Fables of Aesop

Title

en_US Fables of Aesop

Description

en_US 19th printing

en_US S.A. Handford

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Robb, Brian

Date

2016-01-25T19:55:10Z

en_US 1996-07

en_US 1964

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:55:10Z

Date Issued

en_US 1954

Abstract

en_US This paperback from Clare Leeper presents a transition between two copies of the Penguin paperback I already had. The simplest way to find the chain of changes is to watch the new retail price marked on the book. My earlier 1954/64 copy had $1.25 on the front-cover. This new nineteenth printing of that edition makes changes to the cover layout and has a price on the back-cover of $4.95. Inflation! The changes to the cover layout include replacing the black background of the front and back covers -- but not of the spine -- with a cream background. The black spine picks up a purple stripe across the top. The next edition in the chain will increase the size of the book from 4¼ x 7 to 5 x 7¾, and the price will go from $4.95 to $5.95. The cover layout will stay the same. The text and illustrations seem unchanged. I do find two interior changes. The very first page no longer makes any reference to Rieu or to the present editors of the series. It offers rather a two-page blurb on Aesop and Handford. Penguin no longer associates itself with Baltimore. The error in #96 remains.

Identifier

en_US 6561 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81883

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Penguin

en_US NY

Subject

en_US PA3855.E5 H36 1964c See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole