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Aesop's Fables, Vol. I
(Educational Publishing Company, 1892)
Standard except for the illustration and event finishing the FG on 10: the grapes smile and laugh! The Bull and the Gnat becomes The Horse and the Fly. Helpful introduction: both boys and girls like Aesop; ...
Aesop's Fables
(Platt & Peck Co., 1905)
A curious reprinting of the Moffat original of 1905. See that entry for comment and this for contrasts. Rackham's TH is on the cover here, without acknowledgement. Townsend is no longer mentioned. The list of illustrations ...
Aesop's Fables Together with the Life of Aesop.
(Rand McNally,, 1897)
The plates in this edition seem to be identical with those in the 1897 edition of the same title from the same publisher. There are, however, some differences. The title page is configured differently, there is no date ...
Aesop's Fables: A Classic Illustrated Edition.
(Chronicle Books, 1990)
A truly magnificent book--not that different from a book I would have liked to publish someday! Excellent black-and-white and color illustrations. The five-page introduction gives a good overview of the history of Aesop ...
A Camel in the Tent
(Albert Whitman & Company, 1961)
Pairs of pages alternate between full color and black-and-white. The rich sultan of Taza orders rich robes from the distant Mohammed for his eight hard-to-please daughters. Mohammed is bringing them across the desert by ...
The greedy fox and other stories by Aesop
(HMSO], 1993)
This is a pleasant 20-page pamphlet 7½ x 8¼ containing three fables and a short life of Aesop including GGE and FK. The title-story puts the fox into a hollow tree trunk. There is a graphic illustration of the greedy fox ...
Aisopeia
(Uitg. ElectaUitgeverij Electa, 1950)
The bulk of this book is a set of 150 Aesopic fables done into Dutch verse. The fables are divided into these subsets: stories from mythology, animals (alone or with people), humans (alone or with gods), nature, and ...
The Fables of Aesop as first printed by William Caxton in 1484 Volume I
(David Nutt, 1889)
I had noted this book sitting on Midway's shelf for years. I once recommended it to the Heffelfinger collection in Minneapolis. I never realized that it was Joseph Jacobs' own copy. I am now especially delighted to add ...
Kohút a líska: The Cock and the Fox: Ezopské bájky
(Mladé letá, 2002)
This attractive 120-page book with shiny bright covers presents twenty-three bilingual Aesopic fables. FS is the first offering and gives a good example of the style. The fables are significantly expanded here. Thus the ...
The Ant and the Grasshopper
(Holiday House, 2000)
This is a large-format book over 10 square. The setting is a long time ago at the edge of the courtyard in the emperor's summer palace. The visual setting is oriental. The grasshopper starts each of three different ...