CALDER (Alexander) - AESOP.
Fables of Aesop according to Sir Roger L'Estrange.
New York: Harrison de Paris, [1931]. — In-8, 256 x 190: (5 leaves, first 2 blank), 124 pp., (3 leaves, last blank). Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket, publisher’s slipcase and case.

A now very rare edition of this work designed by Monroe Wheeler and illustrated with 50 drawings by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), reproduced in black within the text.

Limited edition of 665 copies; this is one of 595 printed on Auvergne laid paper (no. 24), and is also one of the 170 copies on this paper reserved for France.

Perfectly preserved copy, almost entirely uncut.

There is some scuffing on the edges of the slipcase.
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CALDER (Alexander) - AESOP. Fables of Aesop according to Sir Roger L'Estrange. New York: Harrison de Paris, [1931]. — In-8, 256 x 190: (5 leaves, first 2 blank), 124 pp., (3 leaves, last blank). Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket, publisher’s slipcase and case. A now very rare edition of this work designed by Monroe Wheeler and illustrated with 50 drawings by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), reproduced in black within the text. Limited edition of 665 copies; this is one of 595 printed on Auvergne laid paper (no. 24), and is also one of the 170 copies on this paper reserved for France. Perfectly preserved copy, almost entirely uncut. There is some scuffing on the edges of the slipcase.

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CALDER (Alexander) - AESOP. Fables of Aesop according to Sir Roger L'Estrange. New York: Harrison de Paris, [1931]. — In-8, 256 x 190: (5 leaves, first 2 blank), 124 pp., (3 leaves, last blank). Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket, publisher’s slipcase and case. A now very rare edition of this work designed by Monroe Wheeler and illustrated with 50 drawings by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), reproduced in black within the text. Limited edition of 665 copies; this is one of 595 printed on Auvergne laid paper (no. 24), and is also one of the 170 copies on this paper reserved for France. Perfectly preserved copy, almost entirely uncut. There is some scuffing on the edges of the slipcase.
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