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The Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables

The Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables

by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Published
1918
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Orig. green cloth. viii, 280 pp. Spine cocked and sunned, rubbed to extremities, worn to spine ends. Interior age toned.
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Ade's Fables

Ade's Fables

by Ade, George

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Published
1914
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Hardcover
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Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1914. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. McCutcheon, John T.. 18mo. Olive publisher's cloth. 297 pp. [8] plate illustrations. Spine tilted, edges chafed.
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Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. Translated by the Most Eminent Hands. Adorn'd with Sculptures
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Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. Translated by the Most Eminent Hands. Adorn'd with Sculptures

by Ovid [Publius Ovidus Naso, 43 B.C. - 17 A.D.]; Garth, Samuel (editor, translator); Addison, Joseph, A.S. Catcott, William Congreve, Samuel Croxall, John Dryden, Laurence Eusden, John Gay, Stephen Harvey, Arthur Maynwaring, John Ozell, Alexander Pope, Nich

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Published
1717
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London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1717. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Orig. calf boards, new calf spine w/ black leather spine label. Gilt palm borders, panels, title and decoration to spine, blind medallions to center of boards. Inner edges blind dentelle, with gilt rule and floral corners. A.E.G. Brown ribbon marker. [6],… Read more about this item
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The Fables of Aesop, Paraphras'd in Verse (1668)

The Fables of Aesop, Paraphras'd in Verse (1668)

by Aesop; Miner, Earl (introduction)

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Published
1965
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Soft cover
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Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, 1965. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. A special publication of the Augustan Reprint Society. Orig. tan card wrappers, sewn and glued. xv, 211 pp. B&W illustrations. Some sunning to edges, creasing and light scuffing to spines, else fine.
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The Fables of Aesop

The Fables of Aesop

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Published
1899
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Philadelphia: Henry ALtemus Company, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo. Altemus' Young People's Library. Full grey publisher's cloth. 160, 12 pp. ads. With 60 B&W illustrations in text. Spine tilted, bumping and small spots of wear to spine ends and corners, bruise to tail edge of rear board, general soiling to cloth. Ink ownership inscription to ffep, dated… Read more about this item
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A Blue Fable
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A Blue Fable

by Woodward, C. Hendrika

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Edition
Limited Edition
Published
1981
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Soft cover
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Kathmandu: New Printing Press, 1981. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 6" x 7.25" Limited first edition of 1500 copies. Blue cloth spine, paper wrappers. Printed on Nepali Ricepaper. Unpaged, [24] pp. Some staining to covers and peeling at corners, else fine.
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Fables

Fables

by de France, Marie; Spiegel, Harriet (editor)

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Published
1994
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Soft cover
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching 32. Soft cover. viii, 282 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Slight curling to lower front corner. Small spot of soiling to rear top corner of text block. Else fine.
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The Alchemist

The Alchemist

by Coelho, Paulo

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Published
2006
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Hardcover
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San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Brown paper boards with faux leather look. Colour map endpapers. Brown ribbon marker. 178 pp. Water colour illustrations in text. Fine condition, in fine custom slipcase. The Alchemist is not only a reflection of the author's own inner journey, but also an inspiring journey for everyone who reads… Read more about this item
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Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen
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Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen

by Dahl, Roald

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Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1948
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Hardcover
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New: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full red cloth. 244 pp. White spotting to fore edges, some small spots of wear to spine and tail edges of boards. Dust jacket is rubbed, damp stained to fore edges, a few small chips and short tears, small perforations… Read more about this item
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L'Alchimiste

L'Alchimiste

by Coelho, Paulo

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Published
2001
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Soft cover
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Montreal: Editions Alexandre Stanke inc - Collection Coffragants, 2001. Soft cover. Fine. Malak, Annabel (cover illustration). 5.5" x 5" Soft cover book w/ audio CD. Unpaginated, approx. [44] pp. Audio adaptation by Marie-Jose Beaudoin. Translation by Jean Orecchioni. Read by Patrice Laffont, also with the voices of Serge Postigo, Marina Orsini, Robert Lalonde, Marc Bellier, Fracois Caffiaux, Vincent… Read more about this item
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Bulfinch's Mythology

Bulfinch's Mythology

by Bulfinch, Thomas

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Fine
Published
1979
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Hardcover
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New York: Gramercy Books, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Quarter brown cloth, tan paper boards. xvii, [3], 957 pp. With 42 illustrations plus maps, charts, and an 80-page dictionary. Some bumping and creasing to spine foot of dust jacket, and some indentations to front flap, else fine. Includes the complete texts of The Age of Fable, The Age of… Read more about this item
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Indian Fables
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Indian Fables

by Raju, Ramaswami (editor)

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Published
1901
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Hardcover
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London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Orig. blue pictorial cloth, bevelled edges, gilt lettering, black stamped vignette of the Tiger, the Bear and the Fox to front board. T.E.G. Deckled edges. xii, 129 pp. [18] B&W plates. Spine cocked, darkening to spine and edges, staining to boards, some light wear to spien ends… Read more about this item
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The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
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The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream

by Coelho, Paulo

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Published
2007
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Hardcover
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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2007. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Collector's Edition. Brown genuine leather boards with gilt decoration. Moire endpapers. A.E.G. Gold ribbon marker. x, 174 pp. Fine condition. Laid in are a note about the book and the author, two Easton Press ex libris bookplate stickers, and the Certificate of Authenticity… Read more about this item
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The Sweet-Scented Name, and Other Fairy Tales, Fables, and Stories

The Sweet-Scented Name, and Other Fairy Tales, Fables, and Stories

by Sologub, Fedor; Graham, Stephen [editor]

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Used - Near Fine
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Published
1915
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Hardcover
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London: Constable and Company, 1915. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Constable Russian Library. Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. xi, 240 pp., [4]. Scuffs and small damp stains to boards, rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners, some minor cockling of cloth at rear. Offsetting to endpapers. Interior is bright and clean. Binding tight. A collection… Read more about this item
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Moral Emblems, With Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs, of All Ages and Nations, From Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie
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Moral Emblems, With Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs, of All Ages and Nations, From Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie

by Cats, Jacob and Robert Farlie; Pigot, Richard [editor and translator]

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Used - Very Good
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1st American Edition
Published
1860
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Hardcover
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New York: D. Appelton & Co, 1860. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Leighton, John. 4to (small). Full brown morocco. Gilt titling and gilt and blind decorated compartments to spine. Gilt titling and frame decoration to boards. Inner edge dentelle. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. xvi, 240 p.p. Copiously illustrated throughout with B&W engravings in-text by Leighton, Dalziel, Whymper, Green,… Read more about this item
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Fables By the Late Mr. Gay: In One Volume Complete
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Fables By the Late Mr. Gay: In One Volume Complete

by Gay, John

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Published
1769
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Hardcover
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London: Printed for W. Strahan J. And Others, 1769. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (small). Full brown calf with professionally rebacked spine. viii, [1] 10-192pp. A small soil to upper title page (text unaffected), light foxing. Wear to corners and edges, with some deep scuffs to boards but o/w very good.
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Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables

by Townsend, George Fyler

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Used - Near Fine
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Very Good
Published
1968
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Hardcover
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Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Murray Tinkelman. 8vo. Orig. red cloth with illustration and text in white, 215pp. A small bruise to foot of spine, o/w near fine in slightly worn and faded but very good d/w.
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Fables in Slang

Fables in Slang

by Ade, George

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Published
1901
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Hardcover
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Chicago & New York: Herbert S. Stone, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Early reprint. Tan buckram with decorative floral design to front side and title to spine. Publisher's device in black to rear board. T.E.G., others untrimmed. 202 p.p. Illustrated throughout with humorous woodcuts. Description laid-in. George Ade was a newspaper columnist who left his position to work… Read more about this item
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Alle De Wercken Van Jacob Cats
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Alle De Wercken Van Jacob Cats

by Cats, Jacob. 1577-1660 and Dr. J. Von Vloten

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Published
1862
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Hardcover
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Zwolle: J.J. Tijl, 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Quarter-cloth with morocco spine, blind tooled boards with CATS in gilt to spine and upper boards, [10], xv, [4], 946, [23] pp; xv, 893, [18] pp.898 pp., illustrated with over 400 steel plates by J.W. Kaiser, including [15] full page plates. Light foxing and staining to leaves, hinges reinforced with… Read more about this item
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Twelve Fables of Aesop

Twelve Fables of Aesop

by Wescott, Glenway

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Published
1967
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Soft cover
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New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1967. Soft cover. Near Fine. Frasconi, Antonio. 8vo. Third printing. This printing has been adapted from a limited edition designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Unpaginated, [32 p.p.]. Tan card wraps with red and black stamped titling to front, staple bound. Light bumping to top edge and corners, light damp staining to fore… Read more about this item
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