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The Hare and the Tortoise/A Foolish Miller and His Donkey
(Peter Haddock, 1989)
Good lively cartoon work in the Disney tradition. The righthand pages are full illustrations, while the left present the text with one telling symbol. This edition corrects the mistake of substituting lead for led on 19. ...
Ants and Grasshoppers/Three Oxen and a Lion
(Peter Haddock, 1989)
There are three grasshoppers instead of the usual one. The ant's last word is Just go on singing now. The lion--in the African savanna--gets the oxen arguing among themselves. Good lively cartoon work in the Disney ...
A Greedy Dog/The Gold Ax and the Silver Ax
(Peter Haddock, 1989)
The first story adds a small dog, from whom the meat is stolen. Good lively cartoon work in the Disney tradition. The righthand pages are full illustrations, while the left present the text with one telling symbol. The ...
Anno's Aesop
(PenguinPuffin Books, 1989)
See my comments on the hardbound version in 1989. I note almost no changes from the hardbound, except that in the last page's credits the 1912 edition used is now referred to in terms of both its publisher (Heinemann) and ...
The Fables of Aesop and Others with Designs on Wood
(D. Appleton & Company, 1818)
Note that this is a reprint of Bewick's later Aesopic work, not the Select Fables of 1776/1784. Comparison of this work with the 1975 Paddington reprint of the 1818 edition raises questions: this one is smaller and shows ...
Aesop's Fables [for the Children]
(Epworth Press J. Alfred Sharp,J. Alfred Sharp: the Epworth Press, 1920)
A remarkable find in very good condition. Fifty-two fables, listed in a T of C at the beginning. No numbers on the pages. Four full-color inserted pages of rather simple art ( The Cock, the Fox and the Dog on the ...
Aesopic
(Gehenna Press, 1967)
A magnificent little book. Next to Bewick's own work, these are the best representations of Bewick's work that I have. They are from the 1776/1784 first editions of Select Fables. Hofer writes aptly of them in the ...
The Peasant, the Snake and the Fox and Other Stories
(Rohan Book Company, 2000)
This twenty-four-page pamphlet starts with a title-page and TOC. The title story gets eight pages, while the other seven get from one page to three pages each. The peasant of the title story, wearing his fez, vest, and ...
Famous Aesop Fables: The Frog and the Mouse & other stories
(Jiwa Seni Sdn. Bhd., 2002)
One in a set of seven 7½ x 10¼ pamphlets, each including seven fables. For each fable, there is a full page of text on the left and a full-page colored illustration on the right. The cartoon illustrations are simple and ...
Famous Aesop Fables: The Cat and the Cockerel & other stories
(Jiwa Seni Sdn. Bhd., 2002)
One in a set of seven 7½ x 10¼ pamphlets, each including seven fables. For each fable, there is a full page of text on the left and a full-page colored illustration on the right. The cartoon illustrations are simple and ...