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London : W. Heinemann, Ltd, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: lxxi, 469 pages plates 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the French. Subjects: Fables, French; Translations into English. Fables, French. Fables. French literature 17th century. Genre: Bibliography. Children's books - England - 1933. Children's books. Illustrated.

William T. Amies, 1883. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in original green pictorial cloth stampe din gilt and black, all edges gilt (cloth has minor wear ajnd some mnor stains). Worldcat provides the publication date of 1883 for this American edition.

New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc.. 1982. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 0890095965 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light foxing on panels, spine, and text block edges. .

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. First edition thus. Fine, with remnants of original glassine, in publisher's slipcase, slightly rubbed.. Two vols., 8vo, blue cloth, t.e.g. One of 1500 numbered copies printed for the L.E.C. by D.B. Updike's Merrymont Press and signed by Ruzicka. An early L.E.C. publication.

London: Heinemann / NY: Random House, 1931.. Two volumes. Full vellum, spines lettered in gilt. Dust soiling, very good condition. Lower and fore-edges uncut, partly unopened. Limited to 525 numbered copies, signed by Marsh and Gooden.

Philadelphia: William T. Amies, [circa 1880s]. Quarto. lvi, 733 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with in-text and full-page woodcuts by Gustave Doré (all included in the pagination). Original publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black. 28.5 x 22.5 cm. Very good. Short tears to spine ends and head of rear joint; corners worn. The hinges are partially cracked and tender, and the text block has dropped, but both covers are holding fairly well for such a large and heavy volume. The leaves are a trifle age-toned but, aside from a few minor traces of marginal soiling, the volume is clean throughout. A bright and attractive copy. Later edition in a beautiful example of publisher's cloth.

Hurst & Company. Fair. c. 1890. Hardcover. ; Green cloth cover with gilt and black stamped design is frayed at corners and spine caps with general wear and soiling. Boards and spine are straight. Backstrip has been somewhat crudely reglued with abrasions from old tape repairs to end sheets and paste downs. Frontispiece protected by tissue. 2" old tape repair to tile page. Pages are toned with modest sparse thumbing but overall quite clean and very good. Profusely illustrated in b&w. .

Cassell, Petter and Galpin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1880. Reprint. Hardcover. Mustard cloth binding very lightly shaken. IAll edges gilt, black and gold titles still bright and readable on spine. Small circular abrasion to spine cloth, partially obscurring the letter "t" in "illustrated." light rubbing to rear board. Undated, circa 1880.. Dore illustrations: 43 full page plates. 82 vignettes. Very faint remnant of owner inscription to front free-endpaper. Frontis illust: Jean De la Fontaine ; 757 pages .

London, Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin. Half-Leather. Good+. Dore, Gustav. Beautiful Edition of Aesop's Classic Fables, ILLUSTRATED with 86 Full-Page Engraved illustrations and many B&W In-Text illustrations by Gustave Dore. Frontis illustrated with a Portrait of Jean de La Fontaine, protected by tissue Guard. Undated Edition, circa 1870. Contemporary Red Half-Leather Binding with 5 Raised Bands to spine. Gilt title in 2nd compartment and Gilt Decoration in Others. Redtextured cloth covered boards and Leather corners. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled (combed pattern). 838 Pages, 4.2 Kilos, 12 1/4" Tall. Edge wear to leather and down sides of spine and on raised bands. Hinges sound & text block firm. No inscriptions. Pages and Plates in Very Good, cl;ean condition. Book weighs 4.2 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you'd like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

8vo. London: William Heinemann, 1933. 8vo, lxxii, 469 pp. With 12 plates after the original engravings by Gooden. Original brown morocco, ruled in gilt. All edges gilt. Minor insect damage to top edge of the lower board. A pleasant reading copy. § First trade edition, previously issued in a limited edition with original engravings by Gooden here in offset reproduction. Presentation copy inscribed by Marsh: “To dearest Mary with all love and blessings from the proud author Eddie”. Who Mary was is a mystery as Marsh’s circle of close friends was entirely men and he was never married. Mark Lasner suggested it might be Mary Hunter the great patroness of the arts.

London and New York : Cassel, Petter and Galpin, [ca. 1870], 1871. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary leather-backed boards; recased with the original spine laid back. Gilt-decorated raised bands with a dark Morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 839 pages; Physical desc. : lxiv, 839 p. : engravings (some full page), incl. Frontis. (port. ) ; 32 cm. Subject: Fables, French - Translations into English. Preliminary matter includes biographies of La Fontaine and Aesop and 2 dedications. Spine and front cover title: Fontaine's fables. Text within borders throughout.

Philadelphia: William T. Amies, 1888. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece, B/W Illustrations Throughout. Lvi, 733 Pp. Three Quarter Red Morocco, Gilt, Over Red Cloth With Elaborate Illustration And Title On Front Cover, Beveled Edges. All Edges Gilt, Marbled Endpapers. Clean, No Marks, Gilt Brilliant, Binding Solid. Wear To Edges And Corners. Nicely Refurbished. Very Attractive, Very Solid.

1868. Paris, Hachette, (1868). Folio. 1 Bl, LXIV, 840 S. 1 gest. Portrait, 84 Holzstich-Tafeln u. 248 Textholzstiche von Gustave Doré. Gold- u. blindgepr. Lwd. d.Zt; 3-facher Goldschnitt. Einband leicht berieben und bestossen. Gutes und sauberes Exemplar.

New York, London, Paris and Melbourne. Cassell & Company. N.d. c. [1885]. Hardcover. folio, 30cm, "edition de luxe", In Two volumes, lxiv,(320) & 757pp., frontis, 100 engraved plates on heavy stock paper, with tissue guards & over 300 text and half page illustrations, floral decorated endpapers, in the original pebbled red cloth, paper spine labels, some leaves uncut, a fine set. (cgc) An exceptionally illustrated edition of La Fontaine's collection of 237 fables first published in 1668. This edition illustrated by Dore first appeared from 1867 to 1870, published in 37 parts. The de luxe edition includes all 37 parts with an extensive essay on the life and works of Jean de la Fontaine by French critic, Nicholas Geruze (1799-1865). Also included is La Fontaine's "Life of Aesop, the Phrygian", his dedication to the Dauphin, the grandson of Louis XIV and his original Preface. Of particular note are the magnificent engraved plates with etchings by French artist, Jean Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) and… Read More

London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Folio. Two volume set. Measures 12 and 3/16 inches in height. Vol. I: lxiv, 320 pages. Vol. II: [ii], [321]-757 pages. Bound in the original red pebbled cloth, which is moderately darkened on the spine, and slightly soiled on boards, and minimal shelfwear overall. Printed paper spine labels are somewhat rubbed and darkened, but intact; spine label states "EDITION DE LUXE." In addition to the 300 black & white Dore illustrations printed on regular paper, there are an additional 100 engraved plates finely printed on heavy paper. These were etched by the noted Jean-Baptiste Oudry [1686-1755] after masters of French engraving including Charles Nicolas Cochin. Etchings are remarkably clean and unblemished, protected by the original tissue overlays. Text is clean, with a very few instances of minor soiling. No date of publication listed; circa 1885. A very attractive example of this rarely… Read More

London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, N.D., circa 1870. A very early printing. With 86 magnificent full page illustrations, many smaller illustrations and a portrait frontispiece all by Gustave Doré. Royal 4to (12.25 by 9.5 inches), in a very handsome deluxe binding of three-quarter green morocco over matching pebbled cloth covered boards, the spine with finely gilt stippled raised bands ruled in blind and with multiple rules in gilt, the head and tail additionally gilt decorated, two compartments boldly gilt lettered, with fine marbled endleaves and page edges. lxiv, 839 pp. A very fine and handsome copy, very handsomely bound, solid and fresh and clean with no sign of the typical foxing associated with these printings. Only very light evidence of age to the binding. A very well preserved and quite excellent copy. A BEAUTIFULLY BOUND AND WELL PRESERVED COPY OF THIS MASTERPIECE BY GUSTAVE DORé. An impressive tome of some of the best loved fables, including ‘The Grasshopper and the… Read More