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Published by Hachette, France, 1925
Seller: STEVE BROWN (BOOKS), Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lorioux, F. (illustrator). Premiere Edition. Pages un peu dorees. Hardcover.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1928
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. F. Lorioux (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good in like dust jacket. Ownership inscription neatly penned to free front endpaper. Slightly foxed. Smells a little musty. Illustrated with pictures by F. Lorioux.
Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1928
Seller: C P Books Limited, Oxted, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Lorioux, F. (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Fading to spine with fray to top and tail, corners worn to boards, owner's name on ffep, fore-edge tanned, chips to leaf 21-2 and colour plate between pp 62-3.; Text-block mainly clean, binding firm. ; The Macmillan Children's Classics; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 254 pages; Translated from the French. Electrotyped. B&w inter-textual illustrations, 2 colour plates + frontispiece. Green cloth with gold spine titles, black lettering and border to front cover.
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Grand in-8, pleine percaline bordeaux avec titre et décors dorés et à froid, un brin défraîchi, orné d une vignette couleurs contrecollée au premier plat. Bien complet des 11 hors-texte en couleurs de Lorioux, à qui l on doit aussi les belles illustrations in-texte en noir et les têtes de chapitre.
Condition: Near fine. First printing of this collection of tales from the ancient cycle of Reynard the Fox, the prototypical trickster figure - with stylish illustrations. Félix Lorioux was a multifaceted artist, with a career that ranged from drafting automobile designs to creating illustrations for Disney. His uncluttered style meshes well with the classic stories of Renard the Fox. 9.5'' x 8''. Original brown decorative cloth with pictorial paste-on. Top edge gilt. 12 color plates and numerous black-and-white silhouettes throughout. 166 pages. Ownership inscription to front flyleaf, dated 1930. Inscription to blank facing page 15. Binding with mild edgewear, light sunning to spine; small line of soil to front board. Interior clean with vibrant colors.