About this title: In 1855 the French caricaturist Honore Daumier and six other artists proposed to illustrate anew the fables of revered French poet and fabulist Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95), and what a book it would have been! Their project was never realized - until now. Prompted by Daumier's intention, artist Koren Christofides has brought together more than sixty artists from across the United States, Europe, and Asia to create original artwork for "Fables of La Fontaine". These illustrations - by painters, printmakers, photographers, ceramists, sculptors, conceptual artists, fiber artists, and art ...
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by
Fontaine; Lisa Commager (Translator); Jiri Trnka (Illustrator).
price: $15.00
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USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Exeter Books,
Date Published: (1985).
ISBN-13:9780671075545ISBN:0671075543
Description: Very good in very good jacket. Very good beige glossy paper covered boards with blue title to spine. Rust stain from a paper clip to a few pages, else fine. Very good beige dust jacket with blue title to spine. Minor wear to edges of jacket and light rubbing to panels. 187 pages. CHILD/102209. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bedford Press, London
Date Published: 1985
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, 187 pages including illustrations in full colour and black-and-white, many full page. read more
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Publisher: Chartwell Books, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780890095966ISBN:0890095965
Description: Gustave Dore' Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Folio. Internally tight, square and unmarked, light age-toning to margins, light shelfwear to boards, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket that is lightly edgeworn and sunned. ~ The complete fables with 320 illustrations by Gustave Dore. read more
Binding: Paperbook
Publisher: Librairie Hachette et C-ie, Paris
Date Published: 1900
ISBN-13:9780543934925ISBN:0543934926
Description: New in New jacket. This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Librairie Hachette et C-ie in Paris, 1900. This book is in French. This book contains 415 pages. Print on demand edition. read more
Description: VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD jacket. Minor reader and shelf wear. DJ in mylar cover. The complete La Fontaine fables with 320 B&W illustrations by Gustave Dore. This oversized and/or heavy book may require additional postage if shipped via a method other than USPS Media Mail within the USA. read more
Edition: First Edition Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Exeter Books, New York
Date Published: 1985
Description: Jiri Trinka. Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book has light bumping to spine ends & corners, small dent on rear panel & minor shelfwear, dj has minor creasing & edgewear. read more
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La Fontaine, Translator Marie Ponsot, Illustrated By Simonne Baudoin
price: $20.60
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MA,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, New York
Date Published: 1957
Description: Beautiful color illustrations through out. Book covers are decorative, patterned paper and spine is green cloth. Endpapers are dark green with white drawings of differnt scenes pertaining to the stories. Oversized hardcover pages clean and tight, binding fine, corners slightly bumped. Stories included herein are the Grasshopper & Ant, City Rat & Country Rat, THe Heron, The Crow & Fox, The Turtle & the Rabbit, Milkmaid & the Crock of Milk, Grasshopper & Ant, Cat Weasel & Rabbit, Fox & Stork, ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, NY
Date Published: 1954
Description: Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. Dust jacket is lightly soiled and rubbed, original orange spine color has age-toned to yellow, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has bumps to bottom corners, blue boards are faintly mottled. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. A decent copy of this translation by poet Marianne Moore, reportedly taking her 8 years to complete. 8vo-8" to 9" tall. 342 pages. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. 1954 Viking hard cover-1st edition 2nd printing-minor wear to dust jacket-minor staining to page edge-otherwise cover and binding fine contents clean-enjoy. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chartwell
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780890095966ISBN:0890095965
Description: Illustrated by Gustave Dore. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0890095965. Translated into English verse by Walter Thornbury.; 11" tall. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Omega, Ware
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780907853459ISBN:0907853455
Description: Dore, Gustave. Very Good in Tear jacket. Children. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Translated into english verse by walter thornbury with 320 illustrations by gustave dore, 27 fables, 479 pages, index, jacket has small tears and one of 40mm it is also lightly waterstaind. read more
by
La Fontaine, Jean de, and Moore, Marianne [tr. ]
price: $38.00
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NY,
USA
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1954
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Excellent volume in sunned DJ. Text in English, French. x, 342 p. : port.; 25 cm. Includes Portraits. "A Complete New Translation by Marianne Moore. " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The New Press 1997
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781565844049ISBN:1565844041
Description: ISBN 1565844041. Hardback. No Dustjacket as Issued. In heavy cardstock slipcase. First Printing thus. Near Fine Condition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. As new condition. Copy One. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Omega/Chartwell, Secaucus
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780907853459ISBN:0907853455
Description: Gustave Dore. Fine in Near Fine jacket. 1st thus. Fine in Near Fine dj with a trace of shelfware and one tiny tear at a corner, slight discoloration at rear dj panel. The compelete fables with 320 Dore Illos. The is a large, oversized book, check with dealer on postage. read more
by
La Fontaine, Jean de, and Allen, Esther (Translated by), and Matamoros, Josephine (Foreword by), and Forestier, Sylvie...
price: $90.00
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CA,
USA
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781565844049ISBN:1565844041
Description: Chagall, Marc. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Slip Cased. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Product in slip-sleeve. 141 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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