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Aesop's Fables (Hardcover)
Agnes Miller Parker; Translated by V.S. Vernon Jones And Others
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R956
Discovery Miles 9 560
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For 25 centuries, the animal stories which go by the name of
Aesop’s Fables have amused and instructed generations of children
and adults alike. They are still as fresh and poignant today as
they were to the ancient Greeks who composed them. This beautifully
illustrated edition contains some of the best-loved fables,
including the Boy who cried Wolf, the Lion and the Mouse, the Goose
that Laid the Golden Egg, the Hare and the Tortoise, and The Town
Mouse and the Country Mouse alongside many of the lesser-known
tales. These timeless stories are illustrated with 35 wood
engravings by Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), one of the
greatest British wood engraving artists of the twentieth century.
Parker was influenced by the art of Wyndham Lewis and the Cubist
and Vorticist movements which flourished in the period between the
wars. Her distinctive work is strikingly stylised and deceptively
simple. Commissioned in the 1930s by the fine press publisher,
Gregynog Press, for their edition of the work, these exquisite wood
engravings inspired by the fables are among Parker's finest.
'The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day ...' Thomas Gray's
'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' has been loved and admired
throughout the centuries. First circulated to a select group of
friends, it was rushed to official publication in 1751 in order to
avoid pirated copies being sold without the young poet's
permission. Praised by Samuel Johnson, reprinted over and over
again in Gray's lifetime and recited by generations of school
children, it is one of the most famous poems in the English
language. This edition reproduces the exquisite wood engravings
made by Agnes Miller Parker in 1938. Parker visited the churchyard
at St Giles, Stoke Poges, where the poem is set, in order to make
her sketches, and all thirty-two stanzas of the poem are
accompanied by detailed full-page illustrations. Commemorating the
250th anniversary of the poet's death, this edition will not only
bring new readers to the 'Elegy' but will also appeal to those
already familiar with its riches.
H E Bates carried a woodland in his imagination. He fell under its
spell as a boy growing up in the Midlands, becoming increasingly
enchanted each time he stepped below the wooded canopy. Memory
magnified its mystery over the years, enriching his stories as he
grew successful as a writer. But why did this place become a part
of him? What are the qualities of all woodlands that make them so
special? Set in Kent, Bates returns to those trees of his youth to
breath life into the changing character of a single woodland year,
revealing how precious they are to the English countryside. Our new
edition is illustrated throughout with Agnes Miller Parker's
wonderful engravings. Little Toller republishes classic books about
nature and rural life.
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Down the River (Paperback)
H. E. Bates, Charles Rangeley-Wilson; Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker
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R429
R348
Discovery Miles 3 480
Save R81 (19%)
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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Rivers are great workings of nature, time and geology. They have
long been at the very centre of human culture, sustaining us with
water, food, power and stories. Our thoughts flow like a river. A
river's journey, from source to sea, is a metaphor for life. H.E.
Bates's own journey began on the banks and in the waters of two
contrasting Midland rivers. The River Nene's jumbled course and
character, with its towpaths and locks and bridges, speaks of human
industry on its journey to The Wash. The River Ouse, in contrast,
with its wide meanders brimmed with reeds and smoky willows, rich
in wildlife and wild flowers, is an uplifting, ephemeral water, a
river of summer memories and flag irises, the blue pulse of
kingfishers and pike lurking in weed-shadows. Peopled by his
relatives and neighbours, both the Nene and the Ouse, however
different, filled H.E. Bates's imagination with the wonderful
stories and characters that make his writing so enjoyable.
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Down the River (Paperback)
H. E. Bates; Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker
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R747
Discovery Miles 7 470
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Down the River (Hardcover)
H. E. Bates; Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker
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R1,078
Discovery Miles 10 780
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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