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4to. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1983. 4to. 58,(4)pp. Frontispiece, 8 illustrations, an original leaf, and a proof from an original block. Original brown boards, white paper spine label. As issued, in perfect condition. § Edition limited to 518 numbered copies. The inserted leaf is “ Jupiter and the Ass” and the proof is "The Boys and the Frogs". Not a rare book but an important addition to Bewick scholarship.
Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop by Bewick, Thomas; Aesop; Biographical Sketch by John W. Borden; History of the Fables by Janet S. Krueger - 1983
by Bewick, Thomas; Aesop; Biographical Sketch by John W. Borden; History of the Fables by Janet S. Krueger
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Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop
by Bewick, Thomas; Aesop; Biographical Sketch by John W. Borden; History of the Fables by Janet S. Krueger
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1983. "With an original leaf from the first edition (1818) of The Fable of Aesop and a new impression from one of Bewick's original wood engravings." Fine in plain white paper jacket, title in pencil at spine. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Publication no. 175 of The Book Club of California. one of 518 copies designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press, binding by the Schuberth Book Bindery. . Limited Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.
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THOMAS BEWICK & THE FABLES OF AESOP. Biographical Sketch by John W. Borden. History of the Fables by Janet S. Krueger. With an Original Leaf from the First Edition (1818) of "The Fables of Aesop" and a New Impression from One of Bewick's Original Wood Engravings.
by Bewick, Thomas. Aesop
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The Fables Of Aesop. Leather Binding With Woodcut Designs by Thomas Bewick
by Bewick, Thomas, Aesop
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London: Paddington Press. A reprint of the 1818 edition, with a new intro by Michael Marqusee. Attractive half-leather binding with marbled boards and matching endpapers. Without dustwrapper as issued . Fine. Hardcover. 1st thus. 1975.
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The fables of Aesop, and others, with designs on wood by Thomas Bewick : vol. IV
by Aesop ; Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828) [Ill. ]
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London : Printed by R. Ward for B. Quaritch, 1885. Memorial Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, 1/2 leather over boards. Raised bands and gilt tooling to spine. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Marbled endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 376 pages; Physical description: xxiv, 376 p : illus. ; 26 cm. Subjects: Aesop's fables - Translations into English - Illustrations. Fables, Greek - Translations into English - Illustrations. Series: Memorial edition of Thomas Bewick's works ; v. 4. Includes title page vignette.
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