Aesop sir roger lestrange (43 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: New. Calder, Alexander (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: New. Calder, Alexander (illustrator).

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Calder, Alexander (illustrator).

From the English Version of Sir Roger L'Estrange. Introduction by Kenneth Grahame. [6] xv, 201 pp. With Pictures by Percy J. Billinghurst. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth. Old gift inscription in heavy pencil on half-title; a little shaken; light soiling to cloth.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Sun-toned and faded boards. Remains quite well-preserved overall.Previous owners inscription. Physical description; 52 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm in a cardboard slipcase 27 cm. Subjects; Fables, Classical. Greek. Translations into English. Illustrated. Aunt Louisa. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: New. In English.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Sun-toned and faded boards. Remains quite well-preserved overall.Previous owners inscription. Physical description; 52 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm in a cardboard slipcase 27 cm. Subjects; Fables, Classical. Greek. Translations into English. Illustrated. Aunt Louisa. 1 Kg.…

Unknown. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Single printed sheet measuring 12.75 x 10.5'. Text in red and black, illustration in color. Broadside is in Fine condition. Text and illustration based on the ca 1900 book editionIllustrations By Percy J. Billinghurst.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st thus 26 x 19 cm 52 pp illustrations after the etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts the elder. Browning to end papers re dust jacket flap, the content clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Publishers blue cloth with gilt decorative borders to the covers, the binding clean and tight with no chips splits or bumps. DJ has l small loss to rear upper corner and small chip to the top edge and head tail of the spine now in clear removable sleeve.…

Paperback. Zustand: New. Calder, Alexander (illustrator).

Cloth. Zustand: Good. A richly illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, featuring 159 of these timeless tales with additional moral applications by Rev. G. F. Townsend and L. Valentine. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, with blind stamp.This edition is notable for containing 159 of Aesop's fables, accompanied by 110 original illustrations.This edition is undated, this copy has been dated using Jisc, from a copy held at The National Trust Libraries.This copy includes fables such as "The Wolf and the Lamb", "The Frog and the Fox", "The Boy and his Mother", "Snake and the Crab", "Wasps in a Honey-pot", "The Fortune Teller", "The Ox and the Frog", "The Wind and the Sun", "The Viper and the File", "The Ant and the Fly", "The Cat and the Cock", among many others. This copy is also notable for including moral applications by the Reverend George Fyler Townsend and L. Valentine.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, smart. One or two handling marks to the boards, with a couple of spots of damp staining to rear boards. Rubbing and bumping to extremities. Joints strained, rear joint separated about four inches at the centre, and slightly at the extremities, but holding firm. Previous owner's inscription to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if a little age toned. One or two handling marks to fore edge. The odd spot. Good. Various (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

From the English Version of Sir Roger L'Estrange. Introduction by Kenneth Grahame. xv, 201 pp. With Pictures by Percy J. Billinghurst. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth. Large bookplate on pastedown; small abrasion to the front free endpaper; a bright unworn copy, clean, tight and sound.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. Fifth Edition Corrected. Two volumes in one. 550pp, I page of ads, + 266pp and 6pp of ads. Contemporary full-leather binding with red leather title and six raised bands is clean, tight, and square. The interior is clean. The text is clean and unmarked. NOT ex-library. A very nice, tight copy of this early edition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Title page dated 1692. Very scarce First Edition. Folio, 13" Tall. Frontispiecehas illustrated with a fine engraved Portrait of Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knt. by Geoffrey Kneller, and engraved by R. White. Following an 8 Page Preface is a 28 page "Life of Aesop" which has a delightful Full-Page engraved Plate depicting Aesop surrounded by Animals. This is followed by an Alphabetical Table listing the characters and Fable Nos. The Main Text has 480 pages of 500 Fables. In Period Brown sheep Full-Leather binding with 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt title on Black leather ground in 2nd compartment. Overall G+ condition. Splits to leather down sides of spine and edge wear to cover, especially at the corners. The title page has several small edge tears. Antique gift inscription in old browned ink, dated 1831 at top of title page and several more antique pen marks (see photo). No other inscriptions. a small piece missing from bottom margin of the Aesop plate but not affecting the illustration. Pages generally in very good condition. Kneller (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Limited edition, being number 57 of 525 copies, signed by the illustrator Stephen Gooden. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange and featuring an engraved title page, 11 engraved plates and pictorial initials. Bound in the original full velum, decorated in gilt. Housed in a custom slipcase. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1936. Publisher's original vellum, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, device in fourth compartment gilt, fox device on front cover gilt, covers bordered with gilt rules and cornerpiece, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt; pp. 313, [1]. A very good or better copy. Minor shelfwear to boards with a light bump to top front corner, traces of soiling to boards. Spine a touch toned, rubbing near spine crown, near imperceptible slip along one spine compartment. Foxing to prelims, else internally clean. A very nice copy of this beautiful volume. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A smart 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. Illustrated throughout. 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, an English pamphleteer, author, courtier and press censor best known for his polemical pamphlet 'An Account of the Growth of Knavery'. Illustrated after the designs of Marcus Gheeraerts, a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and van Dyck". In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine and board edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. Marcus Gheeraerts (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A first edition copy of this illustrated English translation of twenty four of Aesop's fables. The first edition. In the publisher's original purple cloth binding. Twenty-four of Aesop's Fables, a collection credited to Aesop, aslaveand storyteller who lived inancient Greecebetween 620 and 564BCE. Translated to English by Sir Roger l'Estrange, an Englishpamphleteer, author,courtier and press censor of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Illustrated throughout from the etchings of Marcus Gheeraets the elder, aFlemishpainter, draughtsman, print designer of the sixteenth century. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Odd mark to rear board. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Marcus Gheeraerts (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. A delightful set of Aesop and Fontaine's fables, illustrated and published for the 'Everyman's Library Children's Classics' Two lovely anthologies of classic fables from Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine.Published for the Everyman's Library Children's Classics series.In the publisher's original cloth binding, decorated with gilt and a front board illustration. Presented here with a cloth-backed clamshell, with spine label.Comprising Sir Edward Marsh's translation of Fontaine and Sir Roger L'Estrange's translation of Aesop. Both illustrated with fifteen colour plates and vignettes to Fontaine's fables and numerous full page drawings to Aesop's.Clamshell provided 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 letteringartist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head ofBirmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctivestyle. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrations pasted to the front boards. Held together with a cloth-backed clamshell. Externally, lovely, with only a residue mark left by label to the rear board of 'Aesop'. Clamshell is damp stained to the top edge. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. R. de la Neziere; Stephen Gooden (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Two scarce editions of Aesop's fables, including the very scarce first edition of the Percy J. Billinghurst illustrated edition, and a late twentieth century edition also featuring his illustrations. Two volumes of the fables of Aesop, both featuring the illustrations of Percy J. Billinghurst.The first of these two volumes is the very scarce first edition of this charming late nineteenth century edition of Aesop's fables, with this edition from the English version of English pamphleteer Sir Roger L'Estrange, featuring an introduction from Kenneth Grahame - author of 'The Wind of the Willows' - and illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with full page illustrations throughout - included in the pagination - from illustrator and bookplate designer Percy J. Billinghurst.The second volume is the scarce 1977 first edition of George Beal's retelling of the fables, which also features Billinghurst's illustrations throughout.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours, teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance, honesty, and hard work.Housed in a cloth slip case In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings, housed in cloth slip case. Externally, excellent, with bump to head of 1899 volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages of 1977 volume exceptionally clean and bright, with the odd spot to the 1899 volume. Slip case in excellent condition. Near Fine. Percy J. Billinghurst (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Fine. A beautifully bound volume of Aesop's Fables, decorated throughout with illustrations by Percy J. Billinghurst. A handsome later impression of this illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, including 'The Lion and the Mouse', 'The Stag and the Horse' and 'The Boasting Mule'.In a handsome modern rebind of quarter morocco, decorative paper covered boards and marbled endpapers. Held in the binder's uniform clamshell, with a spine title label.From the translation of English pamphleteer Sir Roger L'Estrange and with an introduction by British author of 'The Wind of the Willows', Kenneth Grahame.Strikingly illustrated throughout with full-page drawings by Percy J. Billinghurst.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 letteringartist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head ofBirmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctivestyle. Rebound in quarter morocco, with decorative paper covered boards and marbled endpapers. In the binder's uniform clamshell, with spine title label. Externally, lovely. Clamshell has a hint of shelf wear, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine. Percy J. Billinghurst (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. A strikingly bound copy of Aesop's fables, with charming illustrations throughout, bound by Eric Sweet with moire cloth panels and a cloth chemise and slipcase. A new edition. Part of the 'Chandos Classics' series.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 letteringartist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head ofBirmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctivestyle.Illustrated with one hundred and ten monochrome illustrations, including a frontispiece, and an illustrated title page.A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition has been translated by Samuel Croxall and Sir Roger L'Estrange, and contains George Fyler Townsend's and L. Valentine's 'new applications, morals, etc'.Bound in cloth with moire cloth panels, endpapers and blanks renewed, with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Bound in cloth with moire cloth panels, endpapers and blanks renewed, with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Externally lovely. The chemise is lovely, and the slip excellent with light damp staining to the head. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd minor spot only. Light owner's stamp to the title page. Fine. None stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. The seventh edition corrected. [12], 29, [xi], 549, [1] pp. with frontispiece portrait of the translator. Hardcover, bound in full calf, rebacked; with calf backed slipcase. The binding scuffed. Light foxing; marginal damp staining. [Of-C1-S4].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. both volumes tight and clean, except that volume 2 has cracks to spine, and heavily browned first and last pages.