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Fables Less and Less Fabulous by  Horst Dolvers - First Edition - 1997 - from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books and Biblio.com
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Fables Less and Less Fabulous

by Dolvers, Horst

First Edition

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Book description: Newark and London: Univ of Delaware Press & Associated Univ Presses, 1997. Subtitled, "English Fables and Parables of the Nineteenth Century and Their Illustrations". Most of the over 100 English fable texts considered here are taken from Victorian collections and anthologies and are now scarcely known. Finally it focuses on Lord Lytton's Fables in Song, Walter Crane's illustrations of Aesop and Anna Sewell's Black Beauty, for children. As new copy. pages 207 with index of fables and fable collections. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by 36 Illustrations from English Fable Books. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

  • Bookseller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 006610
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Fine
  • Jacket condition: Fine
  • Illustrator: 36 Illustrations from English Fable Books
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0874135842
  • ISBN 13: 9780874135848
  • Publisher: Univ of Delaware Press & Associated Univ Presses
  • Place: Newark and London
  • Date published: 1997
  • Pages: 207
  • Size: 6.5 x 9.5 x 0.75 inches
  • LCCN: PR468.F32D64 1997
  • Dewey: 820.9/008
  • Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Keywords: Fables, Robert L. Stevenson, Walter Crane
  • Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / General;

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