Histoire du Poisson Scie et du Poisson Marteau: Suivie de Histoire de la Poule et du Canard, Histoire du Vieux Crocodile, Histoire de la Placide Tortue
by Chauveau, Leopold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled and worn, pages toned, hinges tender, 1923 gift inscription on front flyleaf, f
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Payot & Cie. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled and worn, pages toned, . hinges tender, 1923 gift inscription on front flyleaf, front free endpaper . loose.. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. 38 illustrations by Pierre Bonnard. Text in French. Original illustrated wraps bound with orange cloth at spine and patterned paper-covered sides. Amusing animal stories by the French medical doctor, artist, and author, who interestingly did not illustrate these tales; rather, they bear delightful black and white illustrations by the much more renowned Post-Impressionist, Pierre Bonnard. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 166 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45790
- Title
- Histoire du Poisson Scie et du Poisson Marteau: Suivie de Histoire de la Poule et du Canard, Histoire du Vieux Crocodile, Histoire de la Placide Tortue
- Author
- Chauveau, Leopold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled and worn, pages toned, hinges tender, 1923 gift inscription on front flyleaf, f
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Payot & Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Pierre Bonnard, 1920s Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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