Fables
by Gay, John
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Fables
by GAY, John
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1778
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- Leather; tight and secure
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
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A$771.60
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1778 FABLES of John Gay Illustrated ART English Literature Poems Buckland London
John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and opera composer best known for his masterpiece 'The Beggar's Opera'. While he is most remembered for his music, he did publish a collection of fables in verse. This 1778 Buckland edition of Gay's 'Fables' features numerous illustrations.
Item number: #16621
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GAY, John
Fables
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FABLES
by Gay, John
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- Used
- Published
- 1973
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- Cloth, dust jacket
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New Castle, Delaware, USA
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A$86.59
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London: The Scolar Press, 1973. cloth, dust jacket. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. Introductory note on one page followed by the facsimiles of the 1727 and 1737 editions. Reprint of the 1969 first printing of this facsimile volume. Tear in jacket. Item Price
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Fables
by GAY, John
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1757
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- Leather; tight and secure
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
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A$926.23
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1757 FABLES John Gay Illustrated Wootton Gravelot ART English Literature Poems
John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and opera composer best known for his masterpiece 'The Beggar's Opera'. While he is most remembered for his music, he did publish a collection of fables in verse. This 1757 edition was published in London and contains impressive illustrations throughout by famed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fables; in One Volume Complete
by Gay, John
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- Used - A few pages with edge tears and old mends; page 28 has a corner torn off, with loss of text, and has a replacement leaf from an
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- 1788
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$270.60
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London: Printed for J. Buckland, et al., 1788. A few pages with edge tears and old mends; page 28 has a corner torn off, with loss of text, and has a replacement leaf from an 1816 edition tipped in; covers rubbed; ownership signatures to title page and dedication.. Small 8vo, 230pp; contemporary calf, recased and rebacked; title page… Read more about this item Item Price
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FABLES
by Gay, John
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- Used
- Edition
- Sixth edition
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- 1746
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- Hardcover
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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A$278.33
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London: J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts, 1746. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 194pp. Hardcover in VG- condition. Rebacked with new spine and end-papers. Bumping and shelf-wear. Moderate rubbing and abrasions to original boards. Mild foxing throughout text. Slight offsetting of engravings on facing pages. Binding is sturdy. TJ CONSIGNMENT.
Spine is tan leather with… Read more about this item Item Price
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FABLES
by Gay, John
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- Used - Some light foxing, but generally quite clean and nice.
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- Vol. I, 6th edition; Vol. II, 4th edition
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- 1746
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- 1
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Paris, Tennessee, USA
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A$270.60
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London: J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts, 1746. Vol. I, 6th edition; Vol. II, 4th edition. Some light foxing, but generally quite clean and nice.. Vol. I, 6th edition; Vol. II, 4th edition. Two volumes. Each fable illustrated with a copper-engraved plates. Rebound in full leather with very plain gilt spine titles. Item Price
A$270.60
Fables
by Gay, John
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1813
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- Full Diced Calf
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London, Greater London, GBR
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A$117.32
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[London]: Printed at the Chiswick Press, by C. Whittingham 1813. 32mo. xii, 212 pp. Small format measuring 7.5cm x11.5cm. Contemporary full diced calf with gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Lacks free front endpaper. With 80 engravings. Binding firm. . Very Good. Full Diced Calf. 1813. Item Price
A$117.32
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FABLES
by Gay, John
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- Used - The covers are in very good condition, the interior is tight and clean although there are a couple plates that have a small piec
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- 1793
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Richmond, Texas, USA
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A$1,318.22
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Piccadilly: John Stockdale, 1793. The covers are in very good condition, the interior is tight and clean although there are a couple plates that have a small piece out of the edge [nowhere near the image] and the paper is foxed in varying degrees throughout. General foxing throughout, some pages heavily, some mildly.. 2 Volumes bound in later… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fables; With a life of the author, and embellished with a plate to each fable
by GAY, John
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- Used - Near fine
- Published
- 1793
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Brisbane, Queensland, AUS
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A$500.00
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London: printed by Darton & Harvey, for F. & C. Rivington, B & B. White, T. Longman, B. Law & Son, G.G. & J. Robinson, T. Cadell. S. Bladon, R. Baldwin, J. Sewell, J. Johnson, H.L. Gardner, J. Bew, W. Goldsmith, J. Murray, W. Lowndes, J. Scatcherd & Co. G. & T. Wilkie, & E. Newbery, 1793. Near fine.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$500.00
FABLES
by GAY JOHN:
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- Used
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BAKEWELL, Derbyshire, GBR
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A$488.82
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LONDON, STRAHAN et al, 1772. TWO PARTS IN ONE VOLUME. RECENT FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING WITH RAISED BANDS, NEW ENDPAPERS, GILT DESIGN TO THE SPINE. A MOST ATTRACTIVE VOLUME. EACH FABLE ILLUSTRATED, USUALLY 2 TO A PAGE. PART ONE CONTAINS 50 FABLES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FOR 8 MISSING. PAGES 41 TO 46 HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONALLY STRENGTHENED.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fables; With A Life of the Author and embellished with Seventy Plates
by Gay, John
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- Used - Full green levant, spines evenly faded to brown. Aeg. Fine
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- First edition
- Published
- 1793
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- Leather_bound
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- 1
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ardsley, New York, USA
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A$2,706.02
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London: John Stockdale, 1793. First edition. leather_bound. Full green levant, spines evenly faded to brown. Aeg. Fine. Blake, William. 225, 187. 27 x 17 cm. First Stockdale edition, first issue (with long "s" throughout). Frontispiece memorial illustration, engraved title pages in both volumes, and 68 engraved plates, including 12 by William Blake. Published posthumously with a life of… Read more about this item Item Price
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FABLES
by GAY, JOHN.
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- Used - Gentle Edge Wear.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Published
- 1812
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
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A$425.23
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London: C. Whittingham, Chiswick Press, 1812. Covers with two sets of double-fillet gilt borders with corner rosettes. Between them a border of gilt grape leaves. Inner blind-stamped designs. Panelled spine with elaborate gilt designs. Inner dentelles, Old light purple endpapers. All edges gilt. Edges and joints just a bit scuffed, but firmly-bound. Verso of Contents page has a light smudge… Read more about this item Item Price
A$425.23
Fables
by Gay John 1685-1732
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- New
- ISBN 10
- 1314669397
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Southport, Merseyside, GBR
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A$34.61
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Fables
by John Gay
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1793
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- Leather
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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A$527.93
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London: R and C Rivington et al , 1793. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A lovely copy of John Gay's Fables, lavishly illustrated throughout. With vignette title and engraved plates to every fable. With a life of the author. Darton and Harvey printing. John Gay (30… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fables
by Gay, John
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dustjacket as issued
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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A$30.93
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Imrpint Society , 1970. Hardcover. Good/No dustjacket as issued. Signed by Illustrator. Sixty six wood engravings by Gillian Lewis Tyler. Signed (but not numbered) by the illustrator on colophon. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Rubbing to spine ends. Gilt top edge and illustrated paper backed boards. Small stain to leading edge; very light scratching to lower edge.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fables: With a Life of the Author
by Gay, John; William Blake [Etchings]
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- Used
- Edition
- First Thus
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- 1793
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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A$2,319.45
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London: John Stockdale, 1793. First Thus. First Stockdale edition, first issue with the long "s" throughout, and list of subscribers. xi [1], 225; [2], vii, 187, [1] pp. Two engraved title-pages with vignette, "Gay Monument" frontispiece and 68 illustrations (including 12 etchings by William Blake). Later full calf polished with gilt borders, gilt decorated spines; marbled endpapers and edges.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fables
by John Gay
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- Used - Good
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- 1812
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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A$54.75
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London: Stanhope Press for John Sharpe, Suttaby, Evance and Fox, Taylor, Hessey, 1812. Hardcover. Good. Printed at the Stanhope Press. Neat edition featuring both volumes of Gay's fables, the second only appearing 1738, six years after his death. Featuring 68 fables told in rhyming verse, these satirical pieces take aim at the politics and society of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fables: In one volume complete with wood-engravings
by Gay, John
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- Used - Like New
- Edition
- Limited
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Southampton, New York, USA
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A$46.37
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Imprint Society, 1970. Limited. Hardcover. Used - Like New. First Edition Thus, First Printing (Copy #267 of 1,950). Published by The Imprint Society, 1970. Octavo. Orange cloth over light brown illustrated boards stamped in black with paper spine label, gilt topstain, and light brown endpapers. In light brown paper over boards slipcase stamped in red. Signed by artist… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fables (Two Volumes)
by Gay, John
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Editions
- Published
- 1727, 1738
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- Full Calf. Slipcase: Quarter Morocco. Two chemises: cloth.
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New York, New York, USA
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A$2,706.02
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London: Vol. 1: J. Tonson and J. Watts. Vol. 2: J. and P. Knapton. , 1727, 1738. First Editions. Full Calf. Slipcase: Quarter Morocco. Two chemises: cloth. . Very Good. 4to. 26 by 20 cm. [14], 173, [9], 155 pp. Armorial bookplates of Bradby-Hall. Both… Read more about this item Item Price
A$2,706.02
Fables [In One Volume Complete With Wood-Engravings by Gillian Lewis Tyler]
by John Gay
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Simi Valley, California, USA
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A$24.74
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Imprint Society, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. . Fading to spine, general shelf/dust wear to slipcase. Otherwise VG. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy. Item Price
A$24.74