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Aesops Fables - Lessons in Living
Aesop, And Croxall, Samuel (Translated By), And L'Estrange, Roger (Translated By)
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Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.Hawking Books
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Condition: Acceptable. Missing dust jacket. Meets the acceptable condition guidelines. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.
Aesop's Fables - Lessons in Living
Aesop, and Croxall, Samuel (Translated by), and L'Estrange, Roger (Translated by)
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by The Reader's Library, London, 1920
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Seller: AJ Scruffles, Leigh On Sea, ESSEX, United KingdomAJ Scruffles
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No date but c. 1920. Number 19 in the Juvenile Reader's Library. Tears to top of spine. Toning to covers. Heavy tanning within. Binding sound. Fair.
More imagesThe Book of Fables: Containing Aesop's Fables. Complete, with Text Based upon Croxall, La Fontaine and L'Estrange. with Copious Additions from Other Modern Authors.
[Aesop]; Croxall, Samuel; La Fontaine, Jean de; L'Estrange, Roger
Language: English
Published by American Book Exchange, 1880
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Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Boards a bit rubbed, hinges just beginning to weaken, pencil gift note on front flyleaf. 1880 Hard Cover. viii, 249 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles on spine, black titles and decorations. A collection of hundreds of fables, illustrated with engravings by Ernest Griset.
More imagesThe Fables of Aesop With Applications, Morals, etc.
Aesop; Samuel Croxall; Sir Roger L'Estrange; Rev. G. F. Townsend; L. Valentine
Published by Frederick Warne and Co., London; New York, 1890
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: 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.
More imagesThe Fables of Aesop
Samuel Croxall [trans]; Sir Roger L'Estrange [Trans]; G. F. Townsend; L. Valentine; Aesop
Published by Frederick Warne and Co, London, 1887
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: 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 Brighto…n 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.
