Aesop; Val Biro — Fables from Aesop

Bucks, Ginn Publishing, 1983-1995. Paperback. Eighteen very smart volumes of fables attributed to Aesop, retold and illustrated by Hungarian children's author Val Biro. Ten volumes. Illustrated 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. Each volume contains two of these classic tales. Retold and illustrated by Balint Stephen Biro, a Hungarian children's author, artist and illustrator. This collection is arranged into three sections of six volumes, being: Fables 1-6, 1995. Eleventh impression. The Fox and the Crow; The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs; The Donkey in the Lion's Skin; The Boy Who Cried Wolf; Town Mouse and Country Mouse; and The Boy and the Lion. Fables 7-12, 1995. Nineth impression. The Ducks and the Tortoise; The Eagle and the Man, The Donkey in the Pond; The Man, His Son and the Donkey, The Donkey and the Lapdog; and The Farmer and His Sons. Fables 13-18, 1995. Third impression. The Lion and the Mouse; The Fox and the Stork; The Hare and the Tortoise; The Sick Lion; The Monkey and the Fishermen, and The Bear and the Two Friends. With a clamshell case bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. In the original pictorial card wraps. Externally, excellent. With a cloth covered clamshell which is also in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Val Biro. Fine .