Fables by Aesop, Signed (57 results)

Paper Back. Condition: Near Fine. Scafi, Alessandro (illustrator). Inscribed and signed by Conrad on the title page. CD included. Signed By Author.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ (in mylar). Michael Hague (illustrator). 6th Printing. Title page signed by Michael Hague; Appears unread; Textblock and binding immaculate and tight; Dust jacket lightly edge and corner-rubbed. 27p. Size: 4to - Over 9 " - 12" Tall. Signed by Author. Hardcover.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. CD1 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Michael Hague on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and crease on the edges, crease on the front flap, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some light cover edgewear, bookplate adhered on the front fixed endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear. Also SIGNED and inscribed to previous owner with a drawing on the page before the title page. Illustrated by Michael Hague. Once again, Michael Hague has created a classic book that will be treasured by families for many years to come. 10.5"x8.5", 27 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media. The fables originally belonged to the oral tradition and were not collected for some three centuries after Aesop's death. By that time a variety of other stories, jokes and proverbs were being ascribed to him, although some of that material was from sources earlier than him or came from beyond the Greek cultural sphere. The process of inclusion has continued until the present, with some of the fables unrecorded before the later Middle Ages and others arriving from outside Europe. The process is continuous and new stories are still being added to the Aesop corpus, even when they are demonstrably more recent work and sometimes from known authors. Manuscripts in Latin and Greek were important avenues of transmission, although poetical treatments in European vernaculars eventually formed another. On the arrival of printing, collections of Aesop's fables were among the earliest books in a variety of languages. Through the means of later collections, and translations or adaptations of them, Aesop's reputation as a fabulist was transmitted throughout the world. Initially the fables were addressed to adults and covered religious, social and political themes. They were also put to use as ethical guides and from the Renaissance onwards were particularly used for the education of children. Their ethical dimension was reinforced in the adult world through depiction in sculpture, painting and other illustrative means, as well as adaptation to drama and song. In addition, there have been reinterpretations of the meaning of fables and changes in emphasis over time. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. McClintock, Barbara (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. (1991.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to unpaginated Signed by author/Illustrator on title page, " Barbara McClintock Nov. 5, 2006." Includes a notice concerning a Lecture given by Ms. McClintock in Beverly Hills. The book and DJ are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. Profusely illustrated. Pictures available upon request. "Nine timeless fables, first told by the Greek Aesop, selected, adapted, and illustrated by Barbara McClintock. This read-aloud collection includes such familiar tale as The Fox and the Grapes and The Crow and the Peacocks." Blue spine/Black-Red text. Size: 4to. Signed. Childrens.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 87 pages. Features color illustrations by Pinkney accompanying Aesop's fables. A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. Signed by Pinkney on the title page. Signed.

Quarto. 12 pages in card stock wrappers. Staple bound. Illustrated in color by Elsie M. Kroll. Wrappers printed in color and signed J. W. W. Center signature loose from the staples, slight soil, VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Pinkney, Jerry (illustrator). Later printing after Chronicle took the title over from SeaStar. 4to picture book, paper-covered boards, with Jerry Pinkney's dreamy water color illustrations and signed by the artist on the title page. 88pp. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Charles Robinson (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Hardback. 12mo. 15cm by 9cm. pp [64]. Original publisher's full green calf, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. Signed by Brian Shawcross, edited verse anthologies, probably this one as the limitation is in his hand. Limited edition of 100 copies, this being no. 41. ISBN: 0856360147 About fine.

Scholastic, London. 1998. First Edition. Paperback. SIGNED by author and illustrator on bookplate to inside cover. Page margins a little browned o/w a very nice copy. Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Red Cloth Gilt, Over Decorative Paper Covered Boards. #528 Of 975 Numbered Copies And 25 Lettered Copies All Signed By Frasconi, Westcott And Blumenthal. Near Fine, Slight Fading To Spine Cloth, Gilt Still Brilliant; Pencil Ownership Signature Of Paco Lagerstrom Dated March 1955, And Small Ownership Label Of Anton Roshko. In The Original Black Slipcase With Cover Label Printed In Red And Black; Slipcase With Rubbing All Along Right, Top And Bottom Open Edges, 1/4" Splits Along Two Bottom Open Corners, And Tiny Frays At Corners Of The Closed End. Paco Axel Lagerstrom (1914 - 1989) Was An Applied Mathematician And Aeronautical Engineer. He Was Trained Formally In Mathematics, But Worked For Much Of His Career In Aeronautical Applications. He Was Known For Work In Applying The Method Of Asymptotic Expansion To Fluid Mechanics Problems.[3] Several Of His Works Have Become Classics, Including "Matched Asymptotic Expansions: Ideas And Techniques". In 1946, Lagerstrom Was Recruited By Hans Liepmann To The Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory At Caltech.[5] He Was Later Promoted To Professor Of Aeronautics In 1952 And Professor Of Applied Mathematics In 1967, Having Departed Only Briefly To The University Of Paris In 1960-1961 As Visiting Professor On A Guggenheim Fellowship. His Book "Laminar Flow Theory", Initially Published In 1964 In The Theory Of Laminar Flows, Edited By F.K.Moore, Is Still Considered As The Standard Textbook For Fluid Mechanics. Anatol Roshko (1923-2017) Was The Theodore Von Kármán Professor Of Aeronautics, Emeritus, At The California Institute Of Technology, Pasadena, Ca. Roshko Is Known For His Contributions To Gas Dynamics. He Along With H. W. Liepmann Is The Co-Author Of The Widely Used Textbook "Elements Of Gasdynamics". He Has Made Research Contributions To Problems Of Separated Flow; Bluff-Body Aerodynamics; Structure Of Turbulent Shear Flow. He Completed His Undergraduate Education At The University Of Alberta With A B.Sc. Degree In Engineering Physics, In 1945, Received The M.Sc. Degree From Caltech In 1947 And The Ph.D. In 1952. Most Of His Academic Career Has Been At Caltech, Where He Was The Theodore Von Karman Professor Of Aeronautics, Emeritus At The Time Of His Death. He Was Also A Member Of The National Academy Of Engineering; A Fellow Of The American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, The American Physical Society, The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences And An Honorary Fellow Of The Indian Academy Of Sciences. Roshko Received Fluid Dynamics Prize By The American Physical Society (Aps) In 1987. He Was Also Awarded The Timoshenko Medal In 1999. In Fluid Mechanics, The Roshko Number (Ro) Is A Dimensionless Number Describing Oscillating Flow Mechanisms. Signed by Author(s).

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).

Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 4to. Publishers decorated white cloth, spine gilt. T. e. g. Uncut. xxix, (1 blank), 223, (1) pp. 13 mounted colour plates, illustrated throughout in black/white. "This Edition is limited to 1450 numbered and signed copies, of which 250 are reserved for the United States of America, 200 for Australia, and 1000 for Great Britain and Ireland. No.564. Arthur Rackham". Spine somewhat darkened.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Pinkney, Jerry (illustrator). 1st ed. 1st pg. 4to picture book, paper-covered boards, with Jerry Pinkney's dreamy water color illustrations and signed by the artist on the title page. 88pp. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed by the artist.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. lacking slipcase, signed by designer Bruce Rogers. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Pinkney, Jerry (illustrator). 1st ed. 1st pg. 4to picture book, paper-covered boards, with Jerry Pinkney's dreamy water color illustrations and signed by the artist with a drawing of the fox's head on the half-title page. 88pp. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed by the artist.

hardcover, Condition: fair, John Murray, London, 1848, 8vo., full leather, (xxv,232,12)pp., many illusts., Eugene Field's armorial bookplate. once ornate green gilt leather, a signed Riviere & Son binding, with cloth from original front, back & spine bound in the rear. covers detached, lacks spine, text itself VG $.

First Edition. AESOP'S FABLES, SAMUEL CROXALL'S TRANSLATION WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE BY VICTOR SCHOLDERER AND NUMEROUS FACSIMILES OF FLORENTINE WOODCUTS, Limited Editions Club, 1933, first edition thus, a tight vg copy with t.p.e.'s in gold-gilt. Profusely illustrated. 1/1,500 copies SIGNED by designer Bruce Rogers.

First Edition. First trade edition of one of the most graphically striking modern editions of Aesop, adapted from the limited edition of the same year, signed and dated by Antonio Frasconi. Featured fables include ?The Hare with Ability and the Tortoise with Staying Power,? ?The Jackdaw with Eclectic Plumage,? and ?The Flattered Raven and the Crafty Fox.? Bursting with energy, Frasconi?s linocut images provide a comic counterpoint to Glenway Wescott?s deadpan ?narration? of the fables: the stag ?took refuge, springing amid the underbrush, where his proud headgear entangled him. There, as he struggled, with the desolate sound of the hound coming closer and closer, in a flash he developed a better sense of values.? The Books of Antonio Frasconi, 9. A near-fine copy, in original publisher?s envelope, scarce signed. Side-stapled pamphlet, measuring 8.25 x 6 inches: [32]. Original buff pictorial wrappers printed in red and black. Linoleum block illustrations printed in black throughout text. Signed and dated ?July 9 ?75? by Antonio Frasconi at title. Upper corner lightly bumped. Housed in publisher?s red envelope with ghost of price label. Signed.

Condition: Very Good. Translated by James Sabben-Clare and illustrated with very fine woodcuts by Richard Atkinson-Willes. A limited editon of 400 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by Sabben-Care and Atikinson Willes. This in no 93. To commemorate the quingentenary of the arrival of Wiliam Caxton in England. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Front board has light shading and markings and the edges are rubbed. Internally in very good condtion. 4to. shared 50/50 with Colin Barkham.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Richard Atkinson-Willes (illustrator). Limited Edition 1976. Number 160 from a Limited Edition of 400, signed by both the Illustrator and the Editor. A very well-preserved copy, internally clean and clear throughout, and with leather boards clean and very presentable apart from some slight rubbing at the corners and ends of the spine from prior handling and shelving. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 190 x 290 mm. 46. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Richard Atkinson-Willes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Britain/UK; 1970s; Inventory No: 44547.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [Limitation Statement]: "The woodcuts in this book were printed directly from the original blocks. The text was printed from hand-set type. Five hundred copies were made, of which this is number 306. [signed]: Elfriede Abbe." 9 in. x 12 7/8 in., half-title; woodcut title-page with tree, snake, owl and rabbit design; signed limitation page. [6]pp., pp. 1-42, including an index of the Fables. Illustrated with five full-page woodcuts, and numerous, smaller woodcuts of animals, figures, details featured in the Fables. Black cloth spine and sides, with simple, gilt-lettered author & illustrator's name on the spine: AESOP ABBE, and marbled paper over boards, cream-colored endpapers. The upper cover corners show bumping, light rubbing to cover corners, edges, lower front cover cloth; small brown spot on back endpapers' margins. One of Abbe's earliest books. Retells over 120 of Aesop's Fables. Weight: 1 1/2 lbs. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Variously limited. Four volumes, collectively affording a representation of midcentury pedagogy in printing and book design. Volumes are: 1) Aesop's Fables Selected. Compiled by Fall Elementary Printing Class 1947 (San Jose: Industrial Arts Laboratory Press, San Jose State College, 1947). Frontispiece illustration of The Fox and the Grapes. Bound in quarter russet cloth with red cloth over boards. Light rubs, else very good. 2) Twelve Fables from Aesop (Bristol, UK: West of England College of Art, 1947). Lithographs in both color and black and white throughout. Inscribed by to J. C. Vidgen Jenks, principal of a peer art school. Bound in full green cloth over board. Mild rubs, motes of foxing, spine with pale sunning, else very good. 3) Aesop's Fables (Wimbeldon: King's College School Art Society Press, 1957). One of 300 copies. Color woodcuts throughout with particularly vibrant title page. Spiral-bound in boards. Rubs to extremities, chance foxing to interior, else sturdy and very good. 4) Fables from Aesop (Winchester: Winchester College Printing Society, 1976). One of 400 copies, signed by the collaborators. Woodcuts throughout by Richard Atkinson-Willes. Translation by James Sabben-Clare. Bound in full navy cloth over boards. Stray rubs, else near fine. All books held together in clamshell box.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good(-). David Levine (illustrator). First. Selected and illustrated by David Levine with 50 humorous line drawings. 104 pages. Thin 8vo, black cloth with red printed labels on cover and spine, d.w. (price-clipped and lightly chipped at edges, with one small stain). Boston: Gambit, 1975. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper; inscribed by the artist on the half title, along with a large original pen and ink drawing of a lion.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Charles Folkard (illustrator). First edition. An edition de luxe of Charles Folkard's colourfully illustrated Aesop, signed by the publishers, A. & C. Black. An edition de luxe of two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered one hundred and seven, published at the same time as the first Folkard edition.Signed by the publishers to the limitation leaf, to J. H. Brough.In a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase, both of which are in a near fine condition.The important fables of Aesop. Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, eleven tipped-in colour plates, and numerous line illustrations in text, by Charles Folkard. Collated, complete.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables, generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop, who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life, following adventures of many different creatures.Folkard created the cartoon character Teddy Tail, who ran in the Daily Mail.With a preface by Gordon Home.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in a custom cloth chemise, and custom cloth slipcase. Externally, generally smart. Small tears to the head and tail of the front joint. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is discoloured. Light marks to the cloth. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots. Slipcase is a little faded to the spine, in a near fine condition. Chemise is age-toned to the spine, in a near fine condition. Good. signed by author. book.

[v] 124 [3] pp. With Fifth Drawings by Alexander Calder. 4to, publisher's boards in lettered dust jacket and glassine wrapper; in the publisher's maroon chemise and slipcase with printed paper labels on front panel and the spine of the chemise. First edition; one of twenty copies marked "not for Sale," and including an original signed Calder ink drawing which was not used in the publication, hinged in after the front free endpaper, as issued. A very fine copy in a slightly sunned slipcase with a little rubbing / use at extremities and tanning to the paper label on the spine of the chemise. The unused drawing appears to illustrate the story of "A Dog and a Thief" at p. 116. This copy is printed on Guarros' Spanish pure rag paper with coloured silk threads.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). Limited Edition. OVERALL CONDITION: VG BOOK INFO Signed by Arthur Rackham on limitation page #151/1450. Gorgeously illustrated throughout by the legendary Arthur Rackham, one of the most important illustrators of his time: 13 tipped-in color plates including a frontispiece and numerous B&W vignettes and illustrations. Published in 1912 by William Heinemann in London. First edition thus. A first Arthur Rackham edition. In its original white buckram covered boards with top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Each plate with a captioned tissue guard. Plates are tipped onto a thick brown card stock. Quarto, 11 5/8" x 9 1/4". Collated and complete: xxix, [2], 223, [1] and all 13 color plates. ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR Arthur Rackham RWS (September 1867 - September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognized as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolor, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 color pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since - through color-separated printing - it featured the accurate reproduction of color artwork. Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which roughly encompassed the years from 1890 until the end of the First World War. During that period, there was a strong market for high quality illustrated books which typically were given as Christmas gifts. CONDITION REPORT VERY GOOD The spine is square, firm hinges and joints, tight pages, sharp corners. Dust soiling to boards. Sun-darkened spine. Small nick to foot of spine. Foxing to fore-edge of text block and boards. A few spots on top of boards. Light rubbing to extremities. Pages are generally clean, bright and white with the occasional odd spot. Endpapers with foxing and toning. The usual offsetting from the brown card stock used to mount plates. No writing or ex libris marks. Plates in excellent condition. Signed by Illustrator(s).

in contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with orange morocco label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and speckled edges. 12mo (144 x 78 mm), pp. [iv], lxxix, [i], 267, [9] index, upper corner torn from final page of index, with loss of the ?L?? in ?L?Aigle? and of one page number, marginal wormhole through gatherings E and F, some scattered browning but generally a good, clean copy with solid impressions of the woodcuts, A scarce French language edition of Aesop?s Fables published in Lyon for the use of young people. A brief introduction discusses the author?s motivation in publishing this collection, inspired by the success of La Fontaine?s Fables and hoping that this prose translation is accessible to children from an early age. In adding the quatrains of Isaac de Benserade, the editor hopes to render the selection useful to youth of different ages and capabilities. The fables are prefaced by a verse dedication to ?La Jeunesse?, which is signed F.M., and by a lengthy biographical portait of Aesop (pp. iii-lxxix). Of the 225 fables, 103 are accomanied by woodcut illustrations. The strength of the impressions varies but they are generally good and strong. Head- and tail-pieces and little vignettes are also scattered through the text. WorldCat lists Berlin and Erlangen-Nürnberg only.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First edition. A wonderful example of this signed limited edition of the fables of Aesop, the first French language edition of these fables to feature the illustrations of Arthur Rackham. A signed limited edition, with this being number 151 of 430, printed on wove paper, and flat signed by Rackham himself.The first French language edition of Aesop's fables to feature the illustrations of Rackham. Rackham is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration.Illustrated with thirteen tipped in colour plates, and further monochrome vignette and full page illustrations. Collated, complete.Small ink stamp of the number 'VI 10881' to the front free endpaper tail.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours, teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance, honesty, and hard work.Housed in a felt-lined chemise, and slip case. In the publisher's original cloth binding, housed in a cloth chemise - lined in felt - and slip case. Back strip lightly age toned, with faint handling marks to perimeters of front board. Light shelf wear to back strip tail. Small stamp to front free endpaper tail. Slip case and chemise in fine condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with light offsetting to text leaves facing plates, and the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.

Signed limited edition of Aesop's Fables. Royal octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, vignette title-page, illustrated with engraved plates and decorations. Boldly signed by illustrator Stephen Gooden on the colophon page at the rear. One of 525 numbered copies, this is number 304. In fine condition. Translated by famous and influential translator Sir Roger L'estrange. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. Housed in a custom cloth over vellum slipcase. Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media. The fables originally belonged to the oral tradition and were not collected for some three centuries after Aesop's death. By that time, a variety of other stories, jokes and proverbs were being ascribed to him, although some of that material was from sources earlier than him or came from beyond the Greek cultural sphere.