Blanche Winder; Aesop - Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London, Ward, Lock & Co, [1936]. Cloth. Two copies of Blanche Winder's retelling of Aesop's fables, beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Harry Rountree, including the very scarce original dust wrapper. The Harry Rountree illustrated edition. Bound in the original cloth with pictorial boards, and the original unclipped dust wrapper to one of the volumes. Illustrated by Harry Rountree with a coloured frontispiece and twenty-three coloured plates to both volumes. Collated, complete. A charming illustrated collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. A two volume set, featuring a complete copy and a smaller incomplete copy with the original dust wrapper. The smaller volume is lacking the pages after pp.44, but contains all twenty-four colour plates. One volume is re-backed and the other has been re-bound with the plates bound to the rear, with the original spine bound to the front endpapers. Housed in a cloth clamshell box. In the publisher's original cloth, re-backed, with pictorial covers. The second volume is re-bound and includes the original unclipped dust wrapper. Housed in a cloth clamshell box. Externally, very smart with minimal edge wear and the odd slight mark to the rear covers. Original cloth spine adhered to the front pastedown of the smaller volume. The wrap has archival repairs and a tidemark to the verso, and minor creasing. Internally, the slightest strain in places, otherwise firm. Pages bright with the odd spot heavier to the front and rear. The clamshell has fading to the spine and joint. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Harry Rountree. Very Good Indeed .

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