aesops fables new version chiefly von thomas james illustrated john tenniel (5 Ergebnisse)

Full-Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated by John Tenniel. (illustrator). Later Edition. "Forty-eighth Thousand" Nicely bound by Bickers & Son, London (probably close to publication) but now a bit of a mess with uneven cover fading and discoloration. Internally clean and not without a certain charm - faded glory and all that.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. xx, 208 pgs. Brown textured leather spine with marbled aper boards. Charming woodcut vignettes by Tenniel, the illustrator of the witty drawings for the Alice in Wonderland books. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners worn and bumped, covers rubbed and sunned, spine worn, with upper inch missing. Binding is tight, text is free of markings and clean but has mild foxing. traces of ink on rear pastedown. Rare. RGR.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. Maroon cloth over boards, with blindstamped decoration on the front cover. Gold lettering on the spine. No date on the title page or copyright page. Likely printed around 1850. 224 pages. Binding good and tight. There is some puckering to the cloth on the back cover, and a rectangle of uneven fading, as though this book were at the bottom of a pile of smaller books & exposed to the sun for a while. Text block good and tight. Pages evenly faded from age. This is the first book with illustrations by John Tenniel, who's fame is assured by his illustrations for Alice in Wonderland (done a few years after this).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 4"x6". The Rev. Thomas James, M. A., Vicar of Sibertoff and Theddingworth, and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.; With More than Sixty Illustrations, Designed by John Tenniel.; Inscription inside front cover: Horace G Bailey His Book A Present From Papa On His Return From California A. D. 1854 (in a lovely hand); Rebacked with original red soiled blindstamp cloth covers laid down & with gold title on spine label; A good+ copy; 208 pages.

Illustrated by John Tenniel (illustrator). Copiously illustrated with over 100 (c. 150) black and white illustrations by John Tenniel throughout the text. With an introduction by the translator, including an account of the life of Aesop, the history of the fables and notes on the method of translation, 32 page publisher's catalogue at the rear, pp. xx, 146, 32. Bound in blue cloth, front board decorated with gilt borders, gilt vignette of 'The Fox and the Grapes', further gilt decoration and titles to the spine, stamped design to back board, gilt edges. Octavo. Board and spine edges rubbed, front board bright, marks and dedication in ink on ffep, other pages clean, hinges a little weak, overall good to very good condition.