La Fontaine (Jean de) The Fables, translated by Edward Marsh, 2 vol., number 45 of 500 copies signed by the artist and translator, copper-engraved pictorial titles and plates by Stephen Gooden, light offsetting (as usual), bookplate of C.F.J.Beausire, modern half black morocco over marbled boards, paper labels to upper covers, uncut, preserved in modern cloth folders and slip-case, 1931; Selected Fables, translated by Eunice Clark, first trade edition, title in red & black, illustrations by Alexander Calder, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, a little rubbed and faded, slightly frayed at upper edges, New York, 1957; Fifty Fables, limited edition signed by the artist, colour illustrations by Quentin Blake, original green morocco, gilt, t.e.g., slip-case, Folio Society, 2013; [Set of 5 La Fontaine Fables illustrated by Brian Wildsmith, comprising: The Lion & the Rat; The North Wind & the Sun; The Rich Man & the Shoe-maker; The Hare & the Tortoise; The Miller, the Boy & the Donkey], together 5 vol., all but the second first editions, colour illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jackets, most price-clipped, together in modern cloth folder & slip-case, 1963-69; and c.30 others, La Fontaine, mostly 20th century picture books, 8vo & 4to (c.35)
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