Published by Chartwell Books/Book Sales, 1982
ISBN 10: 0890095965 ISBN 13: 9780890095966
Seller: Vintage Books and Fine Art, Oxford, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Gustave Dore (illustrator). Black cloth. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. Dust jacket Fine. A superior edition.
Published by London & New York: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: USED_GOOD. No Jacket. Reprint, published ca. 1870. A large, thick volume richly illustrated with drawings & decorations by Gustave Dore. Cloth binding is elaborately decorated with gilt lettering, rules & illustrations on the front cover and the spine. All edges of the book block gilt. Condition: front cover is detached; binding worn & faded with minor fraying to edges; corners bumped. Different paper stocks were used for the pages & consequently, some of the pages are age-toned. Else a good copy. Pages: 839 plus publisher's catalogue.
Published by Cassell Publishing Company, New York, 1885
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 175pp. Quarto [29.5cm]. Rebound in modern tan leatherette. Title stamped in gilt on spine and front board. Additionally, the front board is decorated with a large blind stamped illustration of a lyre. Very light soiling to boards. Textblock is toned. Sporadic closed tears throughout have been unprofessionally backed with tape. Gutter also occasionally reinforced with tape. Heavily illustrated with elaborate wood engravings by Gustave Doré.
Publication Date: 2024
Seller: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India
Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: anglais. This book is available in 5 different Leather color without any extra cost. Explore More Options by Clicking on 'More Images' and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email within 24 hours of placing the order. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted by the prestigious organization "Rare Biblio" with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1868. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - anglais, Pages: - 936, Print on Demand. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 936.
Published by Omega, UK, 1984
ISBN 10: 0907853455 ISBN 13: 9780907853459
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
HardBack. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint, Omega 1984. Very Thick Royal 4to. 479pp. Profuse 320 wonderful illustrations by the great Gustave Dore based on steel engravings, and including full page, head and tail pieces. Very good condition, clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or ownership marks of any kind, the very lightest of sporadic fosing to endpapers not intruding in the least, crisp edges. Bound in bright gilt embossed blue cloth boards. Housed and protected in original unclipped, Dore illustrated dustwrapper with closed tear 1 else very good condition. Huge and heavy volume, may incur additional postage possibly prohibitive overseas. A great addition to the library of reader and scholar alike.
Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Gustave Dore (illustrator). A very smart copy of this translation of the fables of Jean de La Fontaine, with hundreds of illustrations. With three hundred and twenty illustrations. The fables of Jean de La Fontaine, a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the seventeenth century. His fables have provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and beyond. This collection includes titles such as: the Lion and the Rat, the Weasel in the Granary, the Miser who Lost his Treasure, the Horse and the Wolf, the Hen with the Golden Eggs, and many others. Translated by Walter Thornbury, an English journalist, biographer, historian, and translator. Illustrated by Gustave Dore, a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings illustrating classic literature. In the original cream paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.
Published by William T. Amies, Philadelphia, no date but circa 1900, hardcover, (G+),, 1900
Seller: Librarium, East Chatham, NY, U.S.A.
William T. Amies, Philadelphia, no date but circa 1900, Amies' Standard ArtEdition, 733 pages. 87 full-page b&w engravings by Gustave Dore, illustrations at head of each fable by different people, decorative page borders, green and gilt marbled endpapers, 8.75"x 11"x 2.25", hardcover, three-quarterbrown leather and green and gilt marbled boards with gilt titles on spine,top page edges gilt, corner and edge wear, leather corners very scuffed, spine titles darkened, spine bands rubbed, pages beginning to yellow aroundedges, otherwise contents clean and tight, book good (G+) 3563 [Rsss36BE].
Published by London; Cassell Petter & Galpin; n.d. (c-1870)., 1870
Thick Med. 4to; pp. lxix, 840; marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece, 86 full page engravings, numerous illustrations within the text, bound in half leather binding with matching pebbled cloth covered boards, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt stamped decoration to spine and boards, all edges marbled, binding a little worn, hinges starting to crack, over all a sound tight clean copy.
Published by Hurst & Company c. 1890, 1890
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. ***SALE - The current price of this item reflects a 25% discount off our regular price. Sale ends September 30, 2024.***; 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.
Published by William T. Amies [circa 1880s], Philadelphia, 1880
Seller: Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC, I.O.B.A., Durham, NC, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
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.
Published by Hurst & Co., New York, 1890
Seller: Jans Collectibles: Vintage Books, Bethany, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Gustave Dore (illustrator). Pre Owned The Fables by Jean De La Fontaine. No date but a book with the same cover and publisher dated 1890. Antique book with pictorial green cloth. Hardcover decorated in black and gilt.p> Measures 11" x 9" and has 557 pages. Folio edition of Jean De La Fontaine's Fables with over 85 full size illustrations plus many smaller engravings by Gustave Dore Book has cover loose from the book, but inside contents solid. Front blank end papers loose from the book, very brittle. Pages are somewhat yellowed. Cover has edge wear.
Published by William T. Amies, Philadelphia, 1888
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frontispiece, B/W Illustrations Throughout (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 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.
Published by Cassell & Company, Limited, London, 1885
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Gustave Dore (illustrator). Edition De Luxe. Two-volume set. Red pebbled cloth over boards. One hundred etchings on thick stock with tissue guards by various famous French etchers as well as three hundred half-page illustrations by Gustave Dore. Green decorated endpapers. As the paper spine labels state, this is an Edition De Luxe. Shows wear to head and loss to tail of spine of Volume One; darkening to spines; some discoloration to boards; some tearing to right edge of printed paper spine label of Volume One; corners slightly rubbed; tear to edge of rear board of Volume One. Despite some exterior wear, pages bright and clean. No previous owners' names or other markings. 10 x 12.25 inches.