6 x 8 pamphlet with four stories, each five or six pages in length. Three fables: The Dog and the Rooster, TH, and TMCM. In the latter, the cat, cook, and dogs come apparently together. In fact, some text may have been ...

The two first items in this book of satire come from Aesop and Babrius, respectively: FG and The Oxen and the Butchers (7). Ambrice Bierce contributes six funny items from Fantastic Fables on 307-310. The book bears ...

The final page shows that this book was published under license of the American Military Government. It also lists the thirty-one fables and their creators. Hey has four, and Gellert and Zacharia have two each. The ...

This impressive book presents over fifty fables. About half are from Aesop. The other half favors Thurber and German authors. The covers present a scene that is distinctly contemporary. A crow bartender shakes a martini ...

This is a sturdy little book of some 224 pages and some 200 fables. A helpful introduction gives a sense of the various ages of fable. "Fabula docet et delectat!" There are rather elaborate initials but no illustrations. ...

I am delighted to have found this little book, since it was produced in a limited production of only 3000 copies. Might it have been printed as a gift of the firm for its friends? A note at the end of the book describes ...

A beautifully produced book, set by hand and bound by hand. It contains five fables, the first three of them labelled as Aesop's fables. The Country Mouse & the Subway Mouse (1) is a strong starter for this collection. ...

A really lovely book. Eleven fables, including two from Aesop (FG and Die Katze und die Hühner) and from Krylov (Der Hahn und die Perle and Der Schwan, der Hecht und der Krebs). Others: Der Löwe und der Hase from Lessing, ...

Compare this book with the larger 1958 book with the same title by the same author and illustrator. It must be unusual in the history of publishing to have the same two combine on so different a work! Three of the ten ...

Here is an extra copy of this book. Identical after the title page with the Dutton edition printed in England (1928?). Most of the illustrations are taken from Gheeraerts' edition from Bruges of 1567 (the three others ...