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Lot 328
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021
4:00AM CT
Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$625
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Lot Description
[AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.).] – A group of 31 works in 33 volumes relating to Aesop’s Fables, including:
Aesop’s Fables. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, nd. Large 8vo. Numerous colored prints by Edwin Noble. Publisher’s original cloth. -- The Fables of Aesop. London, New York, & Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. (1909). Large 4to. 23 colored plates and pictorial endpapers illustrated be Edward J. Detmond (1883-1957). Publisher’s original decorated cloth. -- LEONARD, William Ellery (1876-1944). Aesop and Hyssop. Chicago, The Open Court Publishing Co., 1912. 8vo. Publisher’s original decorated olive cloth. Provenance: USC School of Philosophy Character Research (library stamp), Mabel F. Rice (earlier ownership inscription). -- Aesop’s Fables. Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio, 1989. Oblong 8vo. Publisher’s original cloth-backed boards, dustjacket. -- And 27 more. --Together, 31 works in 33 volumes, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.
Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch