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Title
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The Fables of La Fontaine
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
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First edition
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Richard Scarry
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Creator
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de La Fontaine, Jean
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Contributor
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Scarry, Richard
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Date
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2016-01-25T15:52:41Z
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1992-11
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1963
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T15:52:41Z
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Date Issued
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1963
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Abstract
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I had searched for ten years and never had this book in my hand. Experts in children's books did not even know that Scarry had done a LaFontaine book. Thirty-one fables, some with colored and some with black-and-white illustrations in Scarry's typical style. Rebus of T of C on 6. The best illustrations are for The Mice in Council (18-19), The Wolf and the Stork (20-21), The Wolf and the Fox (36-7), and DLS (54). Scarry may miss some of the story fun in SW (17) and The Donkey with the Sponges (44-45). Cuteness takes over in The Lion and the Troops illustration (22-23). In fact, the inside left flyleaf gives this description: Romping through these wisely witty little tales are the cheeriest and most personable small creatures ever to come from an artist's drawing board. I am not sure that LaFontaine would have asked first for cheer and personableness in his characters. Excellent condition.
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Identifier
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1288 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Doubleday
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Garden City, NY
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Subject
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PZ8.2.L134 Sc 1963
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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