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1890? Complete set of twelve magic lantern slides of numbered fables of La Fontaine. Original box. 7½” x 1⅝“. €35 from 123broc through Ebay, March, '23.

Here is yet another surprise in the experience of collecting fables. In 2019, I found, at…

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1908? Aesop's Fables from Father Tuck's Story Books. Coloured Lantern Slides. Junior Lecturers' Series. Chapter 1 of 2 Chapters. In the original box. Watford: Tuck. $192 from E. & J. Shelley, June, '99

A very lovely set of eight substantial and…

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1908? Aesop's Fables from Father Tuck's Story Books. Coloured Lantern Slides. Junior Lecturers' Series. Chapter 2 of 2 Chapters. In the original box. Watford: Tuck. $35.20 from mike3949 on Ebay, July, '21.

Another very lovely set of eight…

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1900? Fables of La Fontaine: Doré. 77 black-and white lantern slides. "By permission Cassell, Petter, and Galpin." $170.50 from Bastion Epanning, Victoria, BC, through eBay, Oct., '08.

Here are beautiful magic lantern slides, 3¼" square, with…

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1900? Glass magic lantern colored slide of Gustave Doré's TMCM. 7" x 3 7/8". Labeled on the lower rim "Class 29. Series 11. Fables of La Fontaine. No. 2. The City Rat and the Country Rat. B. 1 F. 9." $19.99 from phillips_bradley on Ebay, Dec.,…

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2018? Two Victor "Featherweight" Slides by Victor Animatograph Company, Davenport, Iowa. $4.95 for black-and-white LM and $6.95 for colored FS from Alboxman through Ebay, July, '18.

3¼" x almost 4". These slides are indeed light. It seems that…

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1947? Bugs Bunny and the Tortoise. Mel Blanc. Canvas-bound. Warner Brothers. $20 from A Time Treasured Antiques, Duluth, Sept., '18.

I found this album during a chance visit to an antiques store as I walked back to the hotel from a lovely…

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1948? Merry-Go-Sound: Aesop's Fables in Song Sides 3 and 4 of 4. For use with an electric phonograph for children. Tone Products Corporation of America. Unknown source.

The verso of the dust-jacket presents a strong illustration of WS,…

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1949 Walt Disney's The Grasshopper and the Ants. Paperbound. Walt Disney Productions. $15 from Second Story Books, Georgetown, Dec., '10.

This is a genuine find! I was finishing up in Second Story when I noticed this combination of a booklet and a…

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1955 Fables de La Fontaine, No. 1. Paperbound. Livre-Disque: Philips. $4.99 from T.J. Novak, St. Paul, through eBay, April, '12.

I already have one copy of this book and record, acquired from Francine Juneau through eBay in October of 2002. Now I…
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