FABLES
by Gay, John
- Used
- Condition
- The covers are in very good condition, the interior is tight and clean although there are a couple plates that have a small piec
- Seller
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Richmond, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Piccadilly: John Stockdale, 1793. The covers are in very good condition, the interior is tight and clean although there are a couple plates that have a small piece out of the edge [nowhere near the image] and the paper is foxed in varying degrees throughout. General foxing throughout, some pages heavily, some mildly.. 2 Volumes bound in later 3/4 buckram with matching marbled paper covered boards and end-papers; includes a short biography of Gay, a list of subscribers, a one page advertisement. There are seventy [70] plates, each 3x4 inches [on 6.5x10.5 inch pages], 12 by William Blake. Six that have some hand-coloring; These new fables were invented for the amusement of His Highness William Duke of Cumberland. 187 & 225 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- By The Way Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17346
- Title
- FABLES
- Author
- Gay, John
- Book Condition
- Used - The covers are in very good condition, the interior is tight and clean although there are a couple plates that have a small piec
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Stockdale
- Place of Publication
- Piccadilly
- Date Published
- 1793
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
By The Way Books
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About the Seller
By The Way Books
Biblio member since 2005
Richmond, Texas
About By The Way Books
Fine, rare and scholarly books. Specializing in spiritual traditions and esoterica - East and West.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...