Aesop — The Aesop for Children

Chicago, Rand McNally & Co. 1919. First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated first edition of this collection of the fables of Aesop, written for children and young readers. First edition of this collection. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous in-text and full-page colour images. 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 includes titles such as: The Wolf and the Kid, Belling the Cat, The Bundle of Sticks, The Two Goats, and The Monkey and the Cat, amongst others. Illustrated by Milo Winter, an American book illustrator. He created editions of Aesop's Fables, Arabian Nights, Alice in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol, Gulliver's Travels, Tanglewood Tales, and others. Some of Winter's best known works include his images for The Lion and the Mouse, The Ant and the Grasshopper, and The Fox and the Grapes. In the original full cloth binding with pictorial front board. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good . Ill.: Milo Winter. Very Good .