1964 Aesop's Fables

Description

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

First edition of this collection. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. 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. This collection contains: The Dog in the Manger, The Fox and the Stork, and The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs, amongst others. Retold by Anne Terry White, a Russian-born American writer and translator. Illustrated by Helen Siegl, an Austrian-born American visual artist, printmaker, and illustrator.