Fables By The Late Mr. Gay (1792) by John Gay - 2008-08-18

C & J Rivington etc.. Very Good. 1823. Hardcover. Very Good hardcover edition, has been rebound with new endpapers. No names or marks. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 222 pages .

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-06-29. Paperback. Good.

London: J. Buckland, W. Strahan, 1783. First thus. Hardcover. Good. 16mo, full sheep, later spine rebacking, green endpapers. Gay's fables made him famous before his "Beggar's Opera". No engravings in this copy. Ex libris Lee Merton Watson. ESTCT13861

Coventry: Luckman & Fuffield, 1798. Leather. Good. 4" by 3". None. A charming pocket-sized collection of fables from English writer John Gay. Pocket-sized. Complete in one volume. With a frontispiece. A collection of fables including: The Lion, The Tyger, and The Traveller; The Wild Boar and The Ram; The Lady and The Wasp; The Two Owls and The Sparrow; The Hare and Many Friends, and more. Written and collected by John Gay, an English poet and dramatist who was a member of the Scriblerus Club. Bound in full calf. Externally, sound with rubbing and light wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Minor loss to the head of the spine and tips of the front board. With a small crack to the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light scattered spotting. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper. Good

New.

Coventry: Printed and Sold by M [ary] Luckman c. 1790. Engraved frontispiece. 12mo (4 x 2 3/4 inches) pages: viii:213:(3, Luckman's List). Contemporary full tan sheep, rubbed and scuffed with chipping at the base of the spine; sound however. Internally good. Contemporary signature dated 1791 on free endpaper.A rare provincial edition of Gay's Fables.

Gay, John. FABLES BY THE LATE MR. GAY. London, printed for J. Buckland, et al., 1778. First and Second parts in one volume. Engraved illustrations. Full calf, gilt stamped. A very good copy.

1796. GAY, John. FABLES BY THE LATE MR. GAY. In One Volume Complete. London: Printed for T. Longman, B. Law, G. G. and J. Robinson, et al., 1796. Small 8vo., disbound with title page unattached yet present. As is.

London : printed for J. Buckland, J. F. and C. Rivington, B. and B. White, T. Longman, B. Law T. Carnan, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, S. Bladon, R. Baldwin, J. Sewell, J. Johnson, H. L. Gardner, J. Bew, W. Goldsmith. J. Murray, W. Lowndes, J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, G. and T. Wilkie, and E. Newbery, 1788. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original leather boards; wear and tear as with age. Both boards detached. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; viii, 232 pages : ill. Subjects; Fables, English. Fables, English ; Early works to 1800. Fables, English ; Early works to 1800. Genres; Fables - England - 1788. Poems.

London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, 1757. Engraved frontispiece after Gravelot, title-page vignette of author nafter Gravelot,&67 engravings. [xviii], 334pp. 8vo. Nineteenth century half brown morocco and cloth. Engraved frontispiece after Gravelot, title-page vignette of author nafter Gravelot,&67 engravings. [xviii], 334pp. 8vo. Osborne p. 567; ESTC N9617