Fables of Aesop, According to Sir Roger L’Estrange. [6], 124, [4] pp. Illustrated with reproductions of 50 drawings by Alexander Calder. Small 4to., 260 x 190 mm, bound in publisher’s boards with blue illustrated dust-jacket all of which is preserved in the publisher’s red slipcase with matching chemise. Paris: Harrison of Paris, [1931].
One of 595 copies on Auvergne hand-made paper. A fine copy, complete with the paper knife. A most appealing edition of Aesops Fables adorned with 50 playful ‘wire’ drawings by Alexander Calder. The book was designed by Monroe Wheeler and is one of fourteen books published by his small press called Harrison of Paris. Slipcase with some professional repairs, else fine.
