Fables, with Life of the Author by Aesop - 1793

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869. Hardcover. Good. 5 x 7 in. Green cloth boards with gilt animals. B&W text plates. Condition is GOOD ; rear cover has a strip of the cloth gone at top, abount 1" wide, that extends partly over the spine head. Front hinge is a little tender but holding fine. Corners bumped. Text clean, bright and unmarked. Fic. Stax.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: R.F.Fenno & Company A Solid Book, No Signatures Or Inscriptions. Light Cracking In Gutters Front And Rear Eps But Boards Still Solidly Attached.A Small Stain On Ffep Edge Which Bled Very Slightly Onto The Following Few Pages ( Getting Less As It Progresses) But It Has Not Bled Onto The Main Text. No Date, However The Blue Cloth Boards Design Is C1900s The Boards Are Gently Frayed At The Spine Edges And The Corners Very Slightly Bumped. Shelf And Reading Wear To Boards But Still In Good Condition.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

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

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: printed at The Riverside Press for Hurd and Houghton, 1865. 130 engravings based on designs by Herrick. 8vo., original brown cloth decorated in gilt. Top of spine rather worn and front hinge split.|||

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.