Aesop Charles Bennett (26 results)

Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard Cover - VG/VG - Book and dust jacket are clean and tight with light wear - Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardcover in very good condition in DJ in very good condition. nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Significant shelfwear to bottom edge of binding. Clean internally. Scratching to dustjacket. Bennett, Charles H.; Caldecott, Randolph (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, dust jacket only. Very Good; Olive paper over boards, slight wear along bottom corners, Clean copy in and out, appears never read, jacket in plastic cover, ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 64 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Viking Press, 1978. 1978 edition, first published in 1857. Collected fables with marvelous color plates reproduced from the hand-painted first edition kept at The Pierpont Morgan Library. Dark blue cloth, 55 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book looks and feels about new with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is in similar near new condition with just a light touch of fading to the foredge. Very clean copy. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good +. 64 pages. Dustjacket has some colour fading to spine/rear hinge area, some surface wear, light wear toi spine-ends and corners. Hardback binding has wear/rubs which show up as white to grey surfaces. Ink name to flyleaf, light usage marks to page-edges o/w pages clean and sound. Bennett, Charles H. (DRawn by) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 64 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in green paper covered boards. Bottom edges and corners have wear. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has light edgewear, and is rubbed with light scratches overall. A reproduction of a 19th century edition of Aesop's fables with coloured woodcuts by Charles H. Bennett. Also includes additional 19th century black and white drawings of Randolph Caldecott. Illustrated by Charles H. Bennett & Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. 1986. hardcover. Good clean copy with a little age & shelf wear. DJ has some nicks and tears. Ownership details on ffep, else clear and remains very good. . . . .

Condition: Very Good. 1986. hardcover. Good clean copy with a little age & shelf wear. DJ has some nicks and tears. Ownership details on ffep, else clear and remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 235x195x14mm+420g . . Chatto and Windus. London. 1978. . . . Pp54. Viking Penguin. 'Translated into Human Nature by Charles H Bennett. Hard blue cloth boards in original dust jacket. clipped. Ex-Library book with minimal stamps: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$13.20. BENNETT, CHARLES H (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Fables of Aesop - Aesop (illustrated by Charles H. Bennett). Three Sirens Press, 1931. Condition: Very Good (clean and sound, honest wear). Noted flaws, plainly: chipping and wear to leatherette along the front joint/spine edge (photo 1); rubbing to spine and board edges; foxing and brown damp/tide stains to green endpapers (photo 4); toning and edge-wear/chipping to text-block leaves (photos 5, 8); "888" in pencil, title page upper right; Photos show the exact copy you will receive. Printing points, checked on this copy: Copyright, 1931, by Illustrated Editions Co., Inc. on the copyright verso; Three Sirens Press imprint, 104 Fifth Avenue, New York, on the title page; Printed by J. J. Little & Ives Company, New York; Charles H. Bennett wood-engraved plates (originally 1857), reprinted here; Leatherette boards with gilt top/page edges, green coated endpapers; No number line or printing statement anywhere on the copyright page; Sent tracked. The book is wrapped in bubble wrap and protected - never a bare mailer. From a smoke-free home. Message me for more photographs of this exact copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 12mo. Limited edition. Genuine leather, gilt decoration to boards and spine. A.E.G. Ribbon marker. Blue moire endpapers. xxiv, 150 pp. Nine full-page B&W illustrations. Includes Notes from the Editors pamphlet, blue paper wrappers, stapled binding, 23 pp. Bennett, Charles H.; King, Kevin (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Partial set of Illustrated Editions, 14 volumes as given, 9 bound in light brown and blue textured limp paper covered boards, lettered in gilt on burgundy spine fields, front cover devices in burgundy and gilt; 5 bound in dark green and light brown limp paper covered boards, lettered in gilt on green spine fields, front cover devices in burgundy and green. Variously issued 1930-37, most 1933 or earlier. All volumes show light/modest shelf wear, with several volumes showing slight to mild binding leans, light soiling to cloth, some fomer owner signatures to endpapers, some endpapers toned, all at least VG, most Near Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fred A. Mayer, Valenti Angelo, Mahlon Blaine, Howard Simon, W. S. Gilbert, Frank J. Buttera, Lui Trugo, Charles H. Bennett (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: Very Good. Fully-bound in leather with gilt decorations; Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Silk moire endpapers with matching sewn-in bookmark. All outer edges are gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Original decorated . Lime green cloth spineSome marks to boards foxed especially corner of plates. Book.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good ++. 1st Edition. 1st Edition 1857. Designed and Drawn on the Wood by Charles H. Bennett, Engraved by Swain. Wonderful illustrations. Bennett, a noted artist and contributor to Punch was also a founding member of the Savage Club. Joseph Swain was an English wood-engraver. He is best known from his engravings in Punch magazine of cartoons by Sir John Tenniel. Bound in he original cloth. Book is good++ and quite bright. Marking to cloth. Edges rubbed in places. Contents quite good. Pages lightly foxed and rear pages with stating to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18408. Charles Bennett (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1857, London. A Good copy. 4to., 22 pp., with 22 full page hand colored illustration plus the hand colored frontis and title page; covers have also been colored. Re-bound in grey cloth and new end papers. Original front and rear covers laid down. Light scattered foxing, mostly confined to backs and edges of plates. Moderate soiling to original covers. …

Condition: Very Good. Later edition. Hardback. Large octavo. (46)pp. Bound in later blue cloth with gilt spine titles, new endpapers. Contents slightly thumbed, marked and spotted, a couple of plates with some small ink marks, otherwise a very good copy. Hand-coloured frontis, illustrated title page and 22 plates.…

, [7], 22 text leaves printed on one side, with black border, and 22 paper-guarded coloured plates with titles (including frontispiece), colour illustrated title page with red and black titles New Edition , rebound with new spine and endpapers preserving original boards, rubbing to boards with some chipping to edges, tear to foredge of frontispiece, section missing to frontispiece paper-guard, very small tear to foredge of title page, some marking throughout, small tear and small piece missing to edge of occasional paper-guards, internally good condition, cover quite rubbed and in fair condition , quarter bound illustrated paper on hardcover, cloth spine, colour illustrated upper board with red and black titles and black border, black titles and border to lower board, cream textured endpapers, octavo, 25.5 x 18.5 cms Hardback ISBN.…

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A curated set of five editions of Charles H. Bennett's illustrated Aesop's 'Fables', a curated set with colourful illustrations. Charles H. Bennett's illustrations for Aesop's 'Fables' first appeared in 1857, and, as evidenced in this set, was oft-reprinted over the following century. This is a unique and curated set containing five different editions of Bennett's 'Fables', from the first edition of 1857 to a 1986 reprint, a curious reference set.In a custom cloth slipcase, and a custom cloth chemise. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables, generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop, who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life, following adventures of many different creatures.This set contains:'The Fables of Aesop and Others, Translated Into Human Nature', the first Bennet edition, hand-coloured issue, published by W. Kent & Co in London in 1857. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and twenty-two hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.'The Fables of Aesop and Others, Translated Into Human Nature', the first Bennet edition, plain issue, published by W. Kent & Co in London in 1857. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, a monochrome title page, and twenty-two monochrome plates. Collated, complete.'The Fables of Aesop and Others, Translated Into Human Nature', published by Chatto and Windus in London in 1875. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and twenty-two hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.'Bennett's Fables From Aesop and Others', published by the Viking Press in New York in 1978, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. With a foreword by Gerald Gottlieb. Illustrated with a colour vignette title, and twenty-three colour plates. Collated, complete.'The Fables of Aesop and Others, Translated Into Human Nature', published by Bracken Books in London in 1986, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. With additional fables designed and drawn by Randolph Caldecott. Illustrated with a colour vignette title, twenty-two colour plates, and monochrome illustrations. Collated, complete.Bennett was a pioneering Victorian illustrator, known for his techniques in comic illustration. 1857 hand-coloured issue is rebound in a quarter morocco binding with paper to the boards, part of the original boards restored, 1857 plain issue is in a rebacked quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards, and renewed endpapers, 1875 edition is in the original publisher's cloth, smartly rebacked, the 1978 and 1986 editions are both in the original publisher's cloth bindings, in the original unclipped dust wrappers, together in a custom cloth slipcase and custom cloth chemise. Externally, the 1857 and 1875 editions are generally smart, the 1978 and 1986 editions are very smart. Light bumping to the extremities of the 1857 and 1875 editions. Light rubbing and marks to the boards of the 1857 hand-coloured issue. Handling marks and discolouration to the boards of the 1857 plain issue, heavier to the rear board. A few light marks and a little light rubbing to the 1875 edition, hinges have been reinforced. Dust wrapper for the 1978 edition is a little sunned to the spine, with a few light handling marks, and a price sticker to the front fly leaf. Dust wrapper to the 1986 edition is smart, with a price sticker to the front fly leaf. Internally, firmly bound. 1857 and 1875 editions are generally bright with scattered spots, whereas the 1978 and 1986 editions are bright and clean. Repair to the contents leaf, and pages 1, 5, and 21 of the 1857 hand-coloured issue. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition. Very Good Indeed. Charles H. Bennett; Swain; Randolph Caldecott (illustrator). book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. First edition, a good + copy in contemporary quarter calf, rubbing to the spine ends and joints with some loss, the boards are a bit stained, inscription on front end papers which is toned and spotted. The contents is very good and complete with the 22 hand coloured plates, engraved title page and frontis. Lacking the tissue guard facing the title page, and some light marginal wear to a couple of the plates.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The very scarce first edition of Charles H. Bennett's distinctive Victorian-era interpretation of Aesop"s classic fables, illustrated throughout with hand-coloured plates by Bennett himself. A very scarce first edition.In this edition, Bennett reimagines the traditional animal characters of Aesop's work with human traits and behaviours, offering a satirical lens on Victorian society. He includes characters such as 'the callous footman, the idle officer, the exposed swindler, the ignorant patron of the arts, and the foolish social climber' (Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790-1914).Illustrated with twenty-four hand coloured plates by Bennett. Collated, complete.Bennett was a prolific Victorian illustrator who had a short career which ended when he died of consumption.Rebacked in calf, in the publisher's original cloth covered boards, retaining the original endpapers. Housed in a clamshell case, with the bookplate of Eric Sweet to the front pastedown of the clamshell.With the contemporary inscription of Helen Bessie Steel to a front blank, and the inscription of Claud G. Steel to recto of frontispiece.Quayle, in 'Early Children's Books', says this is one of Bennett's finest and most vigorous works, and one of the most notable editions of Aesop's Fables. Rebacked in calf, retaining the publisher's original cloth covered boards. In a cloth covered slip case, in fine condition. Externally excellent, with a touch of fading to board perimeters. Front hinge lightly strained, with board firmly held. Inscription to front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting throughout, and with tide mark to head of introduction text leaf. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Very Good. Charles H. Bennett (illustrator). book.…

Condition: Very good. Second edition of this Victorian tour de force, with fine and fabulous hand-colored images of humanized animals. Eric Quayle notes that Bennett (1829-1867) had a short career which was terminated by consumption but his books were "extremely popular, most passing though several editions"; this book "contains some of Bennett's finest and most vigorous work" (217). The Morgan Library's EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATORS also list it as a notable edition of Aesop. Bennett's compositions suggest the fine caricature of PUNCH, but applied a classic work of ancient Greece. 9.75'' x 7.25''. Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black. Yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated by Bennett with 24 full-page wood engravings, hand colored, including title page. 22 pages. Emboss of famed Victorian bookselling firm W.H. Smith & Son to front fly leaf. Slight lean, with a bit of cracking to hinges (still firm). Subtle repairs to spine ends, a few spots to boards. Interior lightly foxed. Bright.…

Half Morocco. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. [47] pp. Half green morocco over decorative embossed boards, with raised bands, silver lettering and decoration to spine; marbled edges and endpapers. Firm binding with light rubbing to extremities and a few small black spots to morocco. Finger marks and light foxing/stains inside; two small tears to one of leaves. This is the less common edition with hand-coloured plates. Illustrations designed and drawn on wood by Charles H. Bennett, and engraved by Swain. 4to. Illustrated. Bennett, Charles H. ; Swain (illustrator).…