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2019 Bookmarks of Erlesenes Bookshop in Vienna. Three bookmarks, gifts of Erlesenes, August, '19.

Visiting this bookshop was one of the most refreshing of my fable-seeking adventures. I noticed online an unusual volume that they were offering:…

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1992 Embroidered cloth bookmark by Sheila Janofsky, featuring grapes on an arbor and the saying: "If the fox had a good book to read..."

Sheila's work is an excellent example of the wonderful things I have received from students during and after…

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1980 A turtle jogger bookmark with the saying "Go for it!" Antioch Bookplate Co.

There is no hare here, but even the number given to this runner (2) suggests a head-to-head competition.

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1937? Paper bookmark "Äsop" from Olleschau, "Das Beste von Allem!" Lesezeichen Nr. 601. With verso offering information on his life and work. 5½" x 2¼". €9 from Bartko-Reher, July, '21.

My, a collection of over 600 bookmarks! Olleschau seems…

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2021 Ten cardlets containing coins of Jean de La Fontaine and his fables. Illustrations by Thomas Baas. Coins designed by Joaquin Jimenez, General Engraver of Monnaie de Paris. Made in France.$68.66 from euro-commemorative through Ebay, Oct.,…

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2006 Mardi Gras dubloon showing TH. Mobile: Order of Myths. "The Fables of Aesop." $15 from buy1selz2 through Ebay, May, '22.

A very happy tortoise crosses the finish line while a hurrying hare tries to catch up. The verso offers a…

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2005 Two 2005 Mardi Gras dubloons showing Proteus with trident and, on the verso, a lion with a book "Fables Famous and Familiar." $2.50 twice from Patricia Albert, Metairie, LA, through Ebay, July, '19 and Feb., '20.

I look forward to catching…

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1980 A Sap's Fables Mardi Gras doubloon. Knights of Momus, New Orleans. $2.25 from P. M Berry, Carmel, Indiana, through Ebay, May, '99.

On the front of a coin, a pudgy girl sticks her tongue out at the beholder, with "A Sap's Fables" written above…

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1974 Aesop's Fables Mardi Gras doubloon. Argus. Emperor Romulus. Jefferson Parish, LA. 1973. $3 from The Witch Lady, Metairie, LA, through Ebay, March, '99. Second copy for $2 from Jonathan Singer, Bronx, NY, through Ebay, Oct., '99.

What does one…

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1972 "Fabled Isles" Mardi Gras doubloon. Comus. Gift of Jonathan Singer, Bronx, NY, through Ebay, Oct., '99.

On one side there is pictured and captioned "The Golden Cup of Comus," with a nice Latin phrase: "Sic volo, sic jubeo." Apparently the…
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