Fables de la Fontaine
by Fontaine, Jean de la
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, hinges cracked, foxing.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Tours, France: Maison Alfred Mame Et Fils. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, hinges cracked, foxing.. 1929. Later Printing. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards with tan cloth spine. 16 color plates and numerous other black and white illustrations by R. De la Neziere. Text in French. La Fontaine's fables with de la Neziere's dramatic color illustrations of anthropomorphic storks, foxes, lions, donkeys, frogs, and other animals. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 159 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43240
- Title
- Fables de la Fontaine
- Author
- Fontaine, Jean de la
- Illustrator
- R. de la Neziere
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, hinges cracked, foxing.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Maison Alfred Mame et Fils
- Place of Publication
- Tours, France
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books, FABLES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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