Fables

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Fables Books & Ephemera

Euripidis Fabulae

Euripidis Fabulae

by Murray, Gilbert Ed

The Neighbor and the Stone; A Modern Greek Fable

The Neighbor and the Stone; A Modern Greek Fable

by Barbara J. Euser

Writers Workshop, 2010. Book. Illus. by Jim DeWitt. Good +. Hardcover. Good+ pictorial hardcover. NO jacket. 2010. Corner of text with pages stuck together. seperated now witih shallow tears, otherwise pages clean. Covers bright and clean. Binding solid. Unpaginated.Illustrated by Jim DeWitt..
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NZ$40.54NZ$36.49
Hesitant Wolf and Scrupulous Fox: Fables Selected from World Literature

Hesitant Wolf and Scrupulous Fox: Fables Selected from World Literature

by Kennerly, Karen

New York: Schocken. Very Good. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. 0805207171 . "150 fables contain the wisdom of the world's cultures." Tape has been placed over the spine (as protection). The spine sunned; the lettering is legible. There is no spine or cover creasing. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book. Trade paperback. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 327 pages .
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NZ$20.19
Fables De Lokman text Arabe revu sur les Meilleures Editions Collationne avec le Manuscrit de la Bibliotheque Inperiale by Cherbonneau, A

Fables De Lokman text Arabe revu sur les Meilleures Editions Collationne avec le Manuscrit de la Bibliotheque Inperiale by Cherbonneau, A

by Cherbonneau, A

Hachette, Paris, 1870, 1870. Hardcover. Acceptable. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes : Acceptable hardcover, D'un Dictionnaire. Bookplate, Scraping, Label on front paste down, Spine starting, writing in ink and pencil on half title page, damp stain to some pages reinforced by tape at one time ink writing on rear paste down, fraying to boards, front and rear cover's soiled Text-block loose, may be candidate for repair or rebinding. In Arabic in French. *
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NZ$177.37
Phaedri Fabulae, et Publii Syri Sentiae

Phaedri Fabulae, et Publii Syri Sentiae

by Phaedrus, Gaius Julius; Syrus Publilius

Paris: Ex Typographia Regia, 1729. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. Red Morocco binding decoratively tooled with gilt. A.E.G. with sewn silk bookmark [4] 86 p.p. Includes engraved frontispiece. Separate half-title for Syrus [his work starts on p. 75] continuous pagination. From the library of [Victor] Leon Rattier [1824-1902], his red and gilt seal stamped on verso of front free endpaper. Rattier was made Chevalier in 1861, upon receiving the Legion d'honneur, the highest award for military and or... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,241.90
Fifty Fables. With Introduction, Notes, and Vocabulary By Kenneth McKenzie

Fifty Fables. With Introduction, Notes, and Vocabulary By Kenneth McKenzie

by Fontaine, Jean de La

New York: American Book Company, 1903. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 18mo [5 x 7 mm]. Grey cloth binding with fleur-de-lis on front board. Symbol of American Book Company on rear. 127 p.p. Fables in French, with annotations in English by McKenzie. Boards soiled. Spine sunned. Thin stain from head to tail of rear board, with sporadic scratches. Previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. Notes and underlined passages in pencil throughout. Some Corners bumped and or dog-eared, otherwise in good... Read more about this item
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NZ$43.47
Fables de La Fontaine. Reimprimees sur l'Edition de 1678-1694

Fables de La Fontaine. Reimprimees sur l'Edition de 1678-1694

by LA FONTAINE

Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1875. hardcover. fine. Frontispiece by L. Flameng. 2 volumes, tall 8vo, rubricated titles, 1/2 dark green morocco, ornately gilt spines, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1875. Fine.<br/> <br/> Bookplates and previous owner's signature<br/> <br/>
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NZ$1,435.82
Fables

Fables

by de France, Marie; Spiegel, Harriet (editor)

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching 32. Soft cover. viii, 282 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Slight curling to lower front corner. Small spot of soiling to rear top corner of text block. Else fine.
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NZ$43.47
Esopo con la vita sua historiale vulgare e latino [with] Le Fabule de Esopo

Esopo con la vita sua historiale vulgare e latino [with] Le Fabule de Esopo

by AESOP

Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1497. Full Description: [AESOP]. Esopo con la vita sua historiale vulgare e latino [with] Le Fabule de Esopo vulgare e latine. Historiade. [Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1497]. An early and rare edition of Aesop's Life and Fables. Two parts in one octavo volume. Book 1- Vita: Complete with 40 leaves [A-E8]. With woodcut title-page and 23 additional woodcuts in the text. Book 2- Fabule: With 67 of 70 leaves. [a-d8, e2-e5, f-i7]. Book 2 is lacking text leaves e1 and e6... Read more about this item
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NZ$59,122.00
FABLES DE LA FONTAINE. Tome 3

FABLES DE LA FONTAINE. Tome 3

by Rabier Benjamin

Tallandier, 1998. 28x21x1cm. 1998. Album. 80 pages. french edition - l'article présente quelques marques plis de lecture et/ou de stockage mais reste en bon état. Envoi rapide et soigné dans enveloppe à bulles depuis France
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NZ$14.60
The Illustrated Book of World Fables

The Illustrated Book of World Fables

by Cotterell, Yong Yap (collected by)

BCA 1979 . 4to, min sunning to d/w, bookplate with name to fep o/w VG+/VG+ 555 gms.
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NZ$11.72
Æsop's Fables

Æsop's Fables

by GOODEN, Stephen

London: George G. Harrap and Co, 1936. GOODEN, Stephen; AESOP|L'ESTRANGE, Roger, Sir. illustrator]. AESOP, [contributor]. L'ESTRANGE, Roger, Sir, [translator]. Æsop's Fables. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange Kt. With plates & decorations by Stephen Gooden. London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1936. Full Description: [GOODEN, Stephen, illustrator]. AESOP. Æsop's Fables. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange Kt. With plates & decorations by Stephen Gooden. London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1936. One of... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,689.20
THE POTTER AND HIS CHILDREN

THE POTTER AND HIS CHILDREN

by ROBERT CAPLES

Good-
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NZ$13.51
Fables for the Female Sex

Fables for the Female Sex

by MOORE, Edward

London: Francklin, 1744. hardcover. near fine. Engraved frontispiece vignette, and sixteen plates depicting scenes from each fable. 173 pp., rubricated title, 8vo, handsomely rebound in full blind stamped brown calf, red leather spine label.R. London: Francklin, 1744. First Edition. Near fine.<br/><br/> Fables and myths retold for the female audience, with beautiful engravings, by British dramatist and writer Edward Moore.<br/><br/>
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NZ$1,097.98
Indian Fables

Indian Fables

by Raju, Ramaswami (editor)

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Orig. blue pictorial cloth, bevelled edges, gilt lettering, black stamped vignette of the Tiger, the Bear and the Fox to front board. T.E.G. Deckled edges. xii, 129 pp. [18] B&W plates. Spine cocked, darkening to spine and edges, staining to boards, some light wear to spien ends and corners. Some plates loosely inserted. A few cracks at inner hinges. Pencil scribbles to foot of p. 79. Some light foxing to interior commensurate... Read more about this item
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NZ$217.33
Le Petit La Fontaine

Le Petit La Fontaine

by La Fontaine, Jean de

Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1840. Miniature book, in original publishers paper over boards and matching publisher's slipcase. Engraved title page plus six engravings illustrating selected fables of Jean de La Fontaine. 96pp; 2-3/8" x 1-5/8", bound in bright green paper over boards with romantique design stamped in black on both covers and on spine, aeg, housed in matching publisher's slipcase with title "Le Petit La Fontaine" printed in black within four-ruled decorative border on front of case and... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,689.20
FABLES BY MR. JOHN GAY

FABLES BY MR. JOHN GAY

by Gay, John

NY: White and Allen. Very Good with no dust jacket. ca1900. Hardcover. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Becorative brown and gilt cloth over patterned boards. ND but circa late 1800's. Bookplate of Jospehine L Thompson, some scattered light foxing to front matter. .
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NZ$82.69
AESOP'S FABLES LARGE PRINT

AESOP'S FABLES LARGE PRINT

by Various

This book has brilliant illustrations. Large Print. The glossy boards match the dust jacket. There are 9 fables. Great condition. Clean and tight.
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NZ$33.78
Vita di Esopo frigio ... Alquale di nuovo sono aggiunte le Favole del medesimo Esopo, con molte altre d'alcuni elevati ingegni ... Hora in gratia della studiosa gioventù illustrate

Vita di Esopo frigio ... Alquale di nuovo sono aggiunte le Favole del medesimo Esopo, con molte altre d'alcuni elevati ingegni ... Hora in gratia della studiosa gioventù illustrate

by FABLES - AESOP, et al

Venice and Bassano: Gio. Antonio Remondini, 1700. 12mo (134 x 67 mm). Collation: A-R12. 394, [14] pp. 2 parts, separately titled, second title-page on F5r. Woodcut printer's device on titles, 120 text woodcuts, a very few repeated. A few cuts with black dots (e.g., on p. 257), apparently from wormed blocks. Fol. K12 with short closed tear touching a woodcut, a few headlines shaved; some light discoloration. Late 18th-century English green calf, covers with gilt intertwining feather and pointillé... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,266.90
FABLES

FABLES

by Gay, John

London: J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts, 1746. Vol. I, 6th edition; Vol. II, 4th edition. Some light foxing, but generally quite clean and nice.. Vol. I, 6th edition; Vol. II, 4th edition. Two volumes. Each fable illustrated with a copper-engraved plates. Rebound in full leather with very plain gilt spine titles.
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NZ$295.61
The Fables of Aesop, and others, with Designs on Wood, by Thomas Bewick

The Fables of Aesop, and others, with Designs on Wood, by Thomas Bewick

by Aesop

Newcastle.: T. Bewick and Son., 1823. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good. Contemporaneous full calf a little scuffed and pitted. Rebacked and with replacement endpapers and fly-leaves. Calf split to upper joint. Lacking the "thumb print" receipt. Contemporaneous ownership inscription to front pastedown, as well as small, recent, address sticker. xxiv and 376pp. Published by T. Bewick and Son, Newcastle. 8vo. 8 1/3".
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NZ$213.02
The Fables of Aesop, Paraphras'd in Verse (1668)

The Fables of Aesop, Paraphras'd in Verse (1668)

by Aesop; Miner, Earl (introduction)

Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, 1965. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. A special publication of the Augustan Reprint Society. Orig. tan card wrappers, sewn and glued. xv, 211 pp. B&W illustrations. Some sunning to edges, creasing and light scuffing to spines, else fine.
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NZ$93.14
Aesop's Fables, A New Version

Aesop's Fables, A New Version

by Aesop. James, Thomas, M A

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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NZ$101.35
Gems from Fable Land: a Collection of Fables Illustrated By Facts

Gems from Fable Land: a Collection of Fables Illustrated By Facts

by Bourne, Wm. Orland

New York: Charles Scribner, 1853. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. (Copr. 1852) Original green cloth binding. Gilt illustration of a fairy and two children flying on moth. Title in gilt on spine. A.e.g. xii, 13-336 p.p. Illustrated title page and frontispiece. Fables followed by a moral and contemporary tale. Boards rubbed and dirtied. Gilt faded. Wear to spine and edges. Tears to p.p. 119 partially affecting text and p. 139. Some sporadic tears throughout to margins throughout.. Pages... Read more about this item
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NZ$186.28
Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. With an Autobiographical Introduction, Explanatory Notes, and... Volume II only.

Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. With an Autobiographical Introduction, Explanatory Notes, and... Volume II only.

by Carleton, William

Wilson & Hawkins; New York., 1862. `A New Edition`. . Hard. Good-. 8vo. 9".. Illustrated with engravings on wood and steel by Harvey, Phiz, Franklin, Macmanus, Gilbert and other Artists of eminence.. Good-. Contemporaneous decoratively blind embossed dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Neatly penned ownership inscription to free front endpaper and half-title page. Top corner of title page ripped away. 430pp.
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NZ$178.94