The book has been beautifully rebound in leather. The front and back boards have a gilt border, the spine has decorated raised bands with the title near the head and the date on the tail, all in gilt. The edges are chipped and the leather knocked at the head of the spine and along its front edge and again one small section on the outer edge of the front board. There are new end papers, although the original have been retained; there are three ownership sigantures on the original front end paper, all in ink, the last one being David Spode's, Australian antiquarian bookseller; the pages tanned with intermittent foxing. Pages 125 to 128 have been rough cut by the printer. For all its faults, it remains a handsome volume illustrated with woodcuts by Bewick. Seller Inventory # 015737

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Fables of John Gay Complete in Two Parts...

Publisher: T.Wilson and R. Spence, High Ousegate

Publication Date: 1806

Binding: Full-Leather

Illustrator: Bewick, T

Condition: Very Good

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Good Reading was established in 1991. In early 2013, I downsized from a shop which spanned a block and two stories to a largish house which resembles a rabbit warren. There are at approximately 40,000 titles, including over 10,000 books in Italian, French, German, Modern Greek, Latin and classical Greek., most of which have not yet been catalogued. I also have a very large Theology section, and a substantial cookery and Australian History one. Please contact me if there is a specific title you are chasing as it may be languishing on the shelf uncatalogued. All enquiries will be answered promptly, books will be mailed out swaddled like Russian babies, and all faults honestly described. I do a full refund for any book sporting nasty surprises.

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