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CAUTIONARY TALES AND OTHER VERSES

by Hilaire Belloc

Illustrated by Posy Simmonds

Published by Folio Society. 1st thus. 1997

Nearly fine condition. Olive green, yellow & red pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. Yellow endpapers. 160 pages.

A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with some light shelf-scuffing.

Stock no. 1208923

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Contents

  • CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN (1907)
  • Introduction
  • Jim
  • Henry King
  • Matilda
  • Franklin Hyde
  • Godolphin Horne
  • Algernon
  • Hildebrand
  • Lord Lundy
  • Rebecca
  • George
  • Charles Augustus Fortescue
  • NEW CAUTIONARY TALES (1930)
  • A Reproof of Gluttony
  • Maria
  • Sarah Byng
  • Jack and His Pony, Tom
  • Tom and His Pony, Jack
  • About John
  • Peter Goole
  • Aunt Jane
  • On Food
  • THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS (1896)
  • Introduction
  • The Yak
  • The Polar Bear
  • The Lion
  • The Tiger
  • The Dromedary
  • The Whale
  • The Hippopotamus
  • The Dodo
  • The Marmozet
  • The Camelopard
  • he Learned Fish
  • The Elephant
  • The Big Baboon
  • The Rhinoceros
  • The Frog
  • MORE BEASTS FOR WORSE CHILDREN (1897)
  • Introduction
  • The Python
  • The Welsh Mutton
  • The Porcupine
  • The Scorpion
  • The Crocodile
  • The Vulture
  • The Bison
  • The Viper
  • The Llama
  • The Chamois
  • The Frozen Mammoth
  • The Microbe
  • MORE PEERS (1911)
  • Edward, first Earl of ROEHAMPTON in the County of Surrey, deceased
  • Archibald, Fifteenth Baron CALVIN of Peebles in North Britain
  • Henry de la Tour Albert St John Chase, commonly known as LORD HENRY CHASE
  • Thomas, second Baron HEYGATE of Bayswater in the County of London
  • Percy, first EARL OF EPSOM in the County of Surrey
  • Arthur Weekes, commonly known as LORD FINCHLEY Eldest Son and Heir of Charles, first Baron Hendon
  • Ali-Baba, first (and last) Baron ALI-BABA of Salonika
  • George Punter, commonly known as LORD HIPPO, Eldest Son and Heir of Peter, sixth Earl of Potamus
  • Baron UNCLE TOM of Maarfontein in the Britains Overseas
  • Christopher, sixth Baron CANTON
  • Alchibiades, third baron ABBOTT of Brackley in Southamptonshire
  • William, eighth EARLY LUCKY, subsequently Fifth Duke of Bradford
  • A MORAL ALPHABET (1899)
  • LADIES AND GENTLEMAN (1932)
  • The Garden Party
  • William Shand
  • The Three Races
  • Obiter Dicta
  • The Statesman
  • The Author
  • The Example
  • THE MODERN TRAVELLER (1898)

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