Jacobs Joseph Editor Aesop Editor (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 208 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Condition: Used-Acceptable. No Jacket. Kurt Wise (Illustrator) (illustrator). 5th Printing 1959. 174 pp. A perfectly acceptable reading copy. No dust jacket. Front cover board corners are damaged. Some page edges are damaged. Ex-Library (Jr.Sr. H.S., Westbrook, CT)-Book with all the typical signs (stamps, stickers, and envelopes, etc.).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Kurt Wiese (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop, with commentary from Australian-born folklorist Joseph Jacobs. First illustrated edition of this work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of the tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Retold, with literary commentary and historical context provided by Joseph Jacobs, an Australian-born folklorist, literary critic and historian who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese, a German-born book illustrator and writer, who illustrated over three hundred books. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also very smart with minor wear and chipping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. book.