Fables from Aesop
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. WIth illustrations by J. J. Grandville. Forty-two of these fables were published in "Poems," by Ennis Rees, University of South Carolina Press, 1964, and are printed here by permission. Tall 8vo. 210 pp. including index. A beautifully produced book in fine condition. / Jacket is slightly faded at top margin and on the spine and a little on back panel, Overall fine condition.
The wit and vigor with which Ennis Rees retells these one hundred and eighty-seven traditional tales will appeal to readers young and old. As he says, "I have tried to re-create selected fables in verse for our time, and to do it in as lively a way as I could consistent with simplicity."
Item #1133
Price: $20.00