Blanche Winder; Aesop — Aesop&Apos;S Fbales

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, c1933. Cloth. Blanche Winder's retelling of the fables of Aesop, in the very scarce original dust wrapper eautifully illustrated by Harry Rountree. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, very scarce dust wrapper illustrated by Harry Rountree.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by Arthur Cooke. Blanche Winder's retelling of the fables of Aesop, a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. Undated, dated by the prize label to the front. In the original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with the slightest wear to the tail of the spine. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown with offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap has the odd spot and handling mark to the rear, minor sunning to the spine, and tape repairs and spotting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd spot to the front. Near Fine . Ill.: Arthur Cook; Harry Rountree. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.