Aesop; Blanche Winder — Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, c1930. Cloth. A charming copy of this collection of Aesop's Fables retold, with bright illustrations throughout. The Sunshine Series. Illustrated with sixteen colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of the fables of Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. This collection includes: Crying "Wolf", The Lion and The Mouse, The Goose Who Laid Golden Eggs, The Crow and The Snake, and The Two Bags, amongst others. Retold by Blanche Winder, a British author of children's books. Illustrated by Harry Rountree, a New Zealand-born illustrator noted for his prolific output in England around the turn of the twentieth century. Dated from the University of Oxford Libraries. In the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, sound with rubbing and light chipping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with light discolouration to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages with age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Harry Rountree. Good .