Aesop; Val Biro — Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London, Award Publications Limited, 2001-2004. First edition. Paperback. Ten 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 contains: The Fox and the Stork, 2001. First edition, first impression. The Monkey and the Fishermen, 2001. First edition, first impression. The Donkey and the Lapdog, 2001. First edition, first impression. The Sick Lion, 2001. First edition, first impression. The Eagle and the Man, 2002. First edition, first impression. The Bear and the Travellers, 2002. First edition, first impression. The Bear and the Travellers, 2004. Second impression. The Boy Who Cried Wolf, 2004. Second impression. The Boy Who Cried Wolf, 2004. Second impression. The Farmer and His Sons, 2004. Second impression. 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 .