Adonis: Poëme... (French Edition) by Jean de La Fontaine (Creator) - 2012-01-27

The Rodale Press, 1957-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.6000 9.4000 6.6000. No jacket. Book has shelf wear. Pages are tanning.

The Rodale Press, 1957-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0.6000 9.4000 6.6000.

London: Rodale Press, 1957. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 83pgs, Translated from the french by David M. Glixon with nine color lithographs by Ru Van Rossem

The Rodale Press, London, 1957. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ru Van Rossem (illustrator). 1st Edition. Translated from the French by David Glixon.The story is as old as literature. The ancient Greeks celebrated each spring nature's decay and revival symbolized in the death and rebirth of Adonis, the handsome youth, the lover of gAphrodite, who was killed by a boar and condemned by the gods to spend half of each year in Hades and half with his mistress. This very handsome book is illustrated with six lithographs by the distinguished Dutch artist Ru van Rossem. paste-downs and end papers are nicely decorated. Book is near fine with slight wear to tips and extremities. The priced (15s.net) is good with repaired closed tears and 11/2" loss at spine bottom. The colored lithographs are very nice

London, U.K.: Rodale Press, 1957. This book is a beauty. Each litho is worth the price of the book. Both the front and the back boards are lithos also. Dj leaves a bit to be desired with some light soil, a toned spine, several very small edge tears, and three one inch edge tears. Boards have very light wear at the extremities, and there is a former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Rossem, Ru van . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Rodale Press, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine. 7 x 9 in. Paper boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; corners worn, covers very clean. Bonding tight and text unmarked. Poetry. Stax.

PA: Rodale, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Very good Light browning to pages. Cover fading and rubbed with light tearing on spine ends. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London: Rodale Press, 1957. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Very good. van Rossem, Ru. 1st thus, 8vo, cloth over printed paper with 9 color lithographs by Ru van Rossem, translated from the French by David M. Glixon. Fine in clear acetate wrapper as issued, no previous owner's marks.

The Rodale Press, 1957 8vo (24 cm), 83 pp. Publisher's boards. Translated from the French by David M Glixon, with nine colour lithographs by Ru Van Rossem.

(Emmaus, Pennsylvania): Rodale Press, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Pictorial papercovered boards, cloth spine. Translated from the French by David M. Glixon with nine color lithographs by Ru Van Rossem. Owner's bookplate laid on front pastedown, else near fine in a near fine unprinted mylar dustwrapper.