Animals of Aesop
by Mora, Joseph Jacinto ( J. J.)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
- Seller
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San Diego, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Dana Estes & Co.. True First Edition, Preceding The English Version. Green Cloth Boards With Delightful Color-Stamped Illustrations On Front Board, Rear Board And Spine, Are Clean And Sound, With Minor Wear To Spine Ends. Color Illustrations On Front And Rear Paste-Down. Gift Inscription On Ffep, Else Interior Is Unmarked, Except For The Occassional Finger Smudge, And A Light Dampstain To Edges Of Endpapers. Jo Mora's Whimsical Illustrations Adorn Virtually Every Page, With Dozens Of Full Page B/W Illustrations And 14 Vivid Tipped-In Colored Plates. Five Of The Tipped-In Plates Have Come Loose From The Binding And Consequently Show Tears And Chipping At The Edges. One Of These (P. 207, Frogs Desiring A King) Has A 2" Long X1/2" Deep Piece Missing At The Edge Plus Several Long Closed Tears Which Have Now Been Professionally Repaired With Japanese Silk Paper. 212 Pages, Additional Photos Available On Request. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1900.
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- Bookseller
- Bountiful Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 594
- Title
- Animals of Aesop
- Author
- Mora, Joseph Jacinto ( J. J.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Dana Estes & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S JUVENILE ILLUSTRATED FICTION AESOP'S FABLES
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- Paste-down
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- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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