Fables By the Late Mr Gay

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.

London : Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1733. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the full contemporary aniline calf. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; [14], 194 p. : ill. ; 8vo. Notes; Titlepage illustration. Subject; Fables, English —… Read more about this item

London : printed for J. Buckland, J. F. and C. Rivington, B. and B. White, T. Longman, B. Law T. Carnan, G. G. J. and 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 and J. Whitaker, G. and T. Wilkie, and E. Newbery,… Read more about this item

C & J Rivington etc.. Very Good. 1823. Hardcover. Very Good hardcover edition, has been rebound with new endpapers. No names or marks. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 222 pages .

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-06-29. Paperback. Good.

London: Tonson and Watts; Knapton and Cox, 1737-1751. Leather. Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. Two beautifully illustrated volumes of the short moral fables of eighteenth century dramatist and poet John Gay, present here in their fourth and fifth editions. Two mid eighteenth century volumes of the fables of English poet and dramatist John Gay, best remembered for… Read more about this item

1796. GAY, John. FABLES BY THE LATE MR. GAY. In One Volume Complete. London: Printed for T. Longman, B. Law, G. G. and J. Robinson, et al., 1796. Small 8vo., disbound with title page unattached yet present. As is.

New.

London: J. Buckland, W. Strahan, 1783. First thus. Hardcover. Good. 16mo, full sheep, later spine rebacking, green endpapers. Gay's fables made him famous before his "Beggar's Opera". No engravings in this copy. Ex libris Lee Merton Watson. ESTCT13861

London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, 1757. Engraved frontispiece after Gravelot, title-page vignette of author nafter Gravelot,&67 engravings. [xviii], 334pp. 8vo. Nineteenth century half brown morocco and cloth. Engraved frontispiece after Gravelot, title-page vignette of author nafter Gravelot,&67 engravings. [xviii], 334pp. 8vo. Osborne p. 567; ESTC N9617

Gay, John. FABLES BY THE LATE MR. GAY. London, printed for J. Buckland, et al., 1778. First and Second parts in one volume. Engraved illustrations. Full calf, gilt stamped. A very good copy.

Coventry: Luckman & Fuffield, 1798. Leather. Good. 4" by 3". None. A charming pocket-sized collection of fables from English writer John Gay. Pocket-sized. Complete in one volume. With a frontispiece. A collection of fables including: The Lion, The Tyger, and The Traveller; The Wild Boar and The… Read more about this item

Coventry: Printed and Sold by M [ary] Luckman c. 1790. Engraved frontispiece. 12mo (4 x 2 3/4 inches) pages: viii:213:(3, Luckman's List). Contemporary full tan sheep, rubbed and scuffed with chipping at the base of the spine; sound however. Internally good. Contemporary signature dated 1791 on free endpaper.A rare provincial edition of Gay's Fables.