Caxtons Aesop by Lenaghan Editor (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, brick-red cloth, woodcut vignette of scribe and customer on front cover. 264 pp, William Caxton's text of 1484 illustrated with woodcuts from the German Esopus printed in 1477 in Augsberg. Jacket worn at head of spine, a couple of short closed ters in top edge, not price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1967 printing - very nice with light wear to paper jacket. Name inside front.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ** ORIGINAL PRINTING ** 1ST EDITION, 1967 ** NEAR FINE HARDCOVER ** VERY GOOD DUSTJACKET ** CLEAN, STAIN-FREE, UNMARKED ** NOT A LIBRARY BOOK ** ILLUSTRATED ** Published by Harvard University Press, 1967, with numerous illustrations. Very well-made book, bound in heavy-duty cloth-covered boards. Previous owner inscription blacked out on blank front page, book otherwise is essentially flawless, would be Like New. Dustjacket is clean and stain-free, and shows occasional, brief, minor edgewear with a few very short closed tears, PRICE-CLIPPED. Book is exceptionally clean and stain-free, square and straight, quite firm and tight in its binding, no pages are loose, missing, folded, or torn. The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. All pages are clean and stain-free, and all text is sharp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings in the book. Professional booksellers for 35 years, selling online since 1995. SB13.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Very fine/near fine - jacket has a closed tear to top.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Caxton's Aesop. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by R.T. Lenaghan. [x]264pp. The fables are reprinted in the original 15th century English, with many early woodcut illustrations, and a scholarly introduction. Light, small coffe stain to one corner of text block, only affecting edges, otherwise fine in red cloth with woodcut illustration. Yellow d/j has one half-inch closed tear, else fine.