Fables of Aesop, and Others. With Instructive Applications, by Samuel Croxall and other moralists.
by AESOP. CROXALL, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Faint 1866 pencil ownership signature; spine uniformly sunned but gold decoration bright. Clean, tight and sound.
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: The World Publishing House,, 1863.. publisher's plum cloth with gilt vignette on front panel and elaborately gilt spine.. Faint 1866 pencil ownership signature; spine uniformly sunned but gold decoration bright. Clean, tight and sound. . 12mo,. Illustrated by One Hundred and Thirty Engravings..
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77082
- Title
- Fables of Aesop, and Others. With Instructive Applications, by Samuel Croxall and other moralists.
- Author
- AESOP. CROXALL, Samuel
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by One Hundred and Thirty Engravings.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's plum cloth with gilt vignette on front panel and elaborately gilt spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Faint 1866 pencil ownership signature; spine uniformly sunned but gold decoration bright. Clean, tight and sound.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The World Publishing House,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1863.
- Pages
- 344 [6, ads] pp.
- Size
- 12mo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. New York residents please add 8% sales tax. All items guaranteed. Members ABAA, ILAB.
About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
Glossary
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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