Aesop's Fables
by Aesop; Cary, Elisabeth Luther
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, front hinge cracked.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Platt & Peck. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, front hinge cracked.. 1913. Hardcover. Handsome antiquarian edition of Aesop's fables with illustrations in color and in black and white by J. M. Conde. Introduction by Elisabeth Luther Cary. Dark green cloth decorated in gilt with grapes and leves on front boards and spine and with color illustration pasted-on front boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 259 pages .
Synopsis
Aesop, known only for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was a slave in the mid-sixth century BC in Greece. He is assumed to have written many of these curious moral parables, and they have been added to and translated into many languages since they were first collected.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53107
- Title
- Aesop's Fables
- Author
- Aesop; Cary, Elisabeth Luther
- Illustrator
- J. M. Conde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, front hinge cracked.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Platt & Peck
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1913
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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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,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...