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London: The Bodley Head. Very Good. 1922. Hardcover. Light wear to top and bottom of spine. Small blotch on spine. Bumped corner. See image. ; Book is in very good condition. Charming full-page illustrations compliment each of the one hundred stories. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 201 pages .

New York and Boston: Hurd And Houghton / E. P. Dutton, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Henry Walker Herrick. 12mo, xii, 311 pages, red bevelled publisher's cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, original floral endpapers, all edges gilt. Variant with gilt fox in a circle on covers. This is Samuel Croxall text, unattributed, with a lengthy "Application" at the end of each of the 110 fables here. For example, "The Hunted Beaver" draws comparisons to the Inquisition, and persecution of the Jews - with advice I do not comprehend. Illustrated by watercolorist Henry Walker Herrick

Godfrey Cave Associates Ltd / Omega Books Ltd. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hurd, 1865 New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1865. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Illustrated with 111 engravings from original designs by Herrick . First edition thus. 12mo. green and gilt boards with period yellow end papers, 311 pp. All edges gilt, very ornate binding with animals and decorations all in blind-stamped gilt, very attractive and conditionally near fine. Date on title page matches date of copyright, true first printing thus.