FABLES
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AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop; Michael Hague.
Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130628
Published by Methuen Children's Books.
1st
1985.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Orange boards. Gold title to spine. Pretty full-page colour illustrations. 27 pages. ISBN: 041652950X. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is faded to spine.
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.
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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.
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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.
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THE DONKEY RIDE
Written by Jean B. Showalter.
Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer.
Stock no. 1316305
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd.
1st UK
1973.
Very good condition.
A fable adapted by Showalter. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0701150335. Boards warped. Some light spotting to textblock. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Original price label to rear cover.
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CHERRYWOOD CANNON
Written by Dimitri Sidjanski.
Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1316279
Published by Paddington Press.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Large format. White boards with black silhouette to front cover. Colour illustrations. A Fable of War and Peace. ISBN: 0448229781. SIGNED by the artist to title-page with a small doodle to the cannon illustration. Small nibble patch to base of spine of book. Ink (biro) 2.00 written to top corner of front free-endpaper. Some loss to lower spine corner of front panel of wrapper (where it was nibbled). Dustwrapper is lightly browned, some lifting of laminate at lower edge of front panel.
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THE BIG BOOK OF FABLES
Written by Walter Jerrold.
Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1505140
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 bumped and faded with a little wear, spine feels stiff so possibly some glue applied to verso. Corners worn, lower front corner bumped. 1.5" abrasion to rear cover with slight loss of cloth. A few other small marks to covers. Joints cracked, showing webbing. Name in ink to half-title page. Light foxing to endpapers, prelims and a few fox spots throughout. A few marks to contents but generally clean. All plates present.
LITTLE STORIES FROM AESOP
Written by Aesop.
Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1207657
Published by Collins.
Almost very good condition.
Small format. Pictorial stiff card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. B/w illustrations. Fables and the moral of the story. Inscription in ink to first blank page. Spine worn with some loss of surface from rear cover alongside. Contents pulled so feel a little loose. A few marks to margins otherwise contents clean.
THREE ANIMAL FABLES SELECTED FROM AESOP
Written by Aesop; S.M. Spence.
Illustrated by S.M. Spence.
Stock no. 631316
Published by Thorsons.
Circa
1943.
Almost very good condition.
Oblong format. Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Adapted by Spence. Spine faded. Corners are worn. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. First hinge cracked.
THE MAHATMA AND THE HARE
Written by H. Rider Haggard.
Illustrated by W.T. Horton; H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 383570
Published by Longmans, Green & Co..
1st
1911.
Almost very good condition.
A Dream Story. Red cloth, black titles and silhouette illustration to front. 164 pages. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of tiny indentations to cover edges. Spine faded. Covers a bit grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers are lightly browned and there is some light foxing to outer page edges. Otherwise contents are clean.
WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
Written by Ted Hughes.
Illustrated by R.J. Lloyd.
Stock no. 426501
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1984.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A Farmyard Fable for the Young. Large oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0571131557. SIGNED by author - "For Jenny, David's Wife. Greetings from Ted Hughes 15th November 84" on front endpaper. Very small amount of red marking to one corner of outer page edges. Wrapper is a little creased to edges.
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