Aesop's Fables. A New Version Written By Munro Leaf With Illustrations By Robert Lawson (First Edition, Not A Reprint)
by Leaf, Munro; Illustrations By Robert Lawson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Slipcase
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Press, 1941. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase. Full Page Illustrations, Illustrations In Text. Ii, 134 Pp. Brown Patterned Cloth, Gilt Lettering, Small Gilt Title Box On Front Cover With Single Fox Above, Illustrated Brown And White Endpapers In Original Yellow Slipcase. This Is A First Printing, One Of The Relatively Few By Heritage Issued During Wartime Operations. Colophon Shows It Was Designed By George Hornby, Set In Caslon Types, Printed On Worthy Paper By The Stratford Press, Binding By Russell-Rutter. Later Editions Are Clearly Different. Book Very Near Fine, Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine; Slipcase Dusty, Wear, A Few Small Frays At Corners.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041944
- Title
- Aesop's Fables. A New Version Written By Munro Leaf With Illustrations By Robert Lawson (First Edition, Not A Reprint)
- Author
- Leaf, Munro; Illustrations By Robert Lawson
- Illustrator
- Full Page Illustrations, Illustrations In Text
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Printing and Private Presses; Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Edges
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