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1920? Dust-jacket with "Le Petit Poisson et le Pecheur" illustrated on its cover. Text on the back cover. Imageries Réunies de Jarville-Nancy. €2 from maribrengue-0 through Ebay, Sept., '22.

This is the simplest and lightest of our…

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1925? Dust-jacket with WL illustration and, on the verso, mathematical tables. $6 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., '20.

This simple dust-jacket may have the least identifying material of any in the collection! I find nothing…

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1930? Dust-jacket representing Jean de La Fontaine and advertising Blédine Blécao, apparently available at "Les Ets Jacquemaire a Villefrance (Rhône)." $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.

Characters from some of La Fontaine's…

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1930? Dust-jacket presenting "The Coach and the Fly" in red and blue from Solitaire Shoe Preservative. Artist F. Sébille. $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.

The verso presents the text along with comparative presentations of…

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1934? French BF dust-jacket, 9½" x 7 1/8", apparently for a school book, advertising "A la Belle Jardinière," a clothing store for men, women and children. The cover's black-and-white illustration is signed by Claude Garnier. The booklet's cover is…

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1935? Dust-jacket provided by "Cadet de France" offering clothes for young people. FC monochrome design. $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.

A rather primitive design signed by "CR" shows the cheese in mid-air falling to the…

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1935? Orange and blue dust-jacket provided by "la Neige de Savoie" illustrating FC, in which the cheese that the fox has acquired is "la Neige de Savoie" in its usual round cheese-container. $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb.,…

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1935? Dust-jacket provided by "Car" licorice. The cover presents "The Rat and the Oyster" in a black and blue illustration designed by C. Levoir (?). $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.

The back of the dust-jacket presents…

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1940 Vintage French dust-jacket. Red. FC image by M. Lemainque. Pharmacie Moderne H.-V. Plassard, Paray-le-Monial. €5 from an unknown source, Nov., '21.

This is about as simple as it gets in the genre of protège-cahiers. The inside flaps…

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1950? Dust jacket presenting TMCM by Felix Lorioux. Advertisement on verso for Biscuits de l'Alsacienne. Texts for TMCM and TH. €8 from blandjul through Ebay, August, '22.

Good color work! Lorioux is always fun. The figure of La Fontaine on…
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