Aesop Translated Roger Lestrange (6 results)

Condition: Acceptable. Missing dust jacket. Meets the acceptable condition guidelines. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edward J. Detmold (Edward Julius Detmold 1883-1957) (illustrator). Limited Edition of 750 copies signed and numbered by the artist, This copy No.534. 4to, unpaginated, with limitation page, half title, title page and a further pp204 printed on one side only, complete with the 25 beautiful tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. Hardcover no dust jacket. Publishers red cloth binding with gilt tiles to spine and blind stamped borders, titles and centerpiece to front board in good condition with shelf wear and rubbing to top & tail of spine, edges of boards and tips with some marking and scratches to boards. Inside except for toning to end papers and the odd mark to edges of pages, all pages and tipped-in plates in very good clean and bright condition. A very nice copy of this first edition illustrated by the prolific Victorian and early twentieth-century book illustrator Edward J. Detmold. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: 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).

Gilt-decorated Cloth. Condition: Good. Detmold, Edward J. (illustrator). xvi, 152 pp. 23 tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. Publisher's brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A little edge-wear, marking and rubbing to binding. A little splitting at hinges and staining to half title, otherwise with just a handful of spots throughout.ÂEarly ink name to prelim. VG, save for the minor shaking to the binding. 28cms tall. 4to. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: 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].

Blind-stamped Cloth. Condition: Good. Detmold, Edward J. (illustrator). Signed Limited Edition. This is copy no. 537 of an edition limited to 750 copies signed by the illustrator Edward J. Detmold. Publisher's original maroon blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Series of spots to cloth of front board. Slight fraying to spine ends. Early ink name to front endpaper. Internally clean. With twenty-five tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. The binding is unusual. One often sees the white buckram version, but the plainness of this, and the lack of gilt edges or decoration to the covers suggest it was a volume intended to forwarded to your binder to place some fancy dan affair around it. 4to. Illustrated.