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1904 "Oh! Ces Auteurs!" Dessin de H. Gerbault. Front cover. Le Rire Nouvelle Serie No. 63, April 16, 1904. 9" x 12". €10 at Clignancourt, July, '19.

I have no idea how "tourte" (meat pie) figures here. I gather he is asking what her costume…

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1949 Two-page article (from Illustration Magazine?) "Parade des Vitrines" by Amélie Anderson. Pages 662-663. 1949. €5.99 from saintemariefrance through Ebay, July, '20.

Apparently the stores and shops in the Faubourg St. Honore and its…

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1922 "Renouvelé du Loup et de l'Agneau." ("Repeat of WL"). Emile Lapellaro. Les petits bonshommes, No. 29. August 17, 1922. €10 at Clignancourt, July, '23.

"The fat Monsieur, furious: 'Say, when have you finished sticking your feet under…

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1978 "Russian Folk Tales." Set of ten oversized illustrations by Veniamin Losin, with text. Various translators. 11½" x 16¼".Moscow: Malysh Publishers. $6.48 at The Book Center, SF, Jan., '91.

#8 and #1 illustrate FC. Note that #8 pictures the…

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1983 "Russian Folk Tales"(?) Set of ten oversized illustrations by E. Rachyov, with a Russian text. Various authors. Moscow: Malvish (?) Publishers. $19 at Fairy Tales & Dreams, DC, Dec., '91.

This excellent illustrator (named Rachyeva there) is…

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1899 "Simple Fable." Dessin de Henri Dangon. Back cover. Le Sourire No. 440, April 4, 1908. 9½" x 12". €10 at Clignancourt, July, '19.

A hungry wolf is here, and someone is seeking adventure. I myself am not too sure who is the wolf and who…

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1889 "The Aesop Blotter" compliments of Davis & Casey, Druggists. Headquarters for all School Books and School Supplies. Seneca Falls, N.Y. Copyrighted 1889 by Scrantom, Wetmore & Co., Rochester, N.Y. $10 from Dave Cheadle, Englewood, CO, Sept.,…

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1970 "The Belling of the Cat." Water-color and ink panel by Lisa Haderlie. 4" x 7½" on paper set inside oval matting and framed in glass. $25 from William Hayes at the Alameda flea market, Jan., '02.

This is a typical instance of my collecting…

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2015? Signed, numbered linocut block print of Aesop's Fable "The Crab and His Mother" in black and white by Jillian E. Jenkins of jumpjackstudio, Baltimore, MD, on Etsy. "Live by Example." #2 of 10. 8" x 10". $48.16, July, '20.

This is a…

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1921 "The Fable of Alf and Pete." K.D. Vanity Fair, September, 1921. 8.5" x 11".

An original fable in the magazine “Vanity Fair”. The author's initials are K.D. The title states “The Fable of Alph and Pete; Showing That There Is Frequently…
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