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. 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.). Kurt Wise (Illustrator) (illustrator). …

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 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. Kurt Wiese (illustrator). book.…