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[Aesop's Fables- Enerst Griset] Aesop's Fables
by Croxall, La Fontaine and L'Estrange
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London & New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1869. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto. Publisher's red beveled coth with ornate and cunning cover illustrations stamped in gold (by WR), spine decorated in gilt and black, brown endsheets. All edges gilt. 244pp + ads. A splendid production, with 93 whole and half page text illustrations by Ernest Griset from etchings. Corners worn, slightly bumped, a very good, tight copy. Inscription to half-title "Janet C. Davidson... etc" dated 1872.
Details
- Bookseller
- Nudelman Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6398
- Title
- [Aesop's Fables- Enerst Griset] Aesop's Fables
- Author
- Croxall, La Fontaine and L'Estrange
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter & Galpin
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1869
Terms of Sale
Nudelman Rare Books
7 day return guarantee for any reason, with full refund including shipping costs, if notification has been made and item has been posted back to us in 7 days after receipt.
About the Seller
Nudelman Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Seattle, Washington
About Nudelman Rare Books
Specializing in Fine Bindings By Noted Bookbinders; High Spots and Inscribed Copies of Important 19th-20th Century English and American Literature; Autograph Letters and Manuscripts; Fine Press Books; Unusual and Rare Children's and Illustrated; Art Nouveau; Pre-Raphaelite Poetry and Associations; Jugendstil, Wiener Werkstatte; 1890's.Long-standing rare book dealer established in 1979, in Seattle, Washington specializing in the highest quality fine and rare books, primarily from the 18th through 20th Centuries. We value your patronage and would love to have you join our mailing list where we offer illustrated catalogs twice a year by PDF (with copious photos of content). All books are guaranteed as described, and returnable within 7 days for any reason. By Appointment Only.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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