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New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1967. Third printing. Wraps. Very Good. Frasconi. Linoleum Blocks by Antonio Frasconi to illustrate Twelve Fables of Aesop newly narrated by Glenway Wescott. In Poetry Binders.

New York: Artists Equity Association, 1952. First edition. Comb-Binding. Very Good/No dust jacket. Large Quarto. [12]pp. plus 99 leaves. Copy #1537 of two thousand numbered copies. Plastic comb bound stiff pictorial card covers. 99 lithographed sheets, printed on rectos only, with color lithographs on rectos and versos of covers. Byron Browne, Adolf Dehn, Sol Wilson and Ruth Reeves created the color works for the covers, and Milton Avery, T.L. Feininger, Antonio Frasconi, Chaim Gross, John Groth, Jacob Lawrence, Ben Shahn, Raphael Soyer and Max Weber were among the contributors to the internal plates, a few in colors, but the majority monochrome. "Each page was designed by the artist directly on the litho plate, thus making this a collection of original lithographs" - prefatory note. A few artists contributed more than once, and while the majority are signed in the plate, a few are not. Minor chipping at outter edge and lower right-hand corner of front cover. Some minor chipping to… Read More

New York: Thomas Y Crowell. Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good. Gilt-stamped decorative binding, all edges gilt. Small 8vo, 166 pp., b/w illus., page decorations. Spine cocked, covers sunned and lightly foxed, light foxing to endpapers, book plate on front pastedown also offsetting to free endpaper.

London: Methuen, 1904. Cloth. Good. Thomas Rowlandson. Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books. 12mo, top edge gilt, 246 pp., color plates. Edgewear and superficial insect damage to boards, spine label chipped, foxing to page edges, endpapers, and page margins throughout, book plate on front pastedown.

New York: Century, 1911. First Printing Thus. Cloth. Good. 8vo, 172 pp., b/w plates and illus. Covers rubbed and worn at edges and corners, with some fraying at head, spine slightly pulled, page edges tanned; binding sound and interior unmarked.

Paris: Henry Jonquieres, 1925. Limited edition. Cloth. Very Good. Gilt decorated cloth covers with hand-colored vignette, all edges gilt, 12mo, 161 pp. One of 65 copies on Marais vellum paper (numbered 11-60 / 61-75 hors commerce), of a total edition of 555; this is no. 75. Small fraying tear at crown, dampstain at heel, corners of boards bumped with slight loss, foxing to endpapers and some page margins.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Leather-Backed Paper Over Boards. Very Good. Fritz Kredel. 950/1500, numbered and signed by illustrator. 8vo, 563 pp., color illus. Scuffing to leather at head and heel of spine and some wear to corners of boards, light dustsoiling to page edges, tiny stain to fore-edge, a few page corners lightly bumped. Interior Fine. Slipcase a bit sunned and soiled, splitting at top seam.

Yale University Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 4to, 126 pp., b/w & one-color illustrations. Introduction by Fred C. Robinson, commentary by Marijane Osborn. Head of spine lightly bumped, otherwise Fine/Fine.

London: Longmans Green, 1878. Cloth. Good. Gilt-stamped dark green cloth with decorations in red and black, all edges gilt, 8vo, 312 pp., frontis. portrait, chapter head illustrations throughout. Covers rubbed, particularly at edges and extremities, with some loss and fraying at head and heel of spine and corners; book plate on front pastedown (over residue of removed book plate), front hinge starting.

Random House, 1930. First Edition Thus. Cloth. Good/No dust jacket. Rockwell Kent. 112pp. Illus. Contains all of the illustrations made by Rockwell Kent for the Random House limited edition of 1928. Handset in Garamond type and printed on a specially made paper by the Payson Press. Some light dampstain. Small chip at the top of the spine.Some minor to the covers.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Cloth-Backed Paper Over Boards. Fine. Rafaello Busoni. 963/1500, signed by illustrator. 8vo, 392 pp., color illus. Head of spine just a bit pulled. Slipcase lightly dustsoiled and handled.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1919. First edition thus. Cloth. Good. Kirk, Maria L.. Gilt-lettered, decorated red cloth, 8vo,191 pp., color plates. COvers rubbed, edgeworn, with minor stains, pages tanned, previous owner name.

Austin, TX: Steck, 1954. First thus. Boards. Very Good. Theresa Kalab Smith. 8vo, 86 pp., color illus. Signed by illustrator. Head and heel of spine lightly bumped, light soiling to boards, page edges tanned. In original glassine jacket, which is sunned and chipped.

San Francisco: Determined Publications, 1983. First Edition. wraps. VG/No dust jacket. Small Nick to edge of rear. Vertical crease down lift side of front cover.

Loudmouth Collective, 2001. Limited edition. Loose Cards in Envelope. Very Good. 181/500. 17 loose printed cards (approx. 4x6") in folding printed double envelope. Nine-page story and seven drawings with title leaf. Very light corner wear to envelope and a few cards.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1883. Cloth. Very Good. Gilt-lettered decorative brown cloth over boards, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers, wide 8vo, pp. unnumbered, b/w plates and illus. Covers rubbed with wear and minor loss at extremities, and lightly soiled; hinges tender, finger marks to endpapers and several page margins.

New York: D. Appleton, 1903. Cloth. Very Good. Thomas Rowlandson. 12mo, top edge gilt, 244 pp., color plates. Covers a bit rubbed and handled, spine faded, foxing to page edges, endpapers, and page margins throughout, book plate on front pastedown.

Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1961. Reprint. Wraps. Near Very Good. 16mo, 148 pp. Spine cocked, wrappers dustsoiled and lightly stained, rear wrapper creased, pages tanned.

New York: Heritage Press, 1960. Boards. Very Good. Vertes. Folio, 96 pp. Spine faded and lightly pulled at head, light sunning to boards and page edges. In original slipcase, which is sunned, soiled and worn.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Cloth. Very Good. No. 739 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. 8vo, 354 pp., illustrations in two colors. Spine faded, otherwise Fine. In original printed foil-covered slipcase, which is worn and has much of foil missing.