ALEXANDER CALDER (ILLUSTRATOR). Aesop's Fables, Review Copy,...

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ALEXANDER CALDER (ILLUSTRATOR). Aesop's Fables, Review Copy, 1931. Alexander Calder. Aesop's Fables, translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Review Copy from an edition limited to 665, illustrations by Alexander Calder, without the scarce paperknife (as often), original cloth-backed boards, uncut, with pictorial blue dust-jacket, and original red glazed board folder, 4to, Paris, Harrisons of Paris, & New York, Minton, Balch & Co, 1931.

* Monroe Wheeler set up Harrisons of Paris in 1930 with his sister-in-law Barbara Harrison Wescott. They issued 13 limited editions before closing in 1934. Alexander Calder. Aesop's Fables, translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Review Copy from an edition limited to 665, illustrations by Alexander Calder, without the scarce paperknife (as often), original cloth-backed boards, uncut, with pictorial blue dust-jacket, and original red glazed board folder, 4to, Paris, Harrisons of Paris, & New York, Minton, Balch & Co, 1931.

* Monroe Wheeler set up Harrisons of Paris in 1930 with his sister-in-law Barbara Harrison Wescott. They issued 13 limited editions before closing in 1934.

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dust jacket faded and soiled with tear to flap, the slip case with wear to extremities and loss to one side.

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Auction Date:
21st Mar 24 at 10am GMT

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