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The Fables of Aesop.
Aesop
1909
Hodder & Stoughton. : London
12.5" by 10"
Unpaginated
SUMMARY
A beautifully presented and illustrated limited edition of Aesop's fables signed by the illustrator.
Colour Plates,Illustrated,Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good Only
This book weighs 2 KG when packed
Canada/US Postage: £ 29.99
EU Postage: £ 21.99
European Postage: £ 23.99
Asia Postage: £ 37.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 38.99
DESCRIPTION
A very sought after work. Here the casing is a very worn but good and bright internally so an excellent candidate for a rebind.
Can command up to £1300
This edition is No. 258 of seven hundred and fifty copies printed.
Contains twenty five fables, complemented by twenty-four tipped in plates.
Aesop was a slave and story-teller from ancient Greece whose work continues to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic mediums.
Edward Julius Detmold, the illustrator, and his brother Charles Maurice Detmold became prolific Victorian book illustrators with their work on Kipling's The Jungle Book.
CONDITION
In a cloth binding. Externally sound, though the backstrip has split from the front board and the front joint is starting but firm. Gilt and blindstamped detailing to front board. Marks to front and rear boards. Head and tail of spine are bumped with loss. Internally firmly bound with pages bright and clear. One tipped in plate is missing, that of The Ants and The Grasshopper.
Overall Condition: Good Only
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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