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Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press. Good; The last page has some tearing. 1947. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 124 pages .

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press. 1947. F First Edition Used. H Hardcover. Very Good. In black pictorial cloth, 8vo, 124pp. Illustrated by Richard Floethe

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine. Richard Floeth. Decorative cloth over boards, 8vo, 124 pp. Spine sunned, otherwise Fine. In original slipcase, which is a bit sunned, soiled, with wear at corners.

Peter Pauper Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Slipcase Good. (Poetry, Classic Literature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

VT: Peter Pauper Press, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 10 in. Decorative paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor wear, covers clean, spine toned. Binding tight and text unmarked. Gift message on ffep. Fiction. Stax.

Peter Pauper Press. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Slipcase Poor. Gifter's inscription on endpage. Page tears. (Italian literature)

Mount Vernon:: Peter Pauper Press,, 1947. 8vo,. black printed boards. Wear along spine, otherwise fine.

Peter Pauper Press, 1947. Hardcover. Fine. Fine or better copy in Fine slipcase. Pages, covers and slipcase are crisp, intact and unmarked except for previous owner's name on adhesive label inside front cover. Label might be removable. 124 pages with illustrated header page for each tale. The tales: The river god of Scamander--The muleteer and the Queen--The lady is deceived--The monks of Catalonia--The cradle at the inn--The convent gardener--The farmer's mare--The abbess' slipcase with somescuff and a nice fleuthe pastonspectacles--The progress o f wit--The wife-traders of Rouen--The over-boastful king--The foolish doctor of laws--Putting the Devil in Hell--The earmaker and mouldmender--The cudgelled cuckold--The family mortgage--The lady and the grotto--Catching the nightingale--Tricking th e greedy wife--The eel pie, or, variety--The husband and the horse

Mt Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Richard Floethe. Englished from the French of De La Fontaine. Out of print. In fine slipcase.

HardCover . 🔴 Condition - Good🔴Australian buyers can combine up to 5Kg of Books for the same postage charge.🟢 This Book weighs 440 Grams.

Peter Pauper Press, USA, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Richard Floethe. Hardcover. 124 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Peter Pauper Press, USA, 1947. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** Illustrator: Richard Floethe. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Inventory No: 19030439..

Mount Vernon [N.Y.] Peter Pauper Press, 1947., 1947. Fine. 124 p. illus. 24 cm. ; Language: English ; LCCN: 47-22544 ; Englished from the French of Jean de La Fontaine, illus. by Richard Floethe. ; OCLC: 1964881 ; decorated dark brown and beige cloth with paper spine label, in red slipcase with pictorial p aper pastedown on front ; foxing ; Contents: The river god of Scamander--The muleteer and the Queen--The lady is deceived--The monks of Catalonia--The cradle at the inn--The convent gardener--The farmer's mare--The abbess' spectacles--The progress o f wit--The wife-traders of Rouen--The over-boastful king--The foolish doctor of laws--Putting the Devil in Hell--The earmaker and mouldmender--The cudgelled cuckold--The family mortgage--The lady and the grotto--Catching the nightingale--Tricking th e greedy wife--The eel pie, or, variety--The husband and the horse. ; slight fading to slipcase ; else FINE/VG

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press. , 1947.. A very good copy.. Binding: contemporary full illustrated black cloth, title on flat spine., Notes: Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages. The numerous works of La Fontaine fall into three traditional divisions: the Fables, the Tales and the miscellaneous (including dramatic) works. He is best known for the first of these, in which a tradition of fable collecting in French verse reaching back to the Middle Ages was brought to a peak. Although these earlier works refer to Aesop in their title, they collected many fables from more recent sources. Among the foremost were Marie de France's Ysopet (1190) and Gilles Corrozet’s Les Fables du très ancien Esope, mises en rithme françoise (1542).,… Read More