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AESOP. HECHT, Anthony. BEWICK, Thomas. HOFER, Philip.. Aesopic. Twenty Four Couplets by Anthony Hecht to Accompany Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings for Select Fables.. At the Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1967.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: With an Afterword on the Blocks by Philip Hofer. Wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. Small 4to, publisher's boards with printed paper label, in tissue wrapper. First edition; copy no. 337 of 500. A fine copy; slight use to the tissue wrapper.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

HECHT, Anthony.. Aesopic. Twenty Four Couplets to Accompany the Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings for Select Fables.. The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1967.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: With an Afterword on the Blocks by Philip Hofer. Square 8vo, publisher's boards. No. 185 of 500 copies. Fine.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

(Gehenna Press) Hecht (Anthony).. Aesopic. Twenty Four Couplets to Accompany the Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings for Select Fables. With an Afterword on the Blocks by Philip Hofer.. Square 8vo, 20cm, [32]p, At the Gehenna Press in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1967., 1967.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Set in Palatino italic and printed in red and black on Arches handmade paper. Number 377 of 350 standard copies. Title lettered by John E. Benson. Green Fabriano paper-covered boards with spine label printed in red. A fine copy.

Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom

Hecht, Anthony.. Aesopic. Twenty-Four Couplets to Accompany the Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings for Select Fables.. The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1967.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Limited Edition. #292/500 copies printed letterpress and bound into pale greenish-grey paper covered boards, with small spine label, as issued. Very Fine. With a concluding Note on Bewick's Blocks by Philip Hofer. Q15685

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

HECHT, Anthony. Aesopic: Twenty Four Couplets by Anthony Hecht to accompany the Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings for Select Fables with an Afterword on the blocks by Philip Hofer. Gehenna, Northampton, 1967.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 24 illustrations. Rubricated text throughout. Slim, square 8vo, greenish boards with small paper spine label; uncut edges. Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1967. A fine copy. Limited Edition. Number 226 of 500 copies.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

HECHT, Anthony, Thomas Bewick, and Philip Hofer. Aesopic (Signed Limited Edition). The Gehenna Press, Northampton, MA, 1967.

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Description: First edition. Hardcover. Number 285 of 500 copies printed at the Gehenna Press in Palatino type on Arches paper. A collection of 24 couplets by Hecht with illustrations of woodcuts by Thomas Bewick which were lent by Philip Hofer who supplies an afterword as well. A very near fine copy in paper covered boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Hecht on the title page. A very nicely printed book.

Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.

[Gehenna Press]: Hecht, Anthony. ÆSOPIC TWENTY-FOUR COUPLETS . TO ACCOMPANY THE THOMAS BEWICK WOOD ENGRAVINGS FOR SELECT FABLES .. Gehenna Press, Northampton, MA, 1967.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: [31]pp. Oblong octavo. Gray-green fabriano over boards. Illustrations printed from the original blocks. This copy shows no evidence of having had a spine label, otherwise fine. First edition. With a concluding essay by Philip Hofer, then the owner of the original blocks, "On Bewick's Blocks." From an edition of 500 copies printed on Arches by Harold McGrath at the Gehenna Press, this is one of an unknown number of out of series, with the manuscript denotation 'printer's copy' in Leonard Baskin's hand in place of a number in the colophon. Additionally, it is inscribed and signed on the colophon by Baskin, utilizing initials: "S. & J. from L 1970." BROOK 53. BASKIN 53.

Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.

Hecht, Anthony. ÆSOPIC. The Gehenna Press, Northampton, MA, 1967.

Price: US$480.00 + shipping

Description: oblong 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper spine label. unpaginated. Limited to 100 numbered copies with the mark of the Society of Printers, Boston, and an additional engraving. Signed by Leonard Baskin and the author on colophon. Twenty-four couplets by the author to accompany the Thomas Bewick wood engravings for Select Fables. An afterword on the blocks by Philip Hofer. Fine copy. paper-covered boards, paper spine label

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

Hecht, Anthony. AESOPIC: TWENTY-FOUR COUPLETS BY ANTHONY HECHT TO ACCOMPANY THE THOMAS BEWICK WOOD ENGRAVINGS FOR 'SELECT FABLES.' With an Afterword on the Blocks by Philip Hofer. Gehenna Press, 1967.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBERED 177. Light green paper boards, Near Fine hardcover.

Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.