New York & London: Random House & William Heinemann, 1931. Hardcover. Orig. full vellum with beveled edges in plain white dust wrappers. Vol. 1, near fine & Vol. 2 very good in fine matching brown cloth portfolios housed in near fine matching quarter brown leather slipcases, spines lettered in gilt. 2 vols. Gooden, Stephen. 235 & 336 pages. 26 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 446 of 525 signed by Edward Marsh and Stephen Gooden. Marsh, sponsored the Georgian school of poets, including Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon. 24 copper engravings with engraved pictorial titles (tissue guards], set in Monotype Garamond, and printed on hand-made wove paper, uncut edges. Covers of volume two toned.

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Bookseller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 23027
Title: The Fables Of Jean De La Fontaine; Translated by Edward March
Author: La Fontaine, Jean
Illustrator: Gooden, Stephen
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Orig. full vellum with beveled edges in plain white dust wrappers. Vol. 1, near fine & Vol. 2 very good in fine matching brown c
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Random House & William Heinemann
Place of Publication: New York & London
Date Published: 1931
Keywords: Literature
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Vellum: Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
Wrappers: The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...