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Notes On the Folk Lore Of the Northern Counties Of England and The Borders the Folk Lore Society For Collecting and Printing Relics Of Popular Antiquities II
by William Henderson-
Fables Books & Ephemera
World Mythology; The Illustrated Guide
by Willis, Roy (General Editor); Foreword by Robert Walter
Simon & Schuster; London et al., 1993. First impression. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. 4to. 11 1/4. Full colour. Maps, geneological charts, line drawings and a wealth of colour photographs showing mythical imagery from contemporary art and artefacts.. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Price-clipped. 311pp.
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NZ$55.37
Tales From the House Behind
by Frank, Anne
Great Britain: Pan Books, 1965. Soft. Fair+. 12mo, 7. Fair+. This is an ex-library copy, therefore there are several stamp markings to prelims. 123pp.
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NZ$2.53
The Book of the Knight of La Tour Landry. Leather binding
by Taylor, G S [ed.]
London: The Verona Society. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1930. Limited Edition 500. Black hardback leather cover. 250mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). xii, 172pp. Un-numbered. .
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NZ$183.14
L'Oie et Le Renard (The Goose and the Fox) Collection Mes Belles Histoires
by Fables
Montreal: Editions Paulines, 1979 8 x 5.5 in (20 x 14 cm). 24 pgs (unpaginated). Color printed card covers. A story with a lesson. Illustrated in color throughout in a cartoonish style. . Pictorial Wraps. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo.
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NZ$59.58
The Great Fables
by Komroff, Manuel (Editor)
New York: Lincoln Macveagh. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, medallion blind-stamped on front cover, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, t.e.g. (brown), fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with B&W drawings throughout. . Some mild wear around corners, spine sunned, remnants of former owner's bookplate on fep, date "December 28, 1932" written at bottom of ffep, else near fine. VERY GOOD+. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall....
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NZ$85.11
Choix D'Editions, Fables Et Nouvelles, Le Renard Et Les Raisins
by (Auction Catalog)
No Place: Libreria Philobiblon. Near Fine. (c. 2010). Softcover. Date? And euros symbol in red pen front cover. ; Stapled white wrappers; 50 items described full page with illustrations; 10 with full page facing photograph. Prices realized laid in. Text in French. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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NZ$59.58
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FABLES BY THE LATE MR. JOHN GAY [SIGNED BY ARTIST, SLIPCASE]
by Gay, John
Barre, MA: The Imprint Society. Fine with no dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. B/w and red; Fine copy in fine slipcase. 7 x11". .
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NZ$83.41
Petites fables de sagesse pour temps incertains
by Alain Le Ninèze
Autrement, 2009. 22 4x15x1 4cm. 2009. Broché. 175 pages. Traduit de Sénès Florence - Illustrations de Jankovics györgy légères marques de lecture et/ou de stockage mais du reste en bon état. - Envoi rapide et soigné dans une enveloppe à bulle depuis France
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NZ$10.94
Politische Fabeln
by Fischer, Christian August
Bound in contemporary paper boards, pages untrimmed, light foxing and soiling throughout; [8], 189 pages. Fischer (1771-1829) was a minor German critic and travel writer. In this work he presents 111 very short fables whose morals he applies directly to the contemporary European political situation. The vast majority of the fables have animal actors. A nice unsophisticated copy of an uncommon title of marginal importance. OCLC locates fewer than 15, none in the US.
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NZ$170.22
Psyche. Traduction nouvelle par Victor Develay De la Bibliotheque-SeGenevieve
by APULIEUS
Paris Librairie des Bibliophiles Rue Saint-Honore, 338. 1873. FIRST EDITION of this translation. Small 8vo (in 4s), 106 x 62 mms., pp. 133 [134 printer's notice, 135 - 136 adverts], including half-title, title-page in red and black, handsomely bound in full contemporary red morocco, gilt borders on covers, floral ornaments in each corner of border, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, with the initials "P. W." in gilt on front cover. A fine and attractive copy. Victor Develay...
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NZ$1,054.10
Emerald River of Compassion: The Old Earth
by Rowena Pattee Kryder
Santa Fe.: Bear & Company Publishing., 1994. First printing. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Fine in like dust jacket. 8vo.. Fine in like dust jacket.
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NZ$29.81
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FABLES OF LA FOUNTAINE, TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH [ 2 VOLS ILLUSTRATED]35204
by Trans by Elizure Wright Jn
Boston: Taipan and Dennet. Good with no dust jacket. 1843. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 247; 288 pages; Vol II 288pp, possibly lacking last leaf. Contents occasional stains, frequent illustrated cuts. Cotents generally Good or better. "Bavarian State library of incunabula produced in vats Zerkall in 350 numbered in editions of the print shop heidelberg winter in years 1931" .
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NZ$166.73
Dictionnaire Abrégé de la Fable, pour l'Intelligence des Poètes, des Tableaux & des Statues, dont les Sujets sont Tirés de l'Histoire Poétique
by Chompre, Pierre
Paris: Desaint& Saillant. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed with cracks to hinges. Page edges darkened. 1757. 8th Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 150mm x 90mm (6" x 4"). 405pp. .
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NZ$51.11
Phaedri, Augusti Caesaris Liberti, Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri Quinque
by PHAEDRUS
Amsterdam: Johannem Janssonium and Elizei Wyerstraet, 1667. AESOP. Full Description: PHAEDRUS. [AESOP]. Phaedri, Augusti Caesaris Liberti, Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri Quinque. Notis perpetuis illustrati, & cum integris aliorum observationibus in lucem editi a Johanne Laurentio Jcto. Amsterdam: Johannem Janssonium and Elizei Wyerstraet, 1667. The first illustrated edition of Phaedrus to be published in the Netherlands and the first and only Laurentius edition. With Octavo (7 x 4 1/2 inches; 180 x 115...
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NZ$4,681.05
Favole di Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi
by DE ROSSI, Giovanni Gherardo
Rome: Stamperia Pagliarini, 1788. First edition of this collection of verse fables. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 196 x 135 mm). viii, [2], 180 pp. Printed on light blue paper, one of a few like this which are presumed to have been printed for presentation. With half-title. With engraved vignette title-page printed on thick cream-color paper. Engraved vignette title-page with scene of animals. Title-page is inserted but part of the pagination. Comprised of 70 fables. A second edition was printed in...
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NZ$2,127.75
Old World Love Stories; From the Lays of Marie de France & other Mediaeval Romances & Legends translated from the French by Eugene Mason
by Eugene Mason (translated by)
London.: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1913. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reginald L. Knowles.. Good. Lacking dust jacket. Publishers salmon pink cloth, beautifully decorated and lettered in gilt. Spine very slightly sunned. Silk endpapers. Neatly penned gift inscription to free front endpaper verso. A hint of foxing to the very outermost leaves and page edges. Uncut pages. Top edge gilt. 282pp. Illustrated and decorated by Reginald L....
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NZ$319.42
Brewer's Dictionary of 20th-Century Phrase and Fable
by Pickering, David; Isaacs, Alan & Martin, Elizabeth [Editors]
London: Cassell. 1996. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Light reading creases to spine. ix, 662 pages. With a starting point of 1900, this new edition explores all aspects of modern life and culture via the origin and meaning of a vast range of words, phrases, stories and events. . 3rd Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$15.58
Le loup et la gnôle
by Jaillard Xavier Turier Claude
Scrineo, 2016. 21x13x2cm. 2016. Broché. 192 pages. French edition. Le livre présente des traces de stockage et d'usure sur la couverture ou les pourtours mais reste en bon état d'ensemble. Envoyé dans un emballage adapté depuis la France
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NZ$13.68
FABLES AND FAIRY TALES
by Morley, Henry
1860. Bennett, Charles H.. (Bennett, Charles H.)illus. FABLES AND FAIRY TALES by Henry Morley. London, 1860. 8vo., Full calf, by Riviere, preserving the original cloth spine and board covers, which are bound-in at the back. 238pp., plus ads, b/w illustrations. Small losses at spine extremities, inner hinges repaired, front free endpaper has a repaired tear, internals very nice. Scarce.
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NZ$255.33
Aesop's Fables The Cruelty of the Gods
by Gebler, Carlo
London: Head of Zeus and New Island Books. 2019. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations by Gavin Weston. xix, 278 pages. A witty, scatological, illustrated version of the world's most celebrated fables. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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NZ$22.25
The Dictionary Of Phrase and Fable Classic Edition
by Brewer, E. Cobham
Leicester: Blitz Editions. 1993. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Introduction by Alix Gudefin. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 1324 pages. The classic reference for writers, speakers, and students. . Reprint. Hardback.
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NZ$27.82
Aesop's Fables. With an Introduction By Isaac Bashevis Singer
by Townsend, George Fyler [translator]
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. Hardcover. Good/Good. Tinkleman, Murray. 12mo (large). [Copr. 1968] Book Club Edition. 215 p.p., [9] full page drawings, with numerous in-text. Jacket edges and corners worn, and spine sunned, with small chips at head and tail. Light scratches to rear jacket, but otherwise a good d/w. Red cloth boards, with gilt illustration of wolf barking at vine of grapes. Bottom corners slightly bumped, with wear to edges and spien. Owner inscription in black marker...
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NZ$24.93
Fables de La Fontaine Edition annotee a L'usage de la Jeunesse. Illustrations de Hadamar et Desandre
by Fontaine
Paris.: Librairie Theodore Lefevre & Emile Guerin.. Undated. c.1880. . Hard. Good-. 18mo. 5 3/4".. Illustrations de Hadamar et Desandre. Good-. Publishers covers. Damp-stained to bottom corner. Slightly foxed. 0
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NZ$20.44
