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THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE.
by BAUDOIN, Simonne (illustrator). Translated by Marie Ponsot.:
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- Hardcover
- first
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Macdonald, (1957).. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION WITH THESE ILLUSTRATIONS (1957), 4to, 300 x 225 mm, 11¾ x 8¾ inches, cloth backed pink boards with pictorial blue and white pattern, pictorial endpapers, circa 30 pages. Attractive coloured illustration to every page. 11 fables. No inscriptions, very small light erasure on front endpaper, near Fine in very good DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, head of spine worn with 10 mm chips (½"), tail and corners very slightly worn, laminate lifting in gutter of upper panel, spine, folds and edges slightly darkened). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42766
- Title
- THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE.
- Author
- BAUDOIN, Simonne (illustrator). Translated by Marie Ponsot.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Macdonald, (1957).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FABLES LA FONTAINE ANIMALS FOXES CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK
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