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Title
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My Book of Fables
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The Children's Favourite Series
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Creator
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No Author
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Contributor
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Simeig?
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Date
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2016-01-25T15:24:37Z
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1992-03
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1895?
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T15:24:37Z
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Date Issued
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1895?
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Abstract
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The 108 fables here seem pretty dull to me. The morals are simple. A random sample suggests that Croxall lies somewhere behind these texts but is not a verbatim source. There are frequent rectangular engravings; the best of them may be the frontispiece on SW. Many plates seem to be signed SIMEIG. The choice and tellings seem representative for the turn of the century. T of C at the front. There are some non-Aesopic fables along the way. There are ten fables in verse at the end, including SW told (again!) in the poorer way. This is one of the few places in which I have found The Arab and the Camel told as a fable (31); it is likewise repeated in verse (155). Advertisements at the back hawk books to be given out as prizes. The estimate of the date comes from What I Cannot Tell My Mother Is Not Fit for Me to Know (1981), which uses a number of these fables. The extra copy has a different cover and spine, involving some red with two shades of blue. It may be in better condition than the original. The books appear to be identical inside. I will keep both in the collection. The first copy was sold originally by Watson in Leeds.
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Identifier
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1212 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Edward Arnold
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London
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Subject
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PZ8.2 .M93 1895
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Aesop and others
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole