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THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE Translated Into English Verse By Walter Thornbury. With ILLUSTRATIONS By GUSTAVE DORE by FontainE, Jean De La & Thornbury, Walter (

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THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE Translated Into English Verse By Walter Thornbury. With ILLUSTRATIONS By GUSTAVE DORE

by FontainE, Jean De La & Thornbury, Walter (

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London, Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin. Half-Leather. Good+. Dore, Gustav. Beautiful Edition of Aesop's Classic Fables, ILLUSTRATED with 86 Full-Page Engraved illustrations and many B&W In-Text illustrations by Gustave Dore. Frontis illustrated with a Portrait of Jean de La Fontaine, protected by tissue Guard. Undated Edition, circa 1870. Contemporary Red Half-Leather Binding with 5 Raised Bands to spine. Gilt title in 2nd compartment and Gilt Decoration in Others. Redtextured cloth covered boards and Leather corners. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled (combed pattern). 838 Pages, 4.2 Kilos, 12 1/4" Tall. Edge wear to leather and down sides of spine and on raised bands. Hinges sound & text block firm. No inscriptions. Pages and Plates in Very Good, cl;ean condition. Book weighs 4.2 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you'd like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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The Fables Of Jean De La Fontaine Volume II Books VII - XII Translated By Jacques Le Clercq [ Signed By Ruzicka]

by De La Fontaine, Jean; translated by Jacques Le Clercq

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New York: The Limited Editions Club. Very Good. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Covers have browning to the spine, slight browning to the edges. ; Volume Two only. Signed by Ruzicka. Copy #640 of 1500. Printed by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press. .
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The fables of Jean de La Fontaine / translated into English verse by Edward Marsh; with twelve...

The fables of Jean de La Fontaine / translated into English verse by Edward Marsh; with twelve reproductions from engravings by Stephen Gooden

by La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695). Marsh, Edward Howard Sir (1872-1953)

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London : W. Heinemann, Ltd, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: lxxi, 469 pages plates 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the French. Subjects: Fables, French; Translations into English. Fables, French. Fables. French literature 17th century. Genre: Bibliography. Children's books - England - 1933. Children's books. Illustrated.
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The Fables of La Fontaine: Translated From the French (Classic Reprint)
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The Fables of Jean De La Fontaine, Translated Into English Verse

by La Fontaine, Jean De; Thornbury, Walter (illustrator); Dore, Gustave (illustrator)

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William T. Amies, 1883. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in original green pictorial cloth stampe din gilt and black, all edges gilt (cloth has minor wear ajnd some mnor stains). Worldcat provides the publication date of 1883 for this American edition.
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THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE Translated Into English Verse by Walter  Thornbury. with 320...

THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE Translated Into English Verse by Walter Thornbury. with 320 Illustrations by Gustave Dore.

by Jean De La Fontaine, Gustave Dore

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New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc.. 1982. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 0890095965 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light foxing on panels, spine, and text block edges. .
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The Fables of La Fontaine Translated from the French
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London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1884. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Auguste Delierre. A smart collection of fables from French fabulist Jean de La Fontaine, translated into English. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four plates. Collated complete. A collection of fables from Jean de La Fontaine, a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. This collection includes tales such as: The Grasshopper and Ant, The Eagle and Beetle, The Bird Wounded by an Arrow, The Cat and Old Rat, The Horse Seeking Vengeance on The Stag, and many others. Translated into English. Illustrated by Auguste Delierre, a French artist and illustrator. Bound in full blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good
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The Fables of La Fontaine. Translated by Marianne Moore (Signed)

by La Fontaine, Jean de; Moore, Marianne (Translator)

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Viking Press,, 1954-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. [Presentation Copy, inscribed by Marianne Moore on front end page.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Wear/tear to jacket with loss. Jacket sunned. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. x, 342 pages ; 24 cm. *Autographed by translator.* <br> Marianne Craig Moore (1887-1972) was an American poet, translator, critic, and editor. In 1951, her work, "Collected Poems", won the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and the Bollingen Prize.
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