Aesop — Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London, Tiger Books International , 1987-1993. Cloth. A very scarce trio of editions of Aesop's fables for children by Tiger Books, all adorned with colour plates. A trio of very scarce Tiger Books editions of Aesop's fables for children. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Illustrated to each, including a frontispiece and ten colour plates to 'Children's Treasury', fifteen double-sided colour plates to 'Children's Classics', and eight double-sided colour plates to the 1987 edition. Collated, complete. Offering a delightful set of children's anthologies of these classic fables, including stories such as 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', 'The Three Wishes', 'The Fox and the Grapes', 'The Goose Who Laid Golden Eggs', 'The Milkmaid and Her Pail', and many more. In the original cloth except for 'Children's Treasury', which is in the original pictorial boards. All complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart, with mild discolouration to the edges of the cloth and a couple marks to the boards of 'Children's Treasury&apos. Dust wrappers are also very smart, with spots and slight sunning to the blue wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with marginal age toning and a scattered spotting to the fore edge of 'Children's Classics' and 'Children's Treasury', affecting the odd page. Near Fine . Ill.: Harry Rountree; Lindsay Duff. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.