Aesop Stephen Gooden Roger Lestrange (12 results)
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Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1936
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- First Edition
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Seller: Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Limited edition, being number 57 of 525 copies, signed by the illustrator Stephen Gooden. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange and featuring an engraved title page, 11 engraved plates and pictorial initials. Bound in the original full velum, decorated in gilt. Housed in a custom slipca…se. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1936. Publisher's original vellum, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, device in fourth compartment gilt, fox device on front cover gilt, covers bordered with gilt rules and cornerpiece, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt; pp. 313, [1]. A very good or better copy. Minor shelfwear to boards with a light bump to top front corner, traces of soiling to boards. Spine a touch toned, rubbing near spine crown, near imperceptible slip along one spine compartment. Foxing to prelims, else internally clean. A very nice copy of this beautiful volume. Signed by Illustrator(s).
More imagesJean de La Fontaine and Aesop Fables (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)
Jean de La Fontaine; Aesop; Sir Roger L'Estrange [trans.]; Sir Edward Marsh [trans.]
Published by Everyman's Library Children's Classics 1992-2001, London, 1992
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Near Fine. A delightful set of Aesop and Fontaine's fables, illustrated and published for the 'Everyman's Library Children's Classics' Two lovely anthologies of classic fables from Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine.Published for the Everyman's Library Children's Classics series.In the publisher's original cloth bin…ding, decorated with gilt and a front board illustration. Presented here with a cloth-backed clamshell, with spine label.Comprising Sir Edward Marsh's translation of Fontaine and Sir Roger L'Estrange's translation of Aesop. Both illustrated with fifteen colour plates and vignettes to Fontaine's fables and numerous full page drawings to Aesop's.Clamshell provided by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a letteringartist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head ofBirmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctivestyle. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrations pasted to the front boards. Held together with a cloth-backed clamshell. Externally, lovely, with only a residue mark left by label to the rear board of 'Aesop'. Clamshell is damp stained to the top edge. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. R. de la Neziere; Stephen Gooden (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, London, 1936
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- First Edition
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Seller: Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv, Berchem, BelgiumAntiquariaat Tanchelmus bv
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Add to basketVellum. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Vellum: Very Good, 26 x 18 cm, 312 pp., English, Signed by Illustrator, 1st Edition, illustrations, book condition: As New Numbered edition: 332/525, slightly discolored spine and covers, gold stamped illustrations and title Limited edition: This is the limited luxury edition of only 525 n…umbered copies for worldwide sale: number 332. Signature: Hand-signed by the master engraver Stephen Gooden on the limitation page. Illustrations: Featuring a beautifully engraved title page, 12 full-page copper engravings, and numerous decorative initials and vignettes by Stephen Gooden. The engravings are printed razor-sharp on heavy, quality handmade paper (rag paper) with uncut edges (deckled edges). Text: The classic and much-loved historical English translation by Sir Roger L'Estrange from 1692. Binding: Original, full white vellum binding (Full Vellum) with rich gilt decorations on both the front and back. The top edge is gilt (top edge gilt). [This description may have been translated by AI.]. Stephen Gooden (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co, London, 1936
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- Signed
Seller: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United KingdomSOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basket12 copper engraved illustrations and 201 decorated initials by Stephen Gooden. No.255 of 525 copies, signed by the artist. Printed on handmade paper by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press. 8vo., original full vellum binding decorated in gilt with grape and fox devices, lettering in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, i…n the original marbled paper covered slipcase with printed spine label. An extremely good, fresh copy.
More imagesPublished by George G. Harrap and Co, London, 1936. Limited edition, copy number 390 of 525 copies,, 1936
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Add to baskethardback, 4to, 313,(1)pp, title page and 11 copper-engraved plates plus woodcut decorative initials, all by Stephen Gooden, signed by the artist on limitation page, light foxing on page edges and some offsetting from the plates, otherwise clean and tight, no ownership marks, top edges glt, marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated full…vellum binding, Very Good condition.
More imagesPublished by George G. Harrap and Co., London, 1936
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketVellum. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Aesop's Fables, signed by artist Stephen Gooden and in a full vellum binding. Number 69 of 525 copies of this work printed on hand-made paper, signed by illustrator Stephen Gooden to the limitation leaf. With the bookplate of Derbe B…erry to a front blank, alongside a presentation inscription dated 1946. Translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange. The first edition to be illustrated by Stephen Gooden, with a title page and eleven full page copper engravings, alongside further decorative initials by Gooden. Collated, complete. Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours, teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance, honesty, and hard work. In the publisher's original full vellum binding with gilt detailing. Boards bright. Small mark to front board head, with light handling marks to binding. Closed tear to fore edge of a rear blank. Inscription and bookplate to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Stephen Gooden (illustrator). signed by author. book.
