Elizur Wright Translator (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tight, clean, unmarked copy. Faint traces of foxing along the side edge. Glossy dust jacket, with traces of foxing on the white underside. Interior pages are as new. Includes the original French version with the accompanying translation. Gustave Doré (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Some 139 of the best-loved fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) are presented here in what is the definitive translation (by Elizur Wright), brought to life with the marvelous pen-and-ink drawings of Gustave Doré, taken from the original London edition of 1867. From 1975, this edition from Jupiter Books of London (first, thus), brings the fables & illustrations to a new audience, in 224 pages with an Introduction & Bibliographical Note in front. Quarto (9" x 12") has salmon-colored textured cloth over boards, stamped with bright silver lettering to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, pages show just a whisper of tanning, binding strong & straight, Mild rubbing & light spotting to top & bottom edges of both boards. the unclipped DJ is also Near Fine, with very mild rubbing to extremities. 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 (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of extra postage (at least double per USPS rates). Doré, Gustave (illustrator). …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. No Dustjacket. Edition Not Stated. a solid copy in brown decorated boards; decorated endpages ; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR -----. J. J. Grandville (illustrator) (illustrator). Previous Owner Signature.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fifth Edition. 290pp. Purple cloth hard cover with gilt spine title, front board and spine heavily sunned, fore-corners bumped, notable chipping to the head and foot of the spine cloth. Illustrated throughout. Minimal soiling to the pages. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall. Q3. …

Blindstamped Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. 356 pages including index, 24 pages of advertising for the publisher's other books, the translator, Elizur Wright, involved in the American Anti-slavery Society, contributes a lengthy preface to the works, slight wear to tne backstrip, very slightly bumped, just barely starting in front hinge. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good decorated green & white cloth hardcovers, spines sunned, light cover blemishes, otherwise good solid bindings, text clean & unmarked. Size approx 5x7 with 219 + 315 pages including index + notes, gilt top page edges. Illustrated by original etchings by Le Rat. No date but preface dated 1881. A lovely set of two volumes. P Le Rat (illustrator).…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. Aesop's Classic Fables beautifully illustrated in Colour with 2 to 6 pictures to a page and some text beneath each illustration. Undated Edition, gift inscription on fep dasted 1896. Grey cloth-covered boards with 2 colour illustration of characters from the fables on the front. Red and Black lettering. Landscape format, 10 1/2" x 9". 570g. Slight edge wear, tips of bottom corners worn. Hinges sound but binding cracked between free endpapers and text block. Binding cracked again near middle of book with 1 page loose. No other inscriptions. M. B. De Monvel (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Two volumes (complete), octavo., bound in contemporary three-quarter calf and marble boards lettered in gilt; raised bands; black spine design; slightly rubbed. First Derby & Jackson edition, with numerous illustrations by J. J. Grandville. a life of La Fontaine, and new critical notes. A handsome copy of a timeless work.…