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Published by London Hodder & Stoughton 1909, 1909
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Limited first edition of 750 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Illustrated with 25 beautiful plates in color by Edward J. Detmold, including two extra plates not found in the trade edition. Thick folio, publisher s original full white polished buckram, the upper cover artfully decorated with the original gilt pictorial designs surrounded by a frame ruled in gilt and filled with intertwined vines, the spine handsomely gilt lettered and decorated with gilt device and gilt rules, t.e.g., housed and protected in the original slipcase. A fine copy with just very light age mellowing at the spine panel, the corners fine and sharp, the plates all in excellent condition, the text-block clean and white, essentially a near as pristine copy in a protective slipcase. The slipcase with some wear as would be expected. The book profiting by the presence of the slipcase, with the white cloth remaining clean and the giltwork very bright. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED, SIGNED, NUMBERED AND SPECIALLY BOUND. This title represents, in our opinion, Detmold's very best work. The grace and sensitivity of the illustrations reflect a certain Eastern sensibility. The artist s powers in the delicate communication of nature s spirit are exemplified by these wonderful paintings, rich with the wide variety of the colours in the spectrum. This is a very fine copy of the best printing of the work, numbered and signed by Detmold.
Published by No Publisher Stated. No Date, London, 1909
Seller: Sean Fagan, Rare Books, Buford, GA, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). Limited Edition. Aesop's Fables. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Limited to 750 copies signed by Edward J. Detmold, of which this is #532. Twenty-five full page color tipped-in plates by Detmold with lettered tissue guards. A masterpiece of illustration, and widely regarded as Detmold's finest work. 10 inches by 12 inches. Bound in vibrant red morocco by Bayntun/Riviere with Detmold's hare vividly inlaid on the front cover, and multiple gilt borders to front and back covers. Gilt-tooled turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Housed in somewhat worn buckram slipcase. Spine darkened and some light spots of rubbing. Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media. The fables originally belonged to the oral tradition and were not collected for some three centuries after Aesop's death. By that time a variety of other stories, jokes and proverbs were being ascribed to him, although some of that material was from sources earlier than him or came from beyond the Greek cultural sphere. The process of inclusion has continued until the present, with some of the fables unrecorded before the later Middle Ages and others arriving from outside Europe. The process is continuous and new stories are still being added to the Aesop corpus, even when they are demonstrably more recent work and sometimes from known authors. Manuscripts in Latin and Greek were important avenues of transmission, although poetical treatments in European vernaculars eventually formed another. On the arrival of printing, collections of Aesop's fables were among the earliest books in a variety of languages. Through the means of later collections, and translations or adaptations of them, Aesop's reputation as a fabulist was transmitted throughout the world. Edward Julius Detmold and his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold were prolific Victorian book illustrators. Edward Detmold became one of the most talented of illustrators, depicting animals and plants with an extraordinary understanding, and making use of fantasy settings of architecture and landscape. In the 1920s, he retired to Montgomeryshire with his widowed sister as companion, initially living the life of an artist but finally retiring completely from public life. He suffered a period of depression, brought on by failing eyesight, that resulted in his committing suicide, aged 73, by his shooting himself in the chest in July 1957. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909, 1909
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
One of 750 Copies Signed by the Artist Aesop's Fables Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold with Twenty-Five Magnificent Color Plates [DETMOLD, Edward J., illustrator]. AESOP. The Fables of Æsop. Illustrated with 25 Drawings in Color by Edward J. Detmold. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. One of 750 copies signed by Edward J. Detmold, of which this is no. 467. Large quarto (12 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 308 x 250 mm.). 80 Un-numbered leaves. Twenty-five magnificent mounted color plates, some with slightly irregular shapes. Publisher's white buckram, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, publishers gilt emblem on back cover, top edge gilt, others uncut, plain end-papers except for small publishers' emblem printed in gray. Neat ink name on front free end-paper, spine slightly darkened and 'mottled' otherwise a very fine copy. Housed in the publishers white cardboard slip-case (repaired). An interesting feature of this book is the sometime slightly irregular shapes of the mounted color plates. "Except where separately acknowledged the fables in this volume are printed from the third edition of Sir Roger L'Estrange's translation (1699)." (Publishers' note). After the tragic death of his twin brother and collaborator, Edward Detmold concentrated his talents on books, primarily of flowers and animals: "Detmold's finest plates are those produced for The Fables of Aesop (1909), The Life of the Bee (1911), and Hours of Gladness (1912), the latter with texts after Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian poet, naturalist, and mystic.A painting of chrysanthemums, contained in Hours of Gladness, is a glorious acknowledgement of the artist's debt to William Morris and Burne-Jones" (David Larkin, The Fantastic Creatures of Edward Julius Detmold).
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
An original and unique rendering. Painted by Detmold in black, white and red on gray-brown board. 8" x 6", matted, framed and glazed. A fine example in excellent condition. SCARCE AND ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY THIS POPULAR ILLUSTRATOR, whose books are treasured for their power and sensitivity. Detmold was one of the most talented of illustrators, depicting animals and plants with an extraordinary understanding, and making use of fantasy settings of architecture and landscape. He lived in London, sharing a house with his mother, artist Sidney Laurence Biddle and musician Harold Hulls, until the outbreak of the Second World War, when the household moved first to Sussex and then to Montgomeryshire. Some of Detmold's most famous works include illustrations for Maurice Maeterlinck's 'The Life of the Bee', Camille Lemonnier's 'Birds and Beasts' and Florence Dugdale's 'Book of Baby Beasts'. He also illustrated Maeterlinck's 'Hours of Gladness', Florence Dugdale's 'Book of Baby Birds', W. H. Hudson's 'Birds in Town and Village'. He produced a portfolio of Twenty Four Nature Pictures and created such favorites as 'Our Little Neighbours' and Jean-Henri Fabre's 'Book of Insects'.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924, 1924
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Edition Deluxe Of Detmold's Rarest Book [DETMOLD, Edward J., illustrator]. The Arabian Nights. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights. Illustrated by E.J. Detmold. London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [1924]. Edition Deluxe, limited to 100 copies only, here bound without the signed limitation leaf. Quarto (11 x 8 1/4 in; 280 x 211 mm). viii, 240 pp. Twelve tipped-in color plates. Publisher's full pictorially gilt vellum. Very light stain on front board, spine gilt a little rubbed, some very light foxing to endpapers but still an excellent copy of Detmold's rarest book. Some deluxe copies were bound, as here, without the signed limitation leaf, the result, apparently, of the publisher printing more than 100 copies and deluxe binding the extra sheets. Detmold illustrated "a number of books of fantasy drawing. which show a vivid imagination, fine drawing and warm coloring" (Houfe, 115) "The Detmold twins were a unique phenomenon in British art, recognized by their contemporaries as a single creative personality â divided between two bodies'. Their remarkable etchings and watercolours of plants and animals, minutely detailed in the Japanese manner, are all prized collector's items. Charles Frederick and Edward Barton Detmold were born in Putney, south London, on 21 November 1883. Their middle names were later replaced by â Maurice' and â Julius', but the two boys were generally called Maurice and Edward.At the age of 5 the twins developed a dual passion for drawing and observing animals, and made regular sketching expeditions to Regent's Park Zoo and the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, where they drew detailed sketches of shells, crayfish, monkey skulls, and hundreds of other animal subjects. Their first book, Pictures from Birdland, comprising 24 colour plates, was published by J.M. Dent for the Christmas market in 1899. The Detmolds' most celebrated joint achievement, and among the finest book illustrations ever produced, was the set of 16 watercolours depicting scenes from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Macmillan first issued these in November 1903.Maurice suddenly committed suicide in April 1908. "Edward was devastated.[but] was determined to carry on with all the various ideas and projects they had originally planned in unison. He joined the ranks of Hodder & Stoughton's immortal band of gift book illustrators.with the superb 1909 edition of Aesop's Fables.For George Allen, Detmold illustrated Lemonnier's Birds and Beasts (1911), and two de luxe volumes by the Nobel prizewinner Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee (1911) and Hours of Gladness (1912). He returned to Hodder & Stoughton with another popular animal series for children: The Book of Baby Birds (1912), The Book of Baby Pets (1913), The Book of Baby Dogs (1914), and Our Little Neighbours (1921). His final two opulent gift books for Hodder & Stoughton were Fabre's Book of Insects (1921), with 12 remarkable colour studies of the beautiful and bizarre denizens of the insect world a seen through Detmold's â microscope' eye; and The Arabian Nights (1924), a very successful change of direction into the realms of exotic fantasy. On the strength of The Arabian Nights, Detmold could have become one of the greatest illustrators of fantasy and fairy stories.During the 1920s Detmold continued to draw, paint, and hold exhibitions of etchings and drypoints, but it was not long before he retired completely from public life.On 1 July 1957 he committed suicide, nearly half a century after the death of his twin brother" (Richard Dalby, The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration, pp. 96-98).
Eight full page color plates by Edward J. Detmold. (illustrator). Second Detmold printing. Fine, with small, natural gap to lower edge of Signature "N". in near fine to fine dust jacket with some minor edgewear and a few tape reinforcements to verso in mylar cover. Cream cloth stamped in orange, in dust jacket.
Published by George Allen & Co, London, 1912
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First trade edition. Original cream-colored cloth. Front cover lettered in gilt with floral decorations in yellow, brown, and gray after a design by Detmold (signed E.J.D. at lower right), back cover with a similar floral decorations in yellow, brown, and gray, spine stamped and lettered in gilt. White endpapers with small black floral vignette, all edges uncut. Mild soiling to cloth, spine very slightly darkened, small stain at upper edge of rear cover. Otherwise a very good copy, internally crisp and clean. Partially unopened. Collating x, 181, [1, printer's imprint], [1, publisher's device], [1, blank] and including twenty mounted color plates (including frontispiece). Belgian poetic dramatist and essayist Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) "wrote in French, establishing himself as one of the leading figures in the symbolist movement with his play La Princesse Maleine (1889; English trans. 1892). In 1892 Pelléas et Mélisande appeared (trans. 1894), the work for which he is now chiefly remembered and the source of Debussy's opera of the same name (1902). He also achieved great contemporary popularity with L'Oiseau bleu (1908; The Blue Bird, 1909) and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911. He drew heavily on traditions of romance and fairy tale, and the characteristic tone of much of his drama is one of doom-laden mystery and timeless melancholy. He also produced a number of essays of a philosophical nature, including La Vie des abeilles (1901; The Life of the Bee, 1901) and L'Intelligence des fleurs (1907; The Intelligence of Flowers, 1907)" (OCEL). It was fitting for the illustrator to take up this work. After the tragic death of his twin brother and collaborator, Edward Detmold concentrated his talents on books, primarily of flowers and animals: "Detmold's finest plates are those produced for The Fables of Aesop (1909), The Life of the Bee (1911), and Hours of Gladness (1912), the latter with texts after Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian poet, naturalist, and mystic.A painting of chrysanthemums, contained in Hours of Gladness, is a glorious acknowledgement of the artist's debt to William Morris and Burne-Jones" (Larkin). Houfe 283.
Leather. Condition: New. Color Plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 2002 Easton Press. Essentially new, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Bound in full leather with decorative borders and panels in gilt and color to cover and spine. All edges gilt; silk moire endleaves, hubbed spines and silk bookmarks sewn in. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. Still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.
Published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1935
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. E. J. Detmold (illustrator). New Edition. 271pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Green cloth over boards, lettered and pictorially stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Title page printed in red and black. Tissue guards with descriptive letterpress. There are areas of very faint moisture staining to the boards, and there are several small, dark stains on the backstrip. Internally, very clean. Complete, all plates present. In the paper cover box, with an illustrated paper label on the top of the box. The box is moderately soiled and abraded. Illustrated with lovely tipped-in color plates by E. J. Detmold. Charming and scientific stories of insect life.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London 1981, 1981
Seller: 2nd Hand Books, Kenner, LA, U.S.A.
Bound in Genuine Emerald Green Leather HardCovers Bound in Genuine Burgundy, Maroon Color Leather Hard Covers First published in 1909, this Limited Ed. First published in 1981, by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, is bound in burgundy / maroon color genuine leather with gold lettering. Silk Moir endpapers & ribbon marker. Has 23 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards. All three page edges of gold leaf. (152 Pgs.) VVG.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1981
Seller: Caroliniana, Aiken, SC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Quarto, publisher s original red leather binding, gilt titles to spine and front cover, gilt illustration to front cover, raised bands to spine, red silk endpapers, gilt to page edges. Limited Edition produced to replicate the first edition printed in 1909. An excellent copy.
Published by London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1924
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Contains a tipped-in plate from Edmund Dulac Portfolio Christmas "Bookman," 1916. Good decorated paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked (with some loss). Remains quite well-preserved overall. Illustrated with three tipped-in plates.Physical description:3p. 32 cm Subject: Arabian nights. English. Bookman Portfolio. Christmas. Edmund Dulac. 1 Kg.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardback book (152 pages)illustrated with 23 tipped in color plates by E.J.Detmold (all present)- also black and white drawings. Published by Hodder & Stoughton - no date listed - i'am guessing circa 1909-1910. Boards are worn with front board cracked/split along spine - still attached but weak - fraying/tears at both ends of spine - browning/foxing on endpapers and a few interior pages - plates are in good shape. International shipping will require additional charge. Bookseller since 1995 (UL2-TS) rareviewbooks.
Published by SeaWolf Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1955529574ISBN 13: 9781955529570
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Detmold, Maurice; Detmold, Edward; Kipling, J. L.; Drake, W. H.; Frenzeny, P. (illustrator). 1968 Heritage Press limited edition hardcover in slipcase; Illustrations by David Gentleman: Introduction by Bonamy Dobree; Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Previous owner book-plate present at front paste-down; An exceptional copy, fit for any serious collector's library; Slipcase present, Very Good; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.04.
Hardcover in slipcase. Condition: New. Color Plates amd b&w drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 152 pages; 1998 The Folio Society. Slipcasd HC still sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth with pictorial title design blocked in red and black. Illustrated with color plates and b&w drawings by Detmold. Still sealed, essentially new, and Fine in all respects.
Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1919
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). 1st Edition. Boards (HB) in very good condition with light wear to cover and fading to spine. The Children's Life of the Bee, by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature; is a wonderfully informative and poetic in-depth look at what exactly goes on in a hive, with insightful observations on its fascinating characters such as the drones, the workers and, of course, the queen. 192 pages with 5 color illustrations.
Published by Calla Editions, 2010
ISBN 10: 1606600095ISBN 13: 9781606600092
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: new. Detmold, Edward J.; Detmold, Maurice (illustrator).
Published by Calla Editions/Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, New York, U.S.A., 2014
ISBN 10: 1606600567ISBN 13: 9781606600566
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Detmold, Edward J. (illustrator). First Thus. New, unabridged replication (First, thus) of a book orig. published in London by Hodder & Stoughton in 1909, with ALL of Aesop's famous fables, illustrated throughout the 152 pages, with full-color, full-page plates by Victorian artist Edward Julius Detmold (1887-1957). Hardcover book has lush purple cloth-covered with bright gilt design & lettering to front & spine, colorful front paper pastedown. Condition is Fine (our highest grade): completely clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages white & unmarked. Looks never opened! Small area of sticker pull to ffep. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Published by Dover Publications Inc., New York, 2010
ISBN 10: 1606600095ISBN 13: 9781606600092
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: new. Detmold, Edward J.; Detmold, Maurice (illustrator). Hardcover. An otherwise modest edition of the first volume of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book appeared in 1908, distinguished mainly by the inclusion of 16 breathtaking colour plates by the gifted artist twins Maurice and Edward J. Detmold. This new hardcover of the most beloved of Kipling's classic stories contains all of the Detmolds' original colour illustrations. The plates were scanned from a rare set of portfolio prints to ensure the greatest possible fidelity. This classic served as the basis for many film adaptations, including the 2016 live-animation Disney release directed by John Favreau. This grand hardcover facsimile of a rare 1908 edition portrays the stories' fantasy, magic, and myth in 16 full-colour images, some in two-page spreads, reproduced from the original portfolios. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York NY, 1919
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). The Children's Life of the Bee, by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature; is a wonderfully informative and poetic in-depth look at what exactly goes on in a hive, with insightful observations on its fascinating characters such as the drones, the workers and, of course, the queen. This copy measures approximately 8" x 5.75" and is in good condition with a tight, straight binding and no dustjacket. There is a gift inscription on the title page. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.
Published by Calla Editions, 2014
ISBN 10: 1606600567ISBN 13: 9781606600566
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
Published by Folio Society, 2011
Seller: Bayfront Bookshelf, Erie, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Detmold, Edward J. (illustrator). Very Good copy. Tight, bright and clean with one dog-eared leaf and a light bump to botttom of spine. In near fine slipcase with the lightest of wear.
Published by The Folio Society, London Uk, 1998
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Xvi, 152 Pp. Yellow Cloth. Second Printing Of This Folio Society Reprint Of The 1909 Edition. Fine In Fine Slipcase.
Published by Calla Editions, 2010
ISBN 10: 1606600095ISBN 13: 9781606600092
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: As New. Detmold, Edward J.; Detmold, Maurice (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Legare Street Press 10/26/2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1015508677ISBN 13: 9781015508675
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Fables of Aesop 0.64. Book.
Published by Calla Editions, 2010
ISBN 10: 1606600095ISBN 13: 9781606600092
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New. Detmold, Edward J.; Detmold, Maurice (illustrator).