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.

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THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Alan Baker.
Stock no. 1329248
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

A Just So story. Pictorial laminated boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333341376. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Light page edge browning.

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WORDS BEASTS & FISHES
Written by Marmaduke Dixey. Illustrated by Clifford Webb.
Stock no. 1329182
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

21 witty and accomplished fables. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Striking b/w illustrations. Spine and corners and slightly rubbed. Some light spotting to covers. Endpapers slightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby with some loss (especially to top and tail of spine).

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TALES FROM TIMES PAST
Written by Bryan Holme; Hans Christian Andersen; et al. Illustrated by Richard Doyle; Edmund Dulac; Walter Crane; Arthur Rackham; et al..
Stock no. 1829378
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st UK 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of famous fairy tales, rhymes and fables, illustrated by the most popular illustrators of all time. Edited by Bryan Holme. Turquoise green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 175 pages. ISBN: 0434345415. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-creased, rubbing to lower front corner.

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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.

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AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop; Margaret Hughes. Illustrated by Sara Silcock.
Stock no. 1327760
Published by Albany Books. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Told by Hughes. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to textblock and page edge browning.

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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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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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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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