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2001962T88London: Frances Lincoln 2001-2002. First edition. Hardback. Fine. 8.5" by 11". Jonathan Heale. Two very smart first edition volumes of this charming retelling of Aesop's fable The Tortoise and The Hare being the first hardcover and first softcover editions. Two volumes. The first hardcover 2001 and first softcover 2002 editions and first impressions of this retelling by Angela McAllister. Illustrated throughout with twelve full page colour images to each volume and numerous decorations. A delightful retelling of this story of a race between unequal partners originally attributed to Aesop. Being a variant of a common folktale theme in which ingenuity and trickery are employed to overcome a stronger opponent. Intended for children and young readers. Retold by Angela McAllister an English writer of books for children and young people best known as the author of The Little Blue Rabbit. Illustrated by Jonathan Heale an English painter illustrator and printmaker. The first hardcover is bound in the original pictorial paper covered boards with the first softcover being bound in the original pictorial card wraps. Externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Frances Lincoln hardcover
1915976H21London; Edinburgh; Dublin; New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1915. Cloth. Very Good. 6.5" by 7". Various. A lovely retelling of Aesop"s Fables by Elizabeth Hardie designed to introduce children to these classic moral tales with charming colour plate illustrations and frontispiece. In the publisher's original cloth binding with charming pictorial paper illustration affixed to the front board.This copy is undated dated here using Jisc from a copy held at The British Library.This edition is notable for it's numerous in-text illustrations and colour plate illustrations of which there are four including a colour frontispiece of "The Dog in the Manger" from the picture by Walter Hunt in the Tate Gallery London. Collated complete. This early 20th-century edition presents a selection of Aesop"s fables retold in simplified engaging language for young readers by Elizabeth Hardie. Fables include: "The Ass in the Lion's Skin" "The Fox and the Grapes" "The Kid and the Wolf" "The Fatal Marriage" "The Angler and the Little Fish" "The Man and his Goose" "The Wolf and the Lamb" "The Sheep-Biter" and many more.Aesop was a storyteller who is thought to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. He is best known for his collection of fables featuring anthropomorphic animals that illustrate moral lessons of honesty wisdom and kindness. These fables have become enduring classics continuing to be shared with generation after generation. In the publisher's original cloth binding with paper illustration affixation. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in very slight loss to cloth at head and tail of spine. Small spot of damp staining to illustration affixed o front board. Slight fading to extremities and spine. The odd very slight handling mark to boards. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Frontispiece hinge cracked with binding materials exposed but holding firm. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with the odd spot heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Very Good Thomas Nelson and Sons hardcover
1980963T21London; New York: The Bodley Head; Mulberry Books 1980-1993. First edition. Hardback. Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Eve Rice. Two very smart first edition copies of this charming collection of fables attributed to Aesop retold and illustrated for children. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout. A collection of ten fables attributed to Aesop a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of the tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. With titles including: The Lion and the Mouse Belling the Cat and The Hare Who Had Many Friends amongst others. Retold and illustrated by Eve Rice an American illustrator and writer. This set contains: Once in a Wood: Ten Tales from Aesop 1980. First UK edition. Once in a Wood: Ten Tales from Aesop 1993. First Mulberry edition first printing. First UK edition is bound in the original pictorial paper covered boards with the first Mulberry edition in the original softcover card wraps. Externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine The Bodley Head; Mulberry Books hardcover
2004962T99London: Orchard Books 2004. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 10.5" by 8". Emma Chichester Clark. A very smart first edition first impression of this collection of the fables of Aesop retold for children with bright illustrations throughout. First edition first impression. Illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of the tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Each volume contains two of these classic tales. This volume contains titles such as: The Lion and the Mouse The Hare and the Tortoise and The Dog in the Manger amongst others. Retold by Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo an English book author poet playwright and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse 1982. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005 and is President of BookTrust a children's reading charity. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark a prolific British children's book illustrator and author. In the original full pictorial paper covered binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Orchard Books hardcover
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83537george g harrap & co 1927. First edition thus - New edition reset with new illustrations illus super octavo brown boards VGThis book has only minimal description. Please refer to our website for information on our definitions. More detail on request. george g harrap & co 1927 hardcover
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19841-0823405109Holiday House 1984. Hardcover. New. 32 pages. 9.25x8.25x0.25 inches. Holiday House hardcover
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