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Children's
Tall tales and wonderful adventures await. We have beautifully illustrated books for children over many years past. Perhaps we have something you remember?
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1992 The Children's Aesop: Selected FablesLondon: 1992A smart first edition of this collection of Aesop's fables for children, with an audiocassette recording of the stories narrated by Dudley Moore. -
1997-1999 3vol A Collection of Aesop's Fables & Aesop's Funky FablesLondon: 1997-1999Three very smart first edition volumes of Aesop's fables, retold for children. With bright illustrations throughout. -
c1906 Aesop's Fables Told to the Children, and, Beasts Shown to the ChildrenLondon: c1906A scarce curated set of Edwardian adaptations of Aesop for children, colourfully illustrated, in a custom clamshell. -
c1985 Nanette Newman's Storytime Pop-Up Book and Audiocassette: Aesop's FablesLondon: c1985A very scarce first edition of this pop-up book and audiocassette of Aesop's fables, read by Nanette Newman. -
1971 Aesop's FablesLondon & New York: 1971A smart first UK edition of this vibrantly illustrated collection of Aesop's fables, from Karel Teissig. -
c1930 Aesop's FablesLondon: c1930A charming copy of this collection of Aesop's Fables retold, with bright illustrations throughout. -
2001-2002 2vol The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop's FableLondon: 2001-2002Two very smart first edition volumes of this charming retelling of Aesop's fable The Tortoise and The Hare, being the first hardcover and first softcover editions. -
1896-1987 Books For the Bairns. I. Aesop's Fables. W. T. Stead and His "Books For the Bairns".London; Edinburgh: 1896-1987A reference set of W. T. Stead's edition of Aesop, alongside a bibliography on Stead, scarce works presented together in a clamshell. -
1995 An Aesop's Fable: The Lion and The MouseHampshire: 1995A very smart first edition of this illustrated fable from Aesop, retold by British writer A. J. Wood. -
c1879 R. Caldecott's Picture BookLondon: c1879Randolph Caldecott's charmingly illustrated volume of entertaining tales for children, complete with colour plates. -
1912 The Big Book of FablesLondon: 1912A striking copy of this anthology of fables, lavishly illustrated with colour plates and bound by collector and typographer, Eric Sweet. -
c1895 The Panjandrum Picture BookLondon: c1895A comical volume of poems for children, complete with striking colour plates by Randolph Caldecott. -
1946 Fables of AesopNew York: 1946A very scarce, beautifully reproduced hand-written and illustrated edition of the Fables of Aesop by Philip Grushkin, with the publisher's original slipcase. -
1971 Lions and Lobsters and Foxes and FrogsReading, Massachusetts : 1971A colourful collection of Aesop’s fables adapted into verse, illustrated by Edward Gorey, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. -
c1930 The Fox and the WolfLondon: c1930An interesting illustrated collection of Aesop’s fables, with illustrations throughout and a colour frontispiece. -
1983-1995 18vol Fables from AesopBucks: 1983-1995Eighteen very smart volumes of fables attributed to Aesop, retold and illustrated by Hungarian children's author Val Biro. -
1869 Old Friends and New FacesLondon: 1869The second edition of this scarce volume of tales for children, colourfully illustrated with chromolithographs. -
1924 A Hundred Fables of AesopLondon: 1924A beautifully bound volume of Aesop's Fables, decorated throughout with illustrations by Percy J. Billinghurst. -
1945 A Apple PieLondon: 1945A colourful education on the alphabet by Kate Greenaway, in a custom clamshell. -
1951 The Wind in the WillowsLondon: 1951A superbly bound copy of this popular children's novel, complete with beautiful colour plates by Arthur Rackham. -
2006-2007 Fables from the Usborne First Reading SeriesLondon: 2006-2007A lovely collection of six children's fables from the publisher's 'First Reading' series, presented neatly in chemise and slipcase. -
1921-32 Aesop's FablesLondon: 1921-32Two copies of Edwin Noble's boldly illustrated edition of Aesop's fables, one being the first Noble edition, and both featuring Noble's fantastic colour plates and housed in a clamshell box. -
1977 The Town Mouse and the Country MouseLondon: 1977A charming illustrated edition of Aesop’s timeless fable The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, brought to life by Harold Jones’s whimsical illustrations -
1948 The Stream That Stood StillLondon: 1948The first edition of this charming fantasy tale by Beverley Nichols, illustrated with a colour frontispiece. -
1953 2 Vols A Selection of Aesop's Fables from a New Translation for Modern ReadersWolverhampton: 1953A lovely two-volume collection of A Selection of Aesop's Fables, featuring one copy uniquely rebound by Eric Sweet and the other in its original binding with dust wrapper, both housed in a mint green chemise and slipcase. -
2001-2004 10vol Aesop's FablesLondon: 2001-2004Ten very smart volumes of fables attributed to Aesop, retold and illustrated by Hungarian children's author Val Biro. -
1954 Aesop's FablesNew York: 1954A charming edition of Aesop's Fables with the original unclipped dust wrapper, with delightful illustrations by Tony Palazzo throughout. -
1908 Aesop's FablesNew York: 1908The very scarce first Lucy Fitch Perkins illustrated edition of the popular fables of Aesop, with her fantastic colour plates throughout, and in the original early dust wrapper. -
1903 Aesop's Fables in Rhyme for ChildrenChicago: 1903A charming edition featuring Aesop’s fables in verse, each accompanied by Charles Livingston Bull’s detailed grey-tone and color wildlife illustrations. -
1971 Lions and Lobsters and Foxes and FrogsReading, Massachusetts : 1971A vibrant collection of Aesop’s fables adapted into verse, illustrated by Edward Gorey, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. -
2011 Aesop's FablesLondon: 2011A very smart first edition of this brightly illustrated pop-up book of Aesop's fables, illustrated by Agnese Baruzzi. -
1919 The Aesop for ChildrenChicago: 1919A brightly illustrated first edition of this collection of the fables of Aesop, written for children and young readers. -
1924 Aesop's Fables in Rhyme for Little PhilosophersNew York: 1924A charming copy of Aesop's classic fables, accompanied by striking illustrations by George Leonard Carlson. -
1927 The Aesop for ChildrenChicago: 1927A brightly illustrated collection of the fables of Aesop, written for children and young readers. -
1982-2003 5vol Aesop's FablesLondon: 1982-2003A smart collection of five versions of the Usborne Story Books edition of Aesop's Fables, retold by Carol Watson. With one Welsh language volume. -
2010 Aesop's Fables: A Pop-Up Book of Classic TalesLondon: 2010A very smart first edition copy of this scarce pop-up book containing ten of the fables of Aesop.