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GARRETT. M.A., EDWARD - Edited by: : AESOP'S FABLES. [A NEW EDITION.]

LONDON.ALEXANDER STRAHAN,PUBLISHER,1867.

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UK,slim 24mo HB,1st edn thus.VG+.No owner inscrpt [but previous bookseller's pencilled note: '1867 Scarce 1st edn,(an indecipherable letter,followed by - has 1868,this all in parenthesis] to top corner on the reverse of front free endpaper.Publisher's original bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered sand grained green cloth boards with an elaborate,non-oxidised,but bright and crisp,gilt blind-stamped decorative ruled bordered front board,titles and decorations also in non-oxidised bright,crisp, blocked gilt,the title within a gilt decorated panel and blind-stamped black ink floral decoration behind and surrounding that panel and within the gilt ruled-borders to same.Boards are identically blind-stamped but with minor divergences.The same front board design is repeated to the rear board but in blind-stamped black ink decoration and without the gilt tooling and title lettering within the gilt decorated panel - that space left blank and undecorated.The spine/backstrip also with decorative floral tooling and a non-gilt title within gilt decorated compartment to same.Plain brown endpapers,front hinge cracked,rear hinge with minimal,partial cracking,sewn signatures, but text body bright,tight,solid and sound; contents generally bright and clean - some sporadic,minor blemishes throughout.All edges gilt (AEG).UK,slim 24mo HB,b/w illustrated,1st edn thus,x-xiipp+1-148pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,CXV(115) Fables,100 b/w illustrations from contributors: J. Wolf, J. B. Zwecker and T. Dalziel; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title,3 foxing spots to tissue guard for b/w illustrated frntis (by Zwecker+Dalziel), a title page and 2pp publisher's advert for other published children's books. A new collection of Aesop's fables with accompanying illustrations. Joseph Wolf (b. 21st January 1820,d. 20th April 1899) was a German artist who specialized in natural history illustration.Wolf depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art. Johann Baptist Zwecker (1814-1876) was a German illustrator of books and magazines.Zwecker studied art in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt,Germany and around 1860,he set up a studio in London with Joseph Wolf.He is however,best known for his artwork for natural history books including Alfred Russel Wallace's The Geographical Distribution of Animals.His greatest work was to illustrate John George Wood's Popular Natural History (Routledge,1871) in three volumes. Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel (1823-1906) was an engraver known chiefly for his illustrations of the work of Charles Dickens.Thomas Dalziel produced many illustrations for books published by the family firm,the Brothers Dalziel. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 24mo HB, 1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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