1944 Fables from Aesop and Others

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

First edition illustrated by Arnrid Johnston. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with twenty-three colour images. Collated complete. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of the tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Including stories such as: The Fox and the Crow, The Lion and the Mouse, and The Fox and the Grapes, amongst others. Illustrated by Arnrid Banniza Johnston, a Swedish sculptor and illustrator, who spent the majority of her life and career in Britain. Dated from the British Library.