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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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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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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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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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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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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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1900? Dust-jacket from "Chantez-Moi Ça, Petits Enfants!" presenting "Le Loup Devenu Berger." To be sung to the tune of "Il Était un' Bergère." Bichelberger, E. Champon et Cie, Étival (Vosges). €10 from Albert van den Bosch, Antwerp, June,…

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1900? Antique Victorian Die Cut Paper Art Fable Set of 12. $100 from Chickadeepick through Ebay, March, '23.

These fragile papers are exquisite! Many seem to work out to a standard rectangular size. Numbers mark them as part of a series with…

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1980 Vintage Three-Piece TH Decal Set. Two copies. Carol Stream, IL: The Meyercord Co. A Johnson Matthey Company. $1.99 each from Sue Daniels, Camarillo, CA, through Ebay, Nov., '01.

An 8" x 12" sheet offers a reclining bunny eating a carrot, a…

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1950? "les belles décalcomanies," two sets, each with 16 "transfer pictures" of La Fontaine's fables. R.S. Paris. €6 each from labuandrie, through Ebay, Oct., '23.

The seller designates these two folders in good repair as coming from 1910, but…
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