The Arabian Nights&Apos; Entertainments

London, Unknown, 1870. Cloth. A rebound leather copy of 'The Arabian Nights' with illustrated plates by popular engraver Thomas Dalziel. Rebound in half-morocco on cloth boards.Illustrated with seven illustrated plates by Thomas Dalziel, a popular engraver. 'The Arabian Nights' Entertainments', otherwise known as 'One Thousand and One Nights' is a collection of folk tales from the Middle East. They were originally compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age, and have been re-published and re-printed in a countless number of different forms. Contents include stories such as 'The History of the Fisherman', 'The History of Sinbad the Sailor', 'The Three Apples', 'The History of the Barber', and 'The Story of the Sleeper awakened.Undated, so dated from the period in which the printers, R. Clay, Sons and Taylor, printed books from 1857 to 1885. Collated, missing title page. Rebound in half-morocco on cloth boards. Externally, generally smart. Some fading and marks to boards, with bumping to head and tail of spine. Rubbing to extremities as well as bands of joints. Gilt illustration on spine has faded slightly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot and handling mark. Closed tear to fore edge of pages 76 and 77, which has been repaired with a post-it note to margin of page 76. The odd pencil inscription from a prior owner. Good . Ill.: Thomas Dalziel. Good .

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Book number: 808D51

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: The Arabian Nights' Entertainments One Thousand and One Nights Middle Eastern folktales Sinbad One Thousand and One Nights illustrated plates Thomas Dalziel

Arabian Nights&Apos; Entertainments

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1868. Leather. A wonderfully illustrated leather bound copy of the 'Arabian Nights' Entertainments', with engravings by the Brothers Dalziel. Bound in half calf on cloth boards.Illustrations include 'upwards of two hundred illustrations by eminent artists', with engravings by the Dalziel Brothers.'The Arabian Nights' Entertainments', otherwise known as 'One Thousand and One Nights' is a collection of folk tales from the Middle East. They were originally compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age, and have been re-published and re-printed in a countless number of different forms. Contents include stories such as 'The History of the Fisherman', 'The History of Sinbad the Sailor', 'The Three Apples', 'The History of the Barber', and 'The Story of the Sleeper Awakened&apos. Undated, so dated off of Jisc from an identical copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries. This edition was published by Ward, Lock, and Tyler. Revised and edited by Henry William Dulcken (1832-1894), an English translator and children's writer who is best known for translating the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. Many of his works were illustrated by the Brothers Dalziel.The Brothers Dalziel was a wood-engraving business in Victorian London which was founded by George Dalziel and joined by Edward Dalziel, as well as their other siblings. They worked with many important Victorian Artists, including John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, helping to illustrated works such as Edward Lear's 'Book of Nonsense' and Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland&apos. Collated, complete.  Bound in half calf on cloth boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing and wear to the extremities and the spine, particularly to the raised bands of joints. Leather on spine is beginning to come loose from binding from the tail. Marks on boards. Hinges are starting but remain firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light age-toning to pages. Good . Ill.: Various; The Brothers Dalziel. Good .

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Book number: 812D22

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Arabian Nights' Entertainment Brothers Dalziel Henry William Dulcken Sinbad the Sailer Brothers Dalziel folk tales short stories Various; The Brothers Dalziel

The Arabian Nights

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of folktales known as The Arabian Nights, here illustrated by Charles Folkard. First thus. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eleven colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of Middle Eastern folktales originally compiled during the Islamic Golden Age. This collection includes: The History of The Fisherman, The Story of The Enchanted Horse, The Story of Aladdin, The History of Ali Baba, The Story of Sinbad the Sailor, and more. These stories were collected over centuries by many different authors. Illustrated by Charles Folkard, a prolific British illustrator and comic artist, known for his imaginative work in children's books. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Rear hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Charles Folkard. Very Good .

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Book number: 900T46

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Arabian Nights Folkard Nights Charles Folkard

The Book-Lover&Apos;S Almanac for the Year 1893

New York , Duprat and Co , 1893. First edition. Paperback. A charming book of articles and extracts from important works from 1893. The first edition. Very scarce. This is the first of five volumes. Limited edition. Number 258 of 400 printed on Holland paper. In the original pictorial wraps. This charming work contains twelve illustrations by Henriot, the French writer, artist, and caricaturist. Each illustration depicts an important work of literature and its significance within the literary canon. In the original pictorial wraps. Lacking the rear wrap and the backstrip. A closed tear to the front wrap. Spotting to the front wrap. Internally generally firmly bound. The odd spot on the first and last pages but generally the pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Henriot. Very Good .

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Book number: 881V43

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Literature Almanac Illustrated Almanac Henriot

Boys&Apos; Adventure Book

London, John F. Shaw , [1935]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this anthology of adventure stories, illustrated with colourful plates. A scarce copy of this John F. Shaw's anthology of juvenile adventure stories, featuring a number of complete short stories on unpaginated leaves by unnamed authors, written for boys. This work is illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and further full page coloured plates. Dated from Jisc, first and only edition of this scarce work. In the original publisher's duo-ton full cloth binding with colourful illustration to the front board. Externally sound with minor shelf wear, spine and boards lightly bumped to the extremities, light soiling to the boards. Front free endpaper excised. Internally, firmly bound. Leaves generally clean with some age toning, as usual. With a colourful frontispiece and other coloured plates. Very Good . Ill.: Knight, J. C. B.; Roberts, Hunt; Shilton, C. P. Very Good .

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Book number: 814A11

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: first editions adventure stories john f shaw scarce books adventure stories Knight, J. C. B.; Roberts, Hunt; Shilton, C. P.

Richard Adams

Tales from Watership Down

London, Hutchinson, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition, first impression of Adams' collection of short stories based on his classic work 'Watership Down&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated throughout with beautiful vignettes and illustrations by John Lawrence, who also designed the dust wrapper.  Richard Adams' first return to the world of his classic novel Watership Down, in the form of a collection of short stories, in three parts. The first includes traditional folk stories known to Adams' rabbits; the second contains tales of the adventures of the El-ahrairah; and the third includes stories concerning the principal characters of Watership Down. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, with just a touch of sunning to the spine. Fine . Ill.: John Lawrence. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 891M3

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Watership Down Richard Adams Short stories Richard Adams John Lawrence

Aravina Adiga

Between the Assassinations

London, Atlantic Books, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Aravind Adiga's second novel, in the original fine unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, 'A subaltern army of semen, blood & flesh', dated 14/07/09.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Between the Assassinations' is a collection of short stories, set between the assassinations of Indira Gandhi in 1984, and her son Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.Written by Aravind Adiga, who is best known for his Man Booker Prize winning novel 'The White Tiger&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dsutwrapper. Externally, fine. Dustwrapper is fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 718P10

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: aravind adiga Between the Assassinations the white tiger indira gandhi Between the Assassinations assassination None

Aesop

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London, J Booker, 1821. Disbound. A scarce, pocket sized edition of Aesop's fables. Illustrated throughout. A scarce edition. With upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematic devices. With a preface with S Croxall. Samuel Croxall was an Anglican churchman, writer and translator. His edition of Aesop's Fables was first issued in 1722 and was celebrated for its colloquial style and is then followed by 'instructive applications&apos. Prior owner's inscription to the front endpaper, 'C Kirk&apos. Aesop's Fables originally belonged to the oral tradition and were not collected for three centuries after Aesop's death. In a full calf binding. Boards are detached. Minor rubbing to the spine, with loss to the head and tail of spine. The textblock is firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with handling marks and occasional scattered spots to pages. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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Book number: 694L26

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Fables Emblems Illustrated Samuel Croxall Emblems Not Stated

Aesop

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London, MacDonald, 1947. Cloth. A smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of Aesop's fables for the Illustrated Junior Library, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with colour frontispiece, six colour plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of the fables of Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storyteller whose tales are characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This collection includes: Illustrated by Fritz Kredel, a German, later American, artist and graphic designer. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and the odd small mark to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and chipping resulting in minor loss to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and the odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Fritz Kredel. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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Book number: 884T41

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Aesop Fables Kredel Illustrated Junior Library Fables Fritz Kredel

Aesop; Blanche Winder

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1924. Cloth. A very smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of fables, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Dated by the British Library. Illustrated with forty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of fables credited to the Greek fabulist and storyteller Aesop, who was believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Each tale is characterised for the use of anthropomorphic animal characters. Retold here by Blanche Winder, a British author. Illustrated by Harry Rountree, a prolific New Zealand-born English illustrator. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original beige cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is smart with light shelf wear and chipping resulting in minor loss to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine and the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription and sticker to the front endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: Harry Rountree. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 884T48

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Aesop Fables Winder Rountree Fables Harry Rountree

Aesop

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1918. Cloth. A smart reprinted edition of this colourfully illustrated collection of Aesop's fables. Reprint, originally published in this edition in 1912. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eleven colour plates, with many in-text line drawings. Collated complete. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This collection includes: Death and Cupid, The Hare and The Tortoise, The Lion and The Mouse, The Travellers, The Young Men and The Cook. Illustrated by Charles Folkard, a British book illustrator and comic artist. In the original pictorial green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper dated 1931. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: Charles Folkard. Very Good .

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Book number: 884T58

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Aesop Fables Folkard Fables Charles Folkard

Aesop; Samuel Croxall; Sir Roger L'Estrange; Rev. G. F. Townsend; L. Valentine

The Fables of Aesop

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1887. Cloth. A smart new edition of this translation of Aesop's fables with original illustrations throughout. New edition. With one hundred and ten original illustrations. A collection of work credited to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storyteller recognised by his anthropomorphic animal characters and their moral commentary. Translated by Samuel Croxall, an Anglican churchman, writer and translator, noted for this translation, and Sir Roger L'Estrange, an English pamphleteer, author, courtier and press censor. With applications, morals, and more written by Reverend George Fyler Townsend, a British translator and cleric, and Laura Valentine, or Laura Belinda Charlotte Jewry, a Victorian English writer known for her children's literature. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor loss to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Light residue from the removal of a bookplate to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 896T11

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Aesop Fables Croxall L'Estrange Fables Valentine Not Stated

Aesop

The Fables of Aesop

London, The Folio Society, 1998. Cloth. A very smart copy of this beautifully illustrated collection of fables from Aesop, published by The Folio Society. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-two colour plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of fables from Greek fabulist and storyteller, Aesop, who is now credited with a number of writings. Many of the tales are characterised by anthropomorphic animal characters. This collection includes: the hare and the tortoise, the monkeys and their mother, the vain jackdaw, the geese and the cranes, the eagle and his captor, and many others. Illustrated by Edward Julius Detmold, a prolific Victorian and early twentieth-century book illustrator known for his work with his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original paper covered slip case is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Edward J. Detmold. Fine .

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Book number: 893T8

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Fables Aesop Detmold Aesop Edward J. Detmold

Aesop

The Fables of Aesop

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional limited edition collection of Aesop's fables, illustrated in colour and signed by Detmold. Number 69 of 750 numbered copies, signed by the artist, Edward J. Detmold.Illustrated with twenty-five tipped in colour plates by Edward Julius Detmold, a prolific late Victorian era book illustrator. This limited edition features two plates which do not appear in the trade edition of the same year. Collated, complete.A truly beautiful edition of the fables attributed to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. The fables originally belonged to the oral tradition, and were not written down until centuries after Aesop's death.This collection includes classic tales including 'The Tortoise and the Hare' and 'The Vain Jackdaw&apos. In the publisher's original buckram, with extensive gilt detailing. Externally, exceptionally lovely. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Discolouration to back strip, with minor handling marks to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, but with light handling marks to perimeters of first two plates. Lacking all but two tissue guards. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Edward J. Detmold. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 887F23

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Aesop's Fables Edward J. Detmold aesop Edward Julius Detmold Edward J. Detmold Edward J. Detmold

Aesop

The Fables of Aesop.

London , Hodder & Stoughton. 1909 . Cloth. A beautifully presented and illustrated limited edition of Aesop's fables signed by the illustrator. A very sought after work. Here the casing is a very worn but good and bright internally so an excellent candidate for a rebind. Can command up to £1300 This edition is No. 258 of seven hundred and fifty copies printed. Contains twenty five fables, complemented by twenty-four tipped in plates. Aesop was a slave and story-teller from ancient Greece whose work continues to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic mediums. Edward Julius Detmold, the illustrator, and his brother Charles Maurice Detmold became prolific Victorian book illustrators with their work on Kipling's The Jungle Book. In a cloth binding. Externally sound, though the backstrip has split from the front board and the front joint is starting but firm. Gilt and blindstamped detailing to front board. Marks to front and rear boards. Head and tail of spine are bumped with loss. Internally firmly bound with pages bright and clear. One tipped in plate is missing, that of The Ants and The Grasshopper. Good Only . Ill.: Edward Julius Detmold. Good Only .

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Book number: GEN19-A-7

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Fables Aesop Edward Julius Detmold Plates Aesop Edward Julius Detmold