Fables of Aesop According to Sir Roger L'Estrange. With Fifty Drawings By Alexander Calder
by AESOP. [Sir Roger L'Estrange]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Plus.
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1931. Limited, First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus.. Small Quarto. No. 159 of 595 copies (of a total edition of 665 copies), printed on Auvergne hand-made watermarked paper, and designed by Monroe Wheeler. Pp. [v], 124, [3]. Pen-and-ink line drawings by Alexander Calder. Loosely inserted is the elusive Paper Knife with vignette by Calder. Pasteboards with blue illustrated wrapper, top edge rough trimmed, others deckled, housed in a red laminate chemise with paper spine label, all inserted into a fresh, hand-crafted, blue cloth, 100% acid free clamshell box as indicated on the small label adhered to the lower corner inside the box, paper spine label. Wrapper spotted, with light spotting to the endpapers, nicks to the tips, 1 cm closed tear at lower front joint, previous owner's engraved bookplate loosely inserted, else interior clean and crisp. Tip missing from paper knife. Chemise rubbed, small tears to the joints at spine ends. Clamshell box fine and solid.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44845
- Title
- Fables of Aesop According to Sir Roger L'Estrange. With Fifty Drawings By Alexander Calder
- Author
- AESOP. [Sir Roger L'Estrange]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited, First Edition
- Publisher
- Harrison of Paris
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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