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The eagle & the fox & the fox and the eagle: two semantically symmetrical versions followed by a revised application
(Gaberbocchus Press Limited, 1949)
This wild and wonderful presentation had been on my want list since I saw it in the Heffelfinger Collection in Minneapolis. Princeton Antiques' notice to me was the first time I had heard that it was available. Though ...
The Wind and the Sun: Aesop's Fables Retold
(Angus & Robertson, 1951)
In my experience, it is unusual that, as here, the sun starts the argument. The story's form is the poorer version: Whichever one of us can make this poor traveller take off his coat shall be declared the stronger, suggests ...
The Dove and the Ant: Aesop's Fables Retold
(Angus & Robertson, 1951)
Various pages use pastels and black-and-white illustrations. The pastels are particularly charming. My favorite is the two-page spread on which the dove sweeps down to drop a twig for the struggling ant (12-13). This ...
The Miller Who Tried to Please Everyone
(Dominie Press, Inc., 1999)
Here is a first printing of this booklet. I will add it to the collection, keeping also the fourth printing already in the collection. Here is the tenth book of this series of ten. Pearson Learning Group is not mentioned, ...
The Crow and the Pitcher
(Dominie Press, Inc., 1999)
This is a better copy of the fifth printing. I will leave both copies in the collection. Here is the sixth book of this series of ten. Pearson Learning Group is not mentioned, and the publisher's address is Carlsbad, ...
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
(Dominie Press, Inc.: Pearson Learning Group, 1999)
Here is the fifth book of this series of ten. The word count is 265. Sixteen pages. Finding two of the books of this series led to finding more. Acquiring individual copies, I arrived at a total of nine out of the ten. ...
The Miller Who Tried to Please Everyone
(Dominie Press, Inc., 1999)
Here is the tenth book of this series of ten. Pearson Learning Group is not mentioned, and the publisher's address is Carlsbad, CA. The word count is 560. Sixteen pages. One of the best illustrations in this version ...
The Crow and the Pitcher
(Dominie Press, Inc., 1999)
Here is the sixth book of this series of ten. Pearson Learning Group is not mentioned, and the publisher's address is Carlsbad, CA. The word count is 265. Sixteen pages. This crow repeats several times I must have water ...
The Farmer and His Two Lazy Sons
(Dominie Press, Inc., 1999)
Here is the ninth book of this series of ten. Pearson Learning Group is not mentioned, and the publisher's address is Carlsbad, CA. The word count is 314. Sixteen pages. One of the best illustrations in this version ...
The Fox and the Crow
(Dominie Press, Inc., 1999)
Here is the second book of this series of ten. Pearson Learning Group is not mentioned, and the publisher's address is Carlsbad, CA. The word count is 307. Sixteen pages. This fox begins by telling the crow that the ...