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THE FABLES OF AESOP. TEXT BASED UPON LA FONTAINE AND CROXALL (AESOP'S FABLES.) by La Fontaine / Croxall - 1936

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THE FABLES OF AESOP.  TEXT BASED UPON LA FONTAINE AND CROXALL  (AESOP'S FABLES.) by La Fontaine / Croxall - 1936

THE FABLES OF AESOP. TEXT BASED UPON LA FONTAINE AND CROXALL (AESOP'S FABLES.)

by La Fontaine / Croxall

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Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1936. 255 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H) - red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board, banding and picture paste-down on front board. Pictorial endpapers, profusely illustrated in color and monotone. A collection of over 100 fables, including The Hare and the Tortoise; The Ant and the Grasshopper; The Dog in the Manger; The Fox and the Grapes; The Frog Who Wished to be as Big as an Ox; The Wolf in sheep's Clothing; The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse; The Shepherd Boy and Wolf; etc.. Previous owner's bordered stamp on front pastedown, soft crease down front free endpaper, publication date has been hand written in pen at bottom of title page, book slightly stressed at two places (pages holding firmly), light to moderate edgewear, fraying at top/bottom of spine and at corners, slight fading to spine color, tiny dint to top edge of boards and to fore-edge of front board, light rubbing and very light soiling to rear board, small area of shelf soiling to bottom of textblock.. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Joseph Eugene Dash..
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Illustrator Joseph Eugene Dash.
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good+
  • Jacket Condition No Jacket
  • Edition 4th Printing
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Albert Whitman
  • Place of Publication Chicago
  • Date Published 1936
  • Keywords Fables, Aesop, Morals, Instructional tales, Animals, Animal stories, Illustrated books, Hare & Tortoise, Lion & Mouse, Aesop's Fables, Joseph Eugene Dash, Samuel Croxall, Country Mouse & Town Mouse, Ant & Grasshopper, Dog in Manger, Bo
The Fables of Aesop
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The Fables of Aesop

by Croxall, La Fontaine, and L'Estrange

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New York: A. L. Burt Clean Tight maroon hard cover w/ gilt title on spine. 'The Home Library' Edition 335 pgs w/full pg. & small illustrations. Previous owner stamp on inside cover else FINE.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Book of Fables containing Aesop's Fables

by Aesop; Croxall; La Fontaine; L'Estrange

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The Mershon Company. Hardcover. Good. [nd], ca 1900. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine titling, rubbed, lightly edgeworn, sunned to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, if issued. Pages toned, text unmarked.
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The Fables of Aesop (World-Wide "Just Right" Book)

The Fables of Aesop (World-Wide "Just Right" Book)

by Text Based upon La Fontaine And Croxall

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Used - Good. No dust jacket. Titles dulled, Front paste-on near fine. Interior clean & tight. Back cover lower 2 in., bleached, sta
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Chicago.: Albert Whitman & Co., 1925. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Titles dulled, Front paste-on near fine. Interior clean & tight. Back cover lower 2 in., bleached, stained. Bookplate. Top spine small tear. Front endpaper red crayon mark. Interior pages fine.. Dash, Joseph Eugene (Illustrated by).. 1 255 p. B&W artwork. Illustrated endpapers: giraffe, elephant, chimps, mountain sheep. Back 2-color ad for "The Wonderful Tree and Golden Day Stories" by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. Illustrated in orange, black and brown tones (over 70 drawings), silhouettes, and varied printer's ornaments. Cover paste-on drawing of fox, tortoise and hare in blue, orange and brown over blue cloth covered boards with stamped gold titles and simple front border. Durable old-fashioned textbook paper.
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Aesop's fables

by La Fontaine Croxall

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The Mershon Company. unknown_binding. Good. in x in x in.
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Aesop's Fables Illustrated by Ernest Giset 1860C Large Format

by Croxall, La Fontaine and L'Estrange

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Cassell, Petter, Galpin. Hardcover. Acceptable/No. Aesop's Fables : With Text based Chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine, and L'Estrange. Illustrated by Ernest Griset. New and Enlarged Edition. Acceptable condition, with heavy foxing to first pages, tanned edge paper, hinges are cracked net exposed, binding is shaken rubbing and small tears to spine's cover. Front cover has a stain to the bottom. Prior owner's inscription to first blank page. Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin. Inv U5A39.
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[Aesop's Fables- Enerst Griset] Aesop's Fables
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[Aesop's Fables- Enerst Griset] Aesop's Fables

by Croxall, La Fontaine and L'Estrange

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London & New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1869. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto. Publisher's red beveled coth with ornate and cunning cover illustrations stamped in gold (by WR), spine decorated in gilt and black, brown endsheets. All edges gilt. 244pp + ads. A splendid production, with 93 whole and half page text illustrations by Ernest Griset from etchings. Corners worn, slightly bumped, a very good, tight copy. Inscription to half-title "Janet C. Davidson... etc" dated 1872.
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