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The Children's Picture Fable-Book Containing One Hundred and Sixty Fables
(George Routledge and Sons, 1860)
Hobbs gives 1860 as the date of the first edition of this work, by Routledge. Might this be it? The book is slightly larger in format than my 1861 Harper & Brothers edition. See my notes there. This edition features ...
Fables de La Fontaine
(Imagerie d'Épinal, Pellerin & Cie., 1890)
Here is a slightly different copy of a book I have listed already. Like it, this exemplar is large (16½ x 12½). Like the hardbound version, this softbound copy brings together the broadsides or posters I have found from ...
Favorite Fables
(Hurst & Company, 1895)
This is a very curious book. Neither its title, cover, nor title-page gives indication that it is La Fontaine's fables that are presented here, though that is clear at the top of most pages within the book. Nor is there ...
Favorite Fables
(Hurst & Company, 1895)
This book is almost the same as another from the same publisher with the same title, also listed under 1895? This book has the same curious suppression of mention of La Fontaine on the cover and title-page, and it maintains ...
Aesop's Fables
(M.A. Donohue and Co, 1893)
Here is the second of two extra copies of this book. It lacks a cover and has some crayoning on its pages. This book is in the family of my 1892? and 1896 editions of the same name. See my comments in those two places. ...
Aesop's Fables
(M.A. Donohue and Co, 1893)
Here is the first of two extra copies of this book. This book is in the family of my 1892? and 1896 editions of the same name. See my comments in those two places. Differences from the former, to which it is closer, ...
The Fables of Aesop as first printed by William Caxton in 1484 with those of Avian, Alfonso, and Poggio, now again edited and induced by Joseph Jacobs.
(Burt Franklin, 1889)
Here is an extra copy. The Same as Volume 1 of the David Nutt entry. Do not miss the index (225) and especially the synopsis (229). I am eager to try some of Jacobs' scholarship. There is a wonderful pedigree of Caxton's ...
Stories for Children
(American Book Company, 1895)
The first copy of this book is in surprisingly good condition. This extra copy is in wretched condition! It shows how a good book gets used! As I mentioned there, this reader is surprisingly rich. Thirteen fables, nine ...
Fables by G. Washington Aesop
(The World, 1878)
Here is an extra copy that has lost it covers. A very funny little book, most like Bierce in its sardonic and surprising treatment of the fables. There is also a touch of Thurber here. The illustrations are delightful, ...
The Fables of Florian
(John B. Alden, 1888)
Here is an extra copy missing the title page and inscribed in 1893. T of C at the beginning. Fifty-one fables, preceded by a useful introduction to Florian (1755-94). Two Travellers (14) is often presented as Aesopic. ...