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Jean de La Fontaine: Fables, Tome I
(Georges BriffautLe Livre du Bibliophile: Geroges Briffaut, Éditeur, 1930)
Previously I had found Hémard's other work represented in Bodemann, his 1937 Quarante-Cinq Fables de La Fontaine published by Les Laboratoires Bouillet, Roger Dacosta, Éditeur. I have the sense of having seen his work ...
Jean de La Fontaine: Fables, Tome II
(Le Livre du Bibliophile: Geroges Briffaut, Éditeur, 1930)
Previously I had found Hémard's other work represented in Bodemann, his 1937 Quarante-Cinq Fables de La Fontaine published by Les Laboratoires Bouillet, Roger Dacosta, Éditeur. I have the sense of having seen his work ...
Aesop's Fables
(Bloomsbury Books, 1994)
Here are 143 fables, each starting on a new page, in a simple paperback claimed by no author. A quick test of the texts does not reveal a standard source. A long T of C at the beginning lists each fable. There are no ...
Fables de Jean de La Fontaine I
(Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1944)
This is a beautiful French-style-paperback edition of La Fontaine's fables. This first volume contains La Fontaine's first six books of fables, beautifully printed. The black of the texts is beautifully matched by the ...
Fables de Jean de La Fontaine II
(Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1944)
This is a beautiful French-style-paperback edition of La Fontaine's fables. This second volume contains La Fontaine's last six books of fables, beautifully printed. The black of the texts is beautifully matched by the ...
The Fable of Fat Fanny or What Could Happen to You If You Don't Stick to Your Diet!
(American Greetings, 1972)
I originally guessed at a publication date of 1960 for this book and was happily corrected by the author and artist, who wrote and illustrated the book in 1971 and so guessed at a publication date of 1972. How nice of Mr. ...
Walt Disney's The Grasshopper and the Ants
(CapitolWalt Disney Productions, 1949)
This is a genuine find! I was finishing up in Second Story when I noticed this combination of a booklet and a 45 rpm record in the window. I had just given an extensive lecture two months earlier on The Grasshopper and ...
Windmills: A Book of Fables
(B.W. Huebsch, 1920)
I had forgotten that I already have a copy of this book, purchased in 2002 from Katahdin Books, Queensbury, NY. This copy has a canvas binding and paper boards. And it cost 10% of what the other copy cost. Let me repeat ...
Le Rat de Ville et le Rat des Champs
(Tormont, 1997)
Here is the French version of The Country Mouse and the City Mouse from the same year. This French version did not come associated with a cheese wedge. Here are my remarks on the English equivalent. This is a little ...
The Donkey in the Lion's Skin
(The Wright Group, 1986)
Number 3 in the series. Here is a quirky eBay find. I had found one other book in this set, which now includes not twelve but rather eighteen members. Biro's work is always lively, and this eight-page presentation of ...