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by DENIS, Charles
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1754. First Edition. Leatherbound. Fair. [30], 448 p. 21 cm. Frontispiece engraving and title page vignette with some other decorations. Leather binding with raised bands, gilt trim on borders and spine. Spine gilt wearing off, hinges cracked, label missing, tail chipped, leather wearing through in patches. Scratched front board, corners worn. Front free endpaper ink notation. Stain on p. 5, tears in pp. 109-11 and one page in preface, some foxing, last page of text loosening, chipped bottom corner p. 353.
Dedicated to the Prince of Wales and including 120 fables, such as The Astrologer that tumbled into a Well, The Ploughshare and the Sword, Pandora, The Fox and the Grapes.
Dedicated to the Prince of Wales and including 120 fables, such as The Astrologer that tumbled into a Well, The Ploughshare and the Sword, Pandora, The Fox and the Grapes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 116979
- Title
- Select Fables
- Author
- DENIS, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Leatherbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1754
- Keywords
- Fables, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Attic Books
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London, Ontario
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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