AESOP

Aesop - The Complete Fables

Penguin Classics. 1998-01-29. (ISBN: 0140446494) paperback, 11x10x1. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 266733

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0140446494

AESOP / LEAF, MUNRO / LAWSON, ROBERT (ILLUSTRATOR) .

Aesop's Fables. A New Version Written by Munro Leaf With Illustrations By Robert Lawson. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Collector's Edition Bound In Genuine Leather.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979 . 0. First edition. A very good full leather binding. pp. xii./[2pp.]/pp.130 . Brown full calf with bright gilt decoration to boards and spine. All page edges bright gilt. Orange silk endpapers and marker ribbon. No ownership details, or other marks. Clean throughout. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 51793

Catalogue: Bindings

Keywords: Aesop's Fables Leaf, Munro Lawson, Robert the Easton Press Bindings

Aesop; Lena Dalkeith

Aesop&Apos;S Fables Told to the Children, and, Beasts Shown to the Children

London, T. C. & E. C. Jack; E. P. Dutton & Co, c1906. Cloth. A scarce curated set of Edwardian adaptations of Aesop for children, colourfully illustrated, in a custom clamshell. A curated set of three scarce Edwardian renditions of Aesop, presented together in a custom cloth clamshell, made by Eric Sweet in April 2008. Clamshell is in a fine condition.All in this set have been "told to the children" by Lena Dalkeith, Jeanne D'Orge, an American poet, artist, and patron of the arts.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables, generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop, who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life, following adventures of many different creatures.This set includes:'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children', two copies of variant bindings. Illustrated by S. R. Praeger. Both are illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Collated, complete.'Beasts Shown to the Children', illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and forty-seven colour plates. Collated, complete.All edited by Louey Chisholm. All volumes are undated, dated from Jisc from copied held at the British Library.Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. Two volumes are in the original publisher's cloth binding, the third is in the original publisher's paper covered boards, in a custom cloth clamshell by Eric Sweet. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. The cloth bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is a little worn and discoloured with marks and rubbing, spine is faded. The paper covered bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is a little rubbed with some marks, spine is faded, with small tears and loss to the joints, with an ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Marks to the rear board of 'Beasts Shown to the Children', with a small amount of cockling to the tail of the front board, front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, the cloth bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is firmly bound, paper covered bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' and 'Beasts Shown to the Children' are generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Clamshell is in a fine condition. Good . Ill.: S. R. Praeger; Percy J. Billinghurst. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 962P31

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Aesop's Fables Told to the Children Beasts Shown to the Children aesop percy j. billinghurst Beasts Shown to the Children s. r. praeger S. R. Praeger; Percy J. Billinghurst

Aesop

Aesop&Apos;S Fables; the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (Mini Classics)

Philadelphia; Bristol, Running Press; Parragon Books, 1990-1995. Cloth. A lovely trio of miniature children's books containing Aesop's fables, all complete with their dust wrappers. Three miniature children's books offering classic moral fables from Aesop. Includes two collections from Running Press and one copy of 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse'  from the Mini Classics series.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.The 1990 and 1995 collections are retold by Steven Zorn, and 'Town Mouse' is retold by Stephanie Laslett. Including stories such as 'The Fox and the Crow', 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', 'The Goose That Laid Golden Eggs' and more. 'Town Mouse' and 1995 collection are both illustrated throughout in colour. In the original cloth bindings except for 'Town Mouse', which is in the original pictorial boards. Externally, lovely. Dust wrappers are also lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Lorna Hussey. Fine/Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 962Y58

Catalogue: Children's Books

Keywords: Aesop's Fables The Town Mouse and Country Mouse Miniature Children's Literature The Town Mouse and Country Mouse Lorna Hussey

Aesop; Rev. George F. Townsend [translator]

Aesop&Apos;S Fables: Literally Translated from the Greek

London; New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1870. Cloth. A smart copy of Aesop's Fables featuring 50 illustrations by Harrison Weir RI, and a charming colour frontispiece. in the publisher's original red cloth binding with blind stamp decoration.This volume is undated, dated using Jisc from a copy held at The University of East Anglia Library.This edition is notable for featuring 50 illustrations by Harrison Weir RI, and a charming colour frontispiece. Collated, complete.Weir was known for both his extensive work as an illustrator, and as "The Father of the Cat Fancy", having organised the first cat show in England, at the Crystal Palace, London, in July 1871.This copy includes fables such as "Wolf and the Crane", "Hare and the Tortoise", "Vine and the Goat", Old Hound", "Fox and the Leopard", "Hare and the Hound", "Wolf and the Shepard", "Dove and the Crow", among many others.Aesop was a storyteller who is thought to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. He is best known for his collection of fables featuring anthropomorphic animals that illustrate moral lessons of honesty, wisdom and kindness. These fables have become enduring classics, continuing to be shared with generation after generation. Publisher"s advertisements to rear two leaves, typical of the era. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing and bumping to extremities, particularly to joints, resulting in minor loss to cloth. Fading to spine. Rubbing and the one or two handing marks to boards. One or two small closed tears at head and tail of spine joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and one or two handling marks, heavier to fore edge. Slight creasing and damp staining to corner of frontispiece, not affecting the picture. Very Good . Ill.: Harrison Weir. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 962H36

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Aesop Children's Fables Illustrated Children's Publisher's Advertisements Harrison Weir

AESOP.

Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae, elegantissimis iconibus veras animalium species ad ivum adumbrantibus. Gabriae Graeci fabellae XLIII. [Greek: Batrachomyomachia] Homeri, hoc est, ranarum & murium pugna. [Greek: Galeomyomachia], hoc est, felium & murium pugna, fabla Graeca. Haec omnia cum Latina interpretation. Accesserunt Avieni antique auctoris fabulae. Editio postrema, ceteris castigatior.[Genève or Lyon], Jean de Tournes, 1619. 2 volumes bound as 1. 16mo. With the woodcut portrait of Aesop in a roundel on the title-page and 61 woodcuts (ca. 3.5 x 4.5 cm) in the text, illustrating the fables of Aesop, most after Bernard Salomon, but 22 from another series. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Text in two columns: Greek (left) and Latin (right).[With:] 2) THEOGNIS and others. [Greek text] Theognidis, Phocylidis, Pythagorae, Solonis & aliorum Poemata gnomica … Opera Friderici Sylbrgii. Utrecht, Johannes I Janssonius van Waesberge, 1651. 12mo. With printer’s device on title-page and some woodcut initials. Contemporary overlapping vellum.

410, [6]; [8], 168 pp.Ad. 1: One of the many Aesop editions based on the famous first illustrated edition by Jean de Tournes, Lyon 1571, which was a landmark in humanistic scholarship and printing with woodcuts by Bernard Salomon (Bodemann 29.1). The De Tournes family moved to Geneva in 1585 to escape religious persecution as Hugenots. In 1619 Jean de Tournes III sold his house in Lyon to the printer Guichard Juliéron, who probably issued the present edition in Lyon under the name of Jean de Tournes.Ad 2: A rare collection of Greek poetry and other works by Theognis and Phocylides, ideas and thoughts of Pythagoras, and the mottos of Solon. The editor and translator, Fredericus Sylberg (1536-1596) was a classical philologist working as a corrector and editor for the publisher Henr. Commelin at Heidelberg. Ad. 1: with owner’s entry on the front paste-down: "Sum ex libris Hugonis Suchier, Ritelii [= Rinteln], 1881". There are more than a dozen errors in the pagination, but both books are nevertheless complete. Some woodcuts slightly worn, boards slightly damaged. Ad. 2: minor water stains (pp. 115-158).l Ad 1: cf. Bodeman, 29.2. Ad 2: STCN (2 copies).

A. Asher & Co. B.V.Professional seller

Book number: ABC_45381

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AESOP.

Aesopus des Phrygiers Leben und Fabeln, nebst den Fabeln des Philelphus. Mit des Herrn von Bellegarde moralischen und historischen Anmerkungen welchen die Fabeln des Gabrias und Avianus und die Mährchen des Aesopus beygefüget worden. Neue sehr verbesserte Uebersetzung aus dem Französischen.Copenhagen, [widow of Gabr. Christ. Rothen] & Leipzig, Christian Gottlob Prost, 1781. 8vo. With a woodcut title-vignette, woodcut head- and tailpieces and 117 etchings with captions "Fab. I-CXVII" illustrating the 117 Aesop fables, each pasted on separate leaves, except the last one (Fab. CXVII). Contemporary half calf, brown paper sides, brown morocco spine label with the title in (oxidized) gold.

XXIV, 576 pp.The second edition of the German translation of the French edition of the Aesop fables by Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde (1648-1734), with extensive dialogues on the moral of each fable together with the life of Aesop by Planudes, the 18 fables of the Italian renaissance humanist and classical scholar Francesco Philelphus (1398-1481), and the fables of Gabrias and Avianus (Amsterdam, for Pierre Mortier, 1708). The first edition appeared in Copenhagen by the widow of Gabr. Christ. Rothen, und in 1769 in Leipzig by Christian Gottlob Prost (Bodemann, 97.4). The 117 etchings illustrating the Aesop fables are after the engravings of the first edition, but are different.Leather worn, top of spine lacking, boards damaged with the right corner of the front board nearly cracked, hinges weak. Some small stains. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Bodemann, 97.4 (first edition); not in Fabula docet.

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Book number: ABC_45398

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Aesop; W. T. Stead; Sally Wood

Books for the Bairns. I. Aesop&Apos;S Fables. W.T. Stead and His "Books for the Bairns".

London; Edinburgh, Review of Reviews Office"; Salvia Books, 1896-1987. First edition. Paperback. A reference set of W. T. Stead's edition of Aesop, alongside a bibliography on Stead, scarce works presented together in a clamshell. A curated three volume set of scarce works, containing two copies of the first edition of 'Books For the Bairns. I. Aesop's Fables', one in the original publisher's paper wraps, the other rebound in cloth with the original wraps bound in, alongside Sally Wood's bibliographical work 'W. T. Stead and His "Books For the Bairns"&apos. The cloth bound edition includes the new series of Aesop's 'Fables', being 'Books for the Bairns No. XXVI&apos. Held together in a custom paper clamshell, which is in a very good condition.Aesop's 'Fables' was the first volume in Stead's popular series 'Books for the Bairns', which published fairy tales and works of classical literature for children.Sally Wood's volume offers a bibliography of Stead's works, as well as a brief biography on him.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables, generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop, who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life, following adventures of many different creatures.All three works are illustrated in-text throughout. The new series of Aesop's 'Fables' is illustrated by Brinsley le Fanu.W. T. Stead was a newspaper editor and a pioneer of investigative journalism. He died in 1912 in the sinking of the Titanic.This set was curated by Eric Sweet, with his bookplate to the front paste down of the cloth bound first edition. Sweet was a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. Two volumes are in the original publisher's wraps, and one is rebound in cloth by Eric Sweet, together in a custom paper clamshell. Externally, smart. The paperback issue of 'Books for the Bairns' is little worn and age-toned, with light edge wear, and a repair to the spine and tail of the rear wrap. Minor handling marks to the wraps, and a rubbed out pencil inscription to the head of the front wrap. A couple of marks to the cloth of the rebound 'Books for Bairns&apos. 'W. T. Stead and His "Books For the Bairns"' is smart, a little sunned to the wraps, with a few light handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spots, 'W. T. Stead and His "Books For the Bairns"' is bright and clean. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page of the paperback 'Books for the Bairns', and to the head of the front wrap of the rebound 'Books for the Bairns&apos. Neat repair to the tail of the first few pages of the paperback 'Books for the Bairns&apos. Custom clamshell is a little worn, in a very good condition. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Brinsley le Fanu. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 962P29

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Books For the Bairns Aesop's Fables W. T. Stead and His "Books For the Bairns" aesop Aesop's Fables sally wood Brinsley le Fanu

Aesop; Samuel Croxall

C1896 the Fables of Aesop with Instructive Applications

London, Milner and Company, c1896 . Cloth. A very scarce edition of The Fables of Aesop translated by Samuel Croxall, featuring one hundred woodcut illustrations. In the publisher's original in blue cloth binding with blind stamp decorations. Undated, dated from inscription from previous owner. This edition is notable for featuring one hundred woodcut illustrations, alongside two hundred and two fables. These fables include titles such as "The Frog and the Ox", "The Peacock and the Crane", "The Lion in Love", "The Wolf and the Lamb", "The Fox Without a Tail", "The Fox and the Lion", The Wolf and the Crane", "The Wolves and the Sheep", "The Cock and the Jewel", and "The Boy and the Nettle", to name a few. This copy has 14 pages of the publisher's advertisements to rear, cataloguing their popular novels priced at one shilling each. Aesop was a storyteller who is thought to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. He is best known for his collection of fables featuring anthropomorphic animals that illustrate moral lessons of honesty, wisdom and kindness. These fables have become enduring classics, continuing to be shared with generation after generation. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing and bumping to extremities and spine. Endpapers age toned with offsetting. Hinges strained with binding cloth partially exposed. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and title page. Front free endpaper substantially torn at hinge, but holding firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages age toned, but bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 962H30

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Aesop Fables Children's Illustrated Fables Engravings Various

AESOP. Zafiropoulos., Christos A.

Ethics in Aesop's fables: The Augustana collection.

Leiden, Brill, 2001. XIV, 202 pp. Boards. (Mnemosyne).

Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.(NVvA/ILAB)Professional seller

Book number: 185059

Keywords: Classical Philology Klassieke filologie

AESOP (ILLUSTRATED BY EDWARD J. DETMOLD)

The Fables of Aesop

New York, Gramercy. 1994, First Thus. (ISBN: 0517100835). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Detmold, Edward J. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket Aesop is said to have been a Phrygian slave who lived around 570 B.C. Some of his tales are believed to have been turned into verse by Socrates during his imprisonment and, later, in the second century A.D. by the Greek poet Babrius. In this form the fables were all well known in the Middle Ages. This edition was first published in 1909, and includes 23 of Edward Detmold's beautiful animal paintings as well as many of his black-and-white drawings and more than 300 of Aesop's very wise tales. Edward J. Detmold, who was born in 1883, was one of England's greatest book illustrators and with his twin brother Charles Maurice were drawing the animals in Regents Park Zoo and the Natural History Museum and at the age of 13 were the youngest artists ever to exhibit their work at the Royal Academy. 22. Fine/Fine.

Goldring BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 010921

Catalogue: Classics

Keywords: Detmold 0517100835 Detmold, Edward J.

AESOP

The Fables of Aesop

A5 front room beige brown hard to read spine, Contemporary Books. 1988. (ISBN: 9780809244850). Paperback. Paperback in good condition, small mark to front cover. Riccio, Frank (Illustrator). From Publishers Weekly This British husband-and-wife team has gleaned more than a hundred of the ancient storyteller's fables for this beguiling compendium. Well-known entries (e.g. "The Tortoise and the Hare"; "The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs") are presented cheek-by-jowl with lesser-known offerings ("The Bald Knight"; "The Crab and Her Baby"). As explained in a detailed foreword, the retellings are served up much as Aesop might have told them, unadorned by the clicheed moral epigrams that have come to be attached to his tales over the centuries. The abundant illustrations invite browsing as well as close reading: the pages are peppered with droll black-and-white sketches as well as energetic full-color watercolors. A table of contents and title index are useful additions. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 22822

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Aesop, selected by Joseph Jacobs,

The Fables of Aesop selected and told anew: The Favorite Library.

Boston, DeWolfe, Fiske & Co, nd. G. Pictorial gray binding with rectangle edged in red of wolf looking up a tree. Edge wear, pin holes at ft joint, soiling on. cover & ft endpaper.

Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS041669I

Catalogue: Philosophy

Aesop; Detmold, Edward J.

The Fables of Aesop. The Lion and the Mouse, The Dog in the Manger, The Hare and the Tortoise, and over 300 other timeless tales.

Ware, Hertfordshire, Omega Books, 1985. Formaat: 4 to, hardcover with dustjacket, 152 pp.. illustrated by Edward J. Detmold ISBN: 185000768X

Antiquariaat AcademiaProfessional seller

Book number: 11875

Catalogue: Kinderboeken/Verzamel

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AESOP

The Fables of Aesop - with 75 Illustrations

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: W.B. Conkey Company, 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. 188 pages. Undated. Well-worn. From the Young People's Libary. Circa 1950?; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; The Fables of Aesop - with 75 Illustrations 188 pages. Undated. Well-worn. From the Young People's Libary.. Fair .

RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage MagazinesProfessional seller

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Keywords: 188 . . Well Worn. Children's Collectible