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1950? Minute Biographies. Pages 11-12. Aesop and John Adams. 7¼" x 10". $7.49 from Bankhead & Company, Alpharetta, GA, through eBay, August, '05.

I had no idea that such a thing existed. Might this have been a book of poster-like individual…

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1875? Twelve six-inch square tiles. Manufactured by Mintons China Works, Stoke on Trent. Designed by John Moyr Smith. The mark on each back includes "Walbrook, London." All twelve for $480 from Margery Northup through Fran's Estate Sales, Gilbert,…

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1926 Milwaukee Dairy Supply Mfg. Co. Milwaukee Filler and Cappers. $9 from John Huckeby, New Castle, IN, through Ebay, Dec., '99.

July, 1926 calendar, about 4½" x 10", signed by Milo Winter and showing a proud dog sitting in a sweater on a…

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1900?  Two frictographic advertising pamphlets for Wood-Milne, an apparent manufacturer of rubber shoe heels.  "Les Fables de La Fontaine."  $100 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18. 

This is surely one of the more curious…

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1930? One pinback 15/16" in diameter, labelled "Aesop's Fables - Mike - 18." $2 from Connie Amos, Flushing, OH, through Ebay, March, '00.

Against a white background we find "Aesop's Fables" at the top, "Mike" at the bottom, and "18" on the…

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1870? Set of 6 magic lantern slides of fables of La Fontaine in pairs. 2¼" x 9⅛". €60 from bellemimine through Ebay, Oct., '22.

This medium sized collection is unusually well done and well preserved.

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