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THE FABLES OF AESOP Illustrated with 25 drawings in Colour By Edward J, Detmold.
by Aesop
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Book. Illus. by Detmold, E. J.. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. Large 4to (26 x 31cm). This edition limted to seven hundred and fifty copies, numbered and signed by the artist of which this is No. 102. Unpaginated. 25 fine tipped-in colour illustrations by Detmold, all with captioned paper guards and all in very good condition. Original cream cloth binding with gilt lettering, and decoration. Binding very good and clean without soiling, light wear only, gilt slightly dulled. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Contents clean and tight, original end papers with scarab beetle motif to the centre, a little surface damage repaired to the edges of the front paste-down, previous owner's neat signature to the front free endpaper. A very good copy of the fine limited edition..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035074
- Title
- THE FABLES OF AESOP Illustrated with 25 drawings in Colour By Edward J, Detmold.
- Author
- Aesop
- Illustrator
- Detmold, E. J.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- Large 4to (26 x 31cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Featured Books; Children's Classics & Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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