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Title
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en_US
Aesop's Fables Illustrated
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en_US
The People's Edition
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Description
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en_US
This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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First edition?
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Creator
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Aesop
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Contributor
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en_US
Tenniel, John
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:38:55Z
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2005-07
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en_US
1867
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:38:55Z
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Date Issued
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1867
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Abstract
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en_US
Here is a pleasant little surprise. Earlier, I had worked my way back through editions of 1873, 1870, and 1868. The seller had told me that the last of these was a first edition. Now here is the identical book published not by Samuel R. Wells but by Fowler and Wells, Publishers at the same address a year earlier. The book is identical with that of 1868, down to the broken typeface on the page numbers for the last two units in the beginning AI. The beginning also has a list of the fifty-five illustrations. It seems to me that what we have here are copies of Tenniel's (not Wolfe's) work. They are now often signed by the engraver (e.g., Felter, Howland, or Orr). As in the other copies, the advertisements at the back of the book are strong on phrenology. The book is in only fair condition.
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Identifier
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5574 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Fowler and Wells
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New York, NY
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Subject
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PA3855.E5 A37 1867
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Aesop
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Type
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Book, Whole