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AESOP'S FABLES LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK
Written by Aesop; George Fyler Townsend.
Stock no. 1326437
Published by George Routledge and Sons Limited. Very good condition.

The New Universal Library. With and introduction and life of Aesop. Green cloth, gilt title and decoration to spine. 157 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some small, light marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and some page margins.

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THE LION AND THE RAT
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Brian Wildsmith. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 1826903
Published by Oxford University Press. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Fable retold by Wildsmith for younger children. Large format 11.25 x 8.5". Pictorial boards. Striking colour pictures. Reprint. Boards rubbed at edges. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor marks to prelims else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is covered with laminate by the publisher which has a small tear to lower front vertical edge and is creased across the top horizontal edge.

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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.

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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.

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A BOOK OF FABLES
Written by Aesop; Sheila Hawkins. Illustrated by Sheila Hawkins.
Stock no. 1323950
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1942. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 22. Oblong format, pictorial paper wraps. Wonderful colour and b/w illustrations. Adapted from Aesop by Sheila Hawkins. Spine has been repaired (attaching previously detached covers). Some slight loss to top edge of front cover. Damp staining to page margins.

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THE BEST OF AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop; Margaret Clark. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake.
Stock no. 1824194
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Retold by Margaret Clark. A selection for younger chldren "to dispel altogether the 'preacherly' tone from the best of Aesop's shrewd and funny stories". Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 61 pages. ISBN: 0744510090. A lovely copy.

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AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1323396
Published by William Heinemann. 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cheaper edition. Red cloth, black titles and vignettes. 8 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 223 numbered pages. 8 x 5.5". A chunky book being 1.5" thick. Spine slightly bumped and very slightly sunned. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. White dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with some pieces of loss.

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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.

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FABLES DE LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine. Illustrated by Pierre Noury.
Stock no. 2135787
Published by Ernest Flammarion. Circa 1947. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Text in French. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Stains and fading to rear cover. Name in ink to front pastedown. Page browning and a few grubby marks.

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FIFTY FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Norman R. Shapiro; Sarah Bakewell. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1821900
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. This is copy 55 of 1000 and SIGNED by Quentin Blake. A beautiful copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is in almost fine condition with a minor knock to to spine edge.

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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.

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MY FIRST BOOK OF FABLES
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Mansbridge.
Stock no. 2134473
Published by Collins. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations througout. Light foxing to outer page edges and endpapers. Front pastedown starting to lift from the front board. Wrapper is torn to top of spine, with a bit of loss; grubby marks to rear panel.

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