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Jean De La Fontaine The Fables
Jean De La Fontaine; Translated by Elizur Wright; Illustrated by Gustave Dore
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Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United KingdomAlexander's Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 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. Dore, Gustave (illustrator).
THE FABLES
Jean de La Fontaine; Translated into English by Elizur Wright; Illustrated throughout by Gustave Doré
Published by Jupiter Books, London, 1975
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Seller: JBK Books, North Manchester, IN, U.S.A.JBK Books
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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.
Published by Allen Brothers, 1869
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Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No DJ. Sunned spine. Shelf wear to cover edges. Name stamped on front free page: Louis R. Spencer. I guess Louis never read it because it's unread. Binding is fine. No other markings in book.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Elizur Wright Jr., Boston, 1841
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Seller: Andmeister Books, London, United KingdomAndmeister Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 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. J. J. Grandville (illustrator).
Published by Elizur Wright, Jr. / Tappan & Dennet, Boston, MA, 1841
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Seller: BWS BKS, Ferndale, NY, U.S.A.BWS BKS
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Leather. Condition: As New. Illustrated by Grandville, J. J. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Tappan and Dennet; William A. Coleman; Edward Moxon, Boston, New York and London, resp, 1841
- First Edition
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB
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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.
