First edition. [vi], 254ppp. Green cloth-covered boards with lettering on spine. 8vo. Cloth gently pushed at spine ends, a tad discoloured around edges. Some spotting on endpapers, and previous owner's label on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
A collection of moral fables by the well-known archaelogogist - the first woman to study archaelogy and anthropolgy at Cambridge - and wife of J B Preistley, Jacquetta Hawkes (1910-1996).
