. Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse. III. Fables in Verse. To Which are Prefixed The Life of Aesop, and an Essay upon Fable by Oliver Goldsmith. Faithfully Reprinted from the Newcastle Edition Published by T. Saint in 1784. With the Original Wood Engravings by Thomas Bewick, and an Illustrated Preface by Edwin Pearson. Full green morocco with elaborately gilt bordered panels with gilt turn-ins plus spine with gilt decorated compartments and raised bands. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, preface illustrations, vignette per fable and tailpieces are wood engravings from the original blocks by Thomas Bewick. Opens with Preface to 1871 Edition. Index. Marbled endpapers. Protected in clear wrapper. Spine shoulders rubbed, half-title gutter foxed, preliminaries and rear pages with trivial foxing.
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- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1871
FABLES
by Aesop et al
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Concord, California, United States
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A Child's Book of Stories: Best Known and Best Loved Tales from Around the World
by Aesop, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen, et al
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- No Jacket
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- 6th ptg thus
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780681401976 / 0681401974
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Binghamton, New York, United States
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Stamford CT: Longmeadow Pr, 1986. 6th ptg thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Art by Jessie Wilcox Smith. 27727 CF shelf. NOT ex-library. Thick volume. Glossy pictorial bds. 1994 name inked verso front cover, clean text. No dust jacket. Solid.
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The Classic Treasury of Animal Stories
by Carroll, Lewis, Brothers Grimm, Kipling, Aesop Et Al
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- Hardcover
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- Unknown
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- Hardcover
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- 9781550138672 / 1550138677
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Concord, California, United States
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Toronto: Key Porter, 2003.. Very Good/Unknown. Small quarto, hardcover, VG in lightly edgeworn pictorial white dj. 268 pp. A wonderfully diverse collection featuring stories and poems from around the world and across time. Drawn together in one volume many famous writers with excerpts from treasured classics are given here. A wonderful introduction to great literature for the young reader.
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Aesop's Fables and Other Fables
by Aesop and La Fontaine, et al
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Ward, Lock & Co., 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and colour plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.
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Junior Great Books, Set One (Volumes One Through Six)
by Aesop et al
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Concord, California, United States
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The Great Books Foundation 1963, 1963. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavos, softcovers, all VG in VG brown and white decorative box. Contains: Aesop - Fables and Medieval Tales, Household Tales; It's Perfectly True and Other Stories; Treasure Island; A Christmas Carol, the Happy Prince and Other Tales; Jungle Books; the Brothers Grimm authors include Hans Christian Anderson, Robert Browning, Jean Henri Fabre, Leo Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde, Stevenson etc.
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Aesop's and Others Fables An Anthology of the Fabulists of All Countries
by Aesop Et Al
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Highland, New York, United States
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London: Everyman's Library. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1951. Reprint. Hardcover. Dust jacket is yellowed, with open and closed tears. Yellowing to pages. Stains (light) to exterior edge of pages only. Foxing to the exterior edge of pages only. Good overall condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; Everyman's Library 657; 231 pages .
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Twenty Four Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists
by Aesop; et al.' Sir Roger L'Estrange
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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London: Ernest Benn Limited , 1928. First edition. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7" . Marcus Gheeraerts . 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. 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 (1616-1704), best known for his polemical pamphlet An Account of the Growth of Knavery, an attack on the parliamentary opposition to Charles II. His translations of Aesop's fables are considered to be his greatest work, and saw their first publication in 1692. The first trade edition illustrated with lovely etchings after designs of Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, Flemish painter in the sixteenth-century known for a print depicting a map of Bruges, as well as his illustrations for a Dutch translation to Aesop's fables. A fine…
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SELECT FABLES FROM AESOP AND OTHERS
by Aesop, Et Al
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- Hardcover
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VINELAND, New Jersey, United States
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Philadelphia: Leary & Getz. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 352, 18 pages; Bound in publisher's red cloth. Spine title in gilt. Wear to crwon and foot of spine waterstain to first free blank. Copy is sound with a few ink stains. Not foxed. Most tales have an illustration. .
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Select Fables of Aesop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. New Edition
by Aesop; Dodsley, R. et al
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Dover, New Hampshire, United States
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London: Printed for William Osborne and J and H Mozley Gainsborough. Leather. Poor. no date, perhaps late 1700s. Stated new edition. Full calf leather. xlviii, 228 pp., plus index. Small woodcut illustrations throughout. A collection of fables, including some by Aesop, gathered by R. Dodsley and accompanied by a lengthy historical introduction. Separated into three books, Ancients, Moderns and Newly Invented (original). POOR condition. Heavy scuffing to the leather, with some soiling, fading and staining. Heavy wear to the leather along the edges, spine and hinges, with chipping and loss. Heavy cracking to the spine, with loss of leather to the head and tail. Ursula written on the rear cover. Covers very tenuously attached. Text block very shaky, with many leaves tenuously bound in. All endpapers missing up to the title page. Names and doodles on the inside covers. Some writing on the last page. Very very worn copy.
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FABLES OF AESOP, AND OTHERS With Instructive Applications, Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty Engravings
by Aesop; Samuel Croxall Et Al
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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New York: Allen Brothers. Very Good-. 1870. Hardcover. ; Green cloth cover has light fraying to corners and spine caps, bumped upper corners, and is soiled but bright and in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Antiquated gift inscription on front end sheet. Engraved frontispiece protected by tissue. Pages are lightly toned but clean and near pristine with barely any signs of ever being read. .
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