ENGLISH FABLES AND FAIRY STORIES
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1829496
Published by Oxford University Press. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of well-know English fairy-tales and folk-tales retold by James Reeves. Pink cloth, gilt title to spine on mauve title block. Decorated endpapers. Colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. 234 pages. Third impression. Light mottling to boards. Foxing to text block with some bleeding to edge of pages. Name & date in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots and is a little grubby, lightly worn to top & tail of spine. Musty odour present.

FAVOURITE FABLES FOR TINY TROTS
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Arthur S. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1329044
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Very small format (6.25 x 7.5cm). Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 130 pages, all edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Covers are edge rubbed. Inscription in ink to Xmas sticker which is stuck to front pastedown. Front free-endpaper removed. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Hinges cracked/pulled but binding still tight.

FABLES AND SATIRES
Written by Harold Morland. Illustrated by Helen Kapp.
Stock no. 1325821
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Salmon pink cloth, black titles. 80 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly foxed. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is grubby and edge chipped with small tape repairs on verso.

THE SLY CORMORANT AND THE FISHES
Written by Aesop; Brian Patten. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325013
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Adaptations into poetry of the Aesop Fables. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Blue endpapers. Superb colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0722653603. Spine slightly bumped. Pale page browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is very lightly browned.

TOLD AGAIN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 2140292
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

White cloth with gilt tiles to spine and front cover; vignette also to front cover. Traditional tales told by Walter de la Mare. Limited edition to 260 copies. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 88. Grubby marks and spots, with cup ring mark to covers. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers, prelims, outer page edges; some throughout.

FIFTY FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Norman R. Shapiro; Sarah Bakewell. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1821639
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Translated by Shapiro, introduced by Bakewell. Green goatskin leather binding with gilt titles. Limited edition of 1000, each copy numbered and signed by Quentin Blake. Colour illustrations. Top edge gilt. Copy 180 SIGNED by Quentin Blake. A fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

WALTER CRANE'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1320310
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1900. Almost very good condition.

Comprising of The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet and The Baby's Own Aesop. Ltd edition of 500 copies in the UK and 250 copies in the USA. White spine with gilt title, pale brown cloth. 192 pages with top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed. Colour illustrations throughout. This is copy no. 489. White spine is grubby and split at edges. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth slightly grubby/marked. Foxing to endpapers. Light foxing and light fingermarks to page margins.

TALES FROM AESOP
Written by Aesop; Harold Jones. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1318528
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 6.5". ISBN: 0862030188. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine.

FIRESIDE FABLES AND INDOOR WALKS
Written by E. Walter Walters. Illustrated by A.E..
Stock no. 2127484
Published by J.W. Butcher. Circa 1918. Almost very good condition.

Olive green cloth with red orange and black titles and decorations. 12 full page colour illustrations. Some fading and scuffing to covers. Bumping to corners. Front endpaper is cut out and missing. Some foxing. All illustrations are present.

THE FABLES OF AESOP
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 2126057
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. 23 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with tissue-guards. Assumed 1st edition. Spotting/browning to spine; some chipping to cloth at top and tail; a little fraying. Wear along cover edges; a few small nicks at corners. Some foxing and browning, mostly to prelims. All plates present. Bottom corner of page 144 has small piece torn off.

THE BIG BOOK OF FABLES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2125303
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with super gilt titles and vignettes of animals to front cover and spine. Green pictorial endpapers. 28 colour plates plus numerous b/w text illustrations. 293 pages. Spine is bumped and faded. A few small splash marks to rear cover. Name in ink to half-title page. Foxing heavy to prelims, lightly to other areas, including page margins. Frontis is creased to edges with a couple of small edge-nicks. All plates present.

MORE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Edward Marsh.
Stock no. 1506863
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Edition Limited to 165 copies, of which 150 are for sale. White spine with gilt title, pale blue paper boards. 48 fables. 88 pages. Edges uncut. Light bump to top of spine. Foxing and a few tiny marks to covers. Foxing, mainly to endpapers. Browning to half-title page and last text page. Contents otherwise clean. Copy no. 97 SIGNED by Marsh. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with a little loss. Panels grubby, spine browned.