L'Estrange, Sir Roger.. Twenty Four Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists as Rendered into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight, with illustrations after the Etchings of Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.. Ernest Benn, London. (1928)., 1928.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition thus in VG condition, full mauve cloth with gilt design to front cover, binding has a few marks, spine and back cover is sunned, octavo, ii+52 pages with 24 illustrations. One of the first books printed by The Alcuin Press.

Seller: J. King, Bookseller,, Garden Bay, BC, Canada

Aesop and others.:. Twenty four Fables of Aesop and other eminent mythologists, as rendered into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight, with illustrations after the etchings of Marcus Gheeraerts the elder.. London: Ernest Benn limited1928., 1928.

Price: US$15.46 + shipping

Description: The text by the Alcuin Press Campden. the illustrations by the Collographic Art Printers. 52 pp. 24 illustrations, gold blocked blue boards, there is some fading to the gilt and there is a bit of sun fading. internally good but covers fair only.

Seller: Saintfield Antiques & Fine Books, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Aesop; L'Estrange, Sir Roger (trans.). TWENTY FOUR FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS, AS RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BY SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE, KNIGHT, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER THE ETCHINGS OF MARCUS GHEERAERTS THE ELDER. Ernest Benn Limited, London, 1928.

Price: US$1800.00 + shipping

Description: small 4to. full brown leather, the front cover gilt with a rich design of crowned A's, with ornamental center and corners, gilt leather turn-ins, all edges gilt, crimson moire satin endpapers. (12) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies printed by the Alcuin Press on handmade paper. Small dampstain on outer margin of first few pages. Spine lightly faded. Slipcase slightly cracked. Else a lovely copy in a lovely signed binding by A. Genova, Venezia (stamped on rear board). With 24 full-size reproductions of the Gheeraerts etchings of 1567. A stunning edition of Aesop's Fables. full brown leather, the front cover gilt with a rich design of crowned A's, with ornamental center and corners, gilt leather turn-ins, all edges gilt, crimson moire satin endpapers

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