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Title
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Fables for the Frivolous (With Apologies to La Fontaine)
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Guy Wetmore Carryl
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Creator
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Carryl, Guy Wetmore
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Contributor
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Newell, Peter
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Date
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2016-01-25T16:30:46Z
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1987-08
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1899
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T16:30:46Z
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Date Issued
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1899
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Abstract
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A real find. Maybe the best wit goes into the titles, like The Precipitate Cock and the Unappreciated Pearl. The wit in the rhyming texts sometimes gets lost in particulars unknown to us. The Confiding Peasant and the Maladroit Bear may be the funniest. The five illustrations are only satisfactory, and the frontispiece is missing in the Delavan 1899 printing. It is present in the somewhat stained but otherwise good Bucklin 1899 printing. It is also present in the water-stained extra from 1904. I will keep all three copies in the collection.
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Identifier
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3351 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Harper & Brothers Publishers
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New York, NY
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Subject
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PS1260.C7 F3 1899
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole