Fontaine Wright (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dore, Gustave (illustrator). Some rubbing & edgewar; fading; yellowing & light duststaining; spot on back cover; inside overall clean & tight. 224 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gustave Doré (illustrator). Tight, clean, unmarked copy. Faint traces of foxing along the side edge. Glossy dust jacket, with traces of foxing on the white underside. Interior pages are as new. Includes the original French version with the accompanying translation.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Chagall, Marc (illustrator). Hardcover book in cardboard pictorial slipcase. New in shrinkwrap. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 141 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Gustave Dore (illustrator). Stiff clean book, unmarked but for inscription to top of title page; in glossy dust jacket with monkey sitting on fish as front illustration. Bilingual text. ; 11.6 X 8.6 X 1.0 inches; 224 pages.

Oversize Hardbound. Condition: VERY GOOD+/ GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean, slight curl. Softened spine ends. DJ is intact but has slight wear to edges and 2 large edge rips (tape repaired on inside). "These poems are the supreme achievement of the form and the measure by which all others should be guaged.the present comprehensive selection, comprising the most notable and well know of La Fontaine's fables.is fully illustrated thoughout with the epic engravings of Gustave Dore." 224 pages, 11.75x9" (29.8x22.9cm). Oversize and heavy, may require additional postage for Priority or International shipping. ISBN: 0904041263.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dore, Gustave (illustrator). New Edition. New edition first printing Quarto. Hardback. 224 pp. Many black and white illustrations throughout by Gustave Dore. Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket ( some edge nibbles and tiny closed tears) No inscriptions.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Chagall, Marc (illustrator). First. Housed in pictorial slipcase.; 8.5 X 0.75 X 10.25 inches; 141 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 224pp; contents clean and textually unmarked. No library stamps. Gift inscription written on front blank endpaper. Red cloth HC with silver lettering. 30 cm x 22.5 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Doré, Gustave (illustrator). First Thus. Some 139 of the best-loved fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) are presented here in what is the definitive translation (by Elizur Wright), brought to life with the marvelous pen-and-ink drawings of Gustave Doré, taken from the original London edition of 1867. From 1975, this edition from Jupiter Books of London (first, thus), brings the fables & illustrations to a new audience, in 224 pages with an Introduction & Bibliographical Note in front. Quarto (9" x 12") has salmon-colored textured cloth over boards, stamped with bright silver lettering to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, pages show just a whisper of tanning, binding strong & straight, Mild rubbing & light spotting to top & bottom edges of both boards. the unclipped DJ is also Near Fine, with very mild rubbing to extremities. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of extra postage (at least double per USPS rates).

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Brown cloth, gold lettering, rubbed, re-bound. FER; Ex-Library.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 260 pages 353 illustrations 150 in color. Minor rubbing and wear to the cover and edges. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY December 4, 2012-March 17, 2013. Works in the Exhibition. Bibliography and Index. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dore, Gustave (illustrator). Illus. with b.w. reproductions, incl. frontis. 4to. orig. cl. in torn d/w. Presentation inscr., and labels laid down on front ep., generally good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. J. J. Grandville (illustrator). Second Edition. Fables in poems with splendid illustrations. The verses in this edition are all in English. 245pp. Front pastedown cracked with tape mark down hinge. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Back cover almost detached with tape marks down hinge. Wear to head and foot of spine with small loss at head. Cover corners worn. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. M. B. De Monvel (illustrator). Aesop's Classic Fables beautifully illustrated in Colour with 2 to 6 pictures to a page and some text beneath each illustration. Undated Edition, gift inscription on fep dasted 1896. Grey cloth-covered boards with 2 colour illustration of characters from the fables on the front. Red and Black lettering. Landscape format, 10 1/2" x 9". 570g. Slight edge wear, tips of bottom corners worn. Hinges sound but binding cracked between free endpapers and text block. Binding cracked again near middle of book with 1 page loose. No other inscriptions.

in-4to, 48 p., richly illustrated in colour, title with staines (from reading pages are duststained in corners) richement ill. par des dessins couleurs de M. B. De Monvel, original ill. cloth, a bit darkened (binding little bit schaky, innerjoint split) reliure en toile originale, dos légèrement décollé de la couverrture. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. P Le Rat (illustrator). Very good decorated green & white cloth hardcovers, spines sunned, light cover blemishes, otherwise good solid bindings, text clean & unmarked. Size approx 5x7 with 219 + 315 pages including index + notes, gilt top page edges. Illustrated by original etchings by Le Rat. No date but preface dated 1881. A lovely set of two volumes.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO40239817: 1888. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 356 pages. Text in English. Titre doré sur le dos. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons de bibliothèque en page de titre. Annotations en page de garde (ex-libris). . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 4to thick hardcover volume in black embossed cloth. Spine tight with some edge chipping joints cloth split. Boards tight with edge and corner wear. End papers not split with one small old owners stamp. This stated second edition has 245 and 339 pages. Contents very nice with bright pages and illustrations no foxing.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good+. Second Edition. Volume one has small 1" splits on hinges top and bottom. Volume two has a split on top edge of spine with loss of leather triangle about 1/2" each side. Both have wear with slight loss on bottom edge of spine. Contents are very good plus -- clean, bright and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Two volume set exlibrary now bound in library buchram, typical library treatments, all edges gilt. oversized and overweight. Illustrated by J.J. Grandville. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). A very scarce English language edition of La Fontaine's 'Fables', illustrated with six moving plates in full working order. A very scarce edition of La Fontaine's fables, illustrated with moving plates.Featuring six fables, which are printed on the versos of the moving plates. These fables are The Fox and the Stork; The Wolf and the Lamb; The City Rat and the Country Rat; The Fox and Raven; The Hare and the Tortoise, and the Grasshopper and the Ant.Illustrated with six colour plates, with moving parts and pull tabs in full working order. Collated, complete.With the inscription 'To Denis, Fr. Mr Miff, Xmas 1916' to the front pastedown.With five loosely inserted Fujifilm Instax images of pop-up books from a similar period.With the label of Michael and Megan Dawson, a husband and wife who established a successful business dealing in and restoring pop-up books, to the head of the front pastedown.Undated; dated 1912 via the British Library.A very scarce volume. In the publisher's cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards. A touch of fraying to back strip head and tail, with light handling marks to front board perimeter. Former owner's label to head of front pastedown, with former owner's inscription to front pastedown. Front hinge reinforced with tape, with rear hinge lightly strained but firmly held. Internally, binding a touch strained, with title page detached to head. Extensive tape repairs to fore edge and tail of title page, with chipping to head. Closed tears and chipping to tail of each life, with tape repairs to tail of two further leaves. Final leaf lacking half of paper backing, revealing half of the moving mechanism. All pull tabs and moving parts in full working order. Good Only. book.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Full Morocco. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. First Grandville-illustrated edition in English. Extra-illustrated! 8vo. 240 by 14.5 cm. xlvii, [1], 244, [4], 339 pp. With 60 Grandville plates from the Fournier first edition of 1839, fifteen of which have been hand-colored especially for this copy, and with Grandville's head and tailpieces and numerous text vignettes. With the extra-illustration, there are an additional 36 hand-colored plates plus 17 B/W engravings by Massard, Collyer, Schroeder, etc. See Gordon Ray, Art of the French Illustrated Book, no. 191. Also Grand Carteret II, 357-358. Bound in full red crushed Levant morocco. Double gilt fillets. Five gilt ruled raised bands. Six double gilt bordered compartments. Gilt tooled edge corners. Scattered foxing -- most leaves unaffected, but occasionally somewhat heavy. Light wear to the binding. Still a highly attractive and unique copy.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Softcover. Condition: New. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition: 1853. This modern reproduction of The fables of La Fontaine. by La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.; Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885. makes an old or rare text available for consultation, bibliographic research, and specialized collections. Book images are non-contractual. - Informations complémentaires : Langue : Anglais | Format : Livre broché | État : Neuf | Nombre de pages : 100.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.