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Aesop's Fables: Illustrated by Charles Folkard
by FOLKARD, Charles
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- Signed
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1912. FOLKARD, Charles; AESOP. artist]. AESOP, [contributor]. Aesop's Fables. Illustrated by Charles Folkard London: Adam and Charles Black, 1912.
Full description:
FOLKARD, Charles, [artist]. AESOP. Aesop's Fables. Illustrated by Charles Folkard London: Adam and Charles Black, [1912].
Limited Edition De Luxe. One of 250 copies signed by the publisher, this being number 95. Quarto (10 x 7 3/4 inches; 250 x 195 mm). xx, 209, [1, blank], [2, publisher's ads] pp. With twelve full color plates mounted on brown paper by Folkard, and numerous black-and-white illustrations in the text. Descriptive tissue guards with captions.
Publisher's full white cloth, stamped and illustrated with Folkard's designed in blue, black, gret and green on front board and spine. Front board and spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Cloth a bit dust soiled and rubbed. Some minor chipping to head and tail of the spine. A bit of finger smudging and some occasional light toning. Previous owner's old ink inscription on front pastedown dated "22/10/[19]12.." Overall a very good copy.
HBS 68880.
$750.
Full description:
FOLKARD, Charles, [artist]. AESOP. Aesop's Fables. Illustrated by Charles Folkard London: Adam and Charles Black, [1912].
Limited Edition De Luxe. One of 250 copies signed by the publisher, this being number 95. Quarto (10 x 7 3/4 inches; 250 x 195 mm). xx, 209, [1, blank], [2, publisher's ads] pp. With twelve full color plates mounted on brown paper by Folkard, and numerous black-and-white illustrations in the text. Descriptive tissue guards with captions.
Publisher's full white cloth, stamped and illustrated with Folkard's designed in blue, black, gret and green on front board and spine. Front board and spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Cloth a bit dust soiled and rubbed. Some minor chipping to head and tail of the spine. A bit of finger smudging and some occasional light toning. Previous owner's old ink inscription on front pastedown dated "22/10/[19]12.." Overall a very good copy.
HBS 68880.
$750.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68880
- Title
- Aesop's Fables
- Author
- FOLKARD, Charles
- Illustrator
- FOLKARD, Charles; AESOP
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books|Children|Fables|Signed Limited Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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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