Aesop's Fables, A New Version
by Aesop. James, Thomas, M A
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1856 148 pgs 32 pgs of ads. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, overall worn and rubbed, gift inscription to endpaper, rear hinge nearly broken, clean text & images. Fables in verse with small engravings throughout after John Tenniel, originally published in 1848. It was the strength of these illustrations that would lead Tenniel to be hired by the editors of Punch. Darton pg 10, Muir pg 108. . Later Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Tenniel. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009791
- Title
- Aesop's Fables, A New Version
- Author
- Aesop. James, Thomas, M A
- Illustrator
- John Tenniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fables, Morals
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...