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The Fables of Aesop. Illustrated in Colour by Edward J. Detmold
by AESOP:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Hodder and Stoughton, no date ca1909 1st. Hardback, approx 10.5 x 8 inches. Light brown/tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine, eagle illustration to front in red with green lettering and border to front. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor handling marks and minor rubbing to edges of cloth, rubbing to bottom front edge, some darkening to top page edges. Some darkening and mild foxing to prelims. Some light foxing spots to title, contents pages and p1. Some dark foxing spots to outer page edges. Plates all very clean and bright, all tissue guarded. Else a very good clean and tight 1st edition. 152pp. With 23 mounted colour plates and b/w illustrations in text by Edward J. Detmold. The original edition published in 1909 by Hodder & Stoughton.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91880
- Title
- The Fables of Aesop. Illustrated in Colour by Edward J. Detmold
- Author
- AESOP:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Hodder and Stoughton, no date ca1909 1st
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books AESOP, Fables, Illustrated, colour, plates, Edward J.Detmold, colour plates, 1st, 1909, Hodder and Stoughton, animals, insects, nature, lessons, ethics, philosophy, morals,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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