Twenty-five Fables
by Montgomerie, Norah
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
Item Price
$18.00$12.60
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About This Item
London, New York, Toronto: Abelard-Schuman. Very Good. 1961. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Tan cloth with green decoration and lettering. Pp 60. Retold and illustrated by the author. Folk tales from many countries retold and beautifully illustrated. From the contents: The Three Fish and the Fishermen - Indian; Henny-Penny - English; The Monkey and the Shark - Swahili; How the Wolf Lost his Tail - Scottish; The Ambitious Maiden - Chandala-Indian; The Lion and the Hare - Punjab; The Oak and the Reed - Aesop. A nice copy even as an ex-libray with all the markings: spine number, pocket, withdrawn stamp etc. Uncommon. Montogmerie (1909-1998) illustrated Scottish folk songs and rhymes as well as illustrating her own books. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Seller
- E Ridge fine Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 9529
- Title
- Twenty-five Fables
- Author
- Montgomerie, Norah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Ex-Library
- Publisher
- Abelard-Schuman
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, Toronto
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Folk Stories, Fables - Indian, Fables - Scottish, Fables - English, Fables - Punjab, Aesop Fables
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Folklore, Mythology & Fairy Tales; Children & Young Adult;
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Lake Elsinore, California
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.