Aesop's Fables
by Aesop
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paul Hamlyn, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1967. Second Impression. 92 pages. Illustrated dust jacket has been laminated to boards. Selected and adapted by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated by A. & M. Provensen. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Illustrations are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Front hinge slightly cracked. Boards are presumed clean as jacket is taped down. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing.
Synopsis
Aesop, known only for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was a slave in the mid-sixth century BC in Greece. He is assumed to have written many of these curious moral parables, and they have been added to and translated into many languages since they were first collected.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1703681472MXP
- Title
- Aesop's Fables
- Author
- Aesop
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Paul Hamlyn
- Date Published
- 1967
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...