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New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938. First edition. 340 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Beige cloth. Near Fine, in Fine pictorial unclipped dust jacket by Cobbledick. Small previous owner's stamp. First edition. 340 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A Harper "Find" novel, "An unforgettable Novel" of Russ, a lumberjack who takes a job in an auto factory so he can afford an outboard motor and a clam digger's shack. Made into a lighter movie in the 1941 by William Wellman entitled Reaching for the Sun fstarring Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew and Eddie Bracken.

Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. DEDICATION COPY. The dedication copy, with TLS from the author to Alexander Clark, the dedicatee.

Harrisburg: Printed bty Wm. Greer, for the Author. 194, [2]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter calf and boards.VG. 194, [2]pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Stockholm: Norstedt, 1974. 118, [1]pp. 8vo. Wrappers. 118, [1]pp. 8vo. Inscribed to Rodolphe Coigney.

(Newcastle upon Tyne): (Bloodaxe Books Ltd.), 1987. First edition of author's second book. 64pp. 8vo. A fine copy. Pictorial wrappers. First edition of author's second book. 64pp. 8vo. Sean O'Brien was born in London in 1952, and grew up in Hull. His first book, 'The Indoor Park,' was published by Bloodaxe Books in 1983; 'The Frighteners' won the Somerset Maugham Award. Inscribed, and dated, by Sean O'Brien: "All the best, Sean O'Brien, Cambridge, Feb. 92" (on the half-title page).

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1950. First edition. Illustrated by the Author. 64 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Yellow cloth. Fine in fine illustrated dust jacket. Signed Ashley Montagu. First edition. Illustrated by the Author. 64 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to.

London: The Fabian Society, 1929. First edition. 11 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Self printed wrappers. Fine. First edition. 11 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Laurence A 191

New York: Random House, 1954. First printing, top edge gray. 1 vols. 8vo. Maroon cloth. About Fine, in Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket, with 2" slice in upper panel, spine panel slighlty toned. First printing, top edge gray. 1 vols. 8vo. Petersen A31a; Massey 38

London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. First edition, Number 724 of 750 copies, signed. With 4 Drawins by Gilbert Spencer. x, 278 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original sea-green bevelled cloth, leather spine label, some minor spotting at bottom edges, t.e.g., rest uncut, else fine in printed dust jacket. First edition, Number 724 of 750 copies, signed. With 4 Drawins by Gilbert Spencer. x, 278 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bleiler p. 616; NCBEL 4:711; Riley A17

New York: Harper & Row, Publisher, 1980. First Edition. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth boards. Near fine in slightly worn dust jacket with 1/2" tear on front panel. First Edition. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Caldecott Medal Winner.

New York: E. Duyckinck...G. Long, Print, 1817. vi, [7]-180 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Sheep. paper falwa at p. vi, front hinge starting. vi, [7]-180 pp. 1 vols. 16mo.

New York: E. Duyckinck, 1829. vi, [7]-180 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Contemporary sheep. Rubbed, ffep missing, else Very Good. vi, [7]-180 pp. 1 vols. 16mo.

Baltimore: Chez A. Neal ... ,de l'imprimerie de J.D. Toy, 1823. Second Édition, revue avec soin et la table particulière entièrement refondue et très-perfectionnée." (i.e., second Baltimore edition). 180 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep, rubbed but sound; text slightly foxed. Second Édition, revue avec soin et la table particulière entièrement refondue et très-perfectionnée." (i.e., second Baltimore edition). 180 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. For Anglo-American juveniles, Perrin's Fables in its day, was the standard French primer for more than half a century, since its first London printing in 1771. This 1823 Baltimore edition is quite rare. Not in American Imprints; OCLC: 78366729

Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1970. no. 113 of 1950 copies, signed by the Artist. Printed at the Stinehour Press on Imprint wove paper made at the Monadnock Paper Mills. With 66 wood-engravings by Gillian Lewis Tyler of Thetford Hill, Vermont, and were printed from the block. xix, [1], [1]-234, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in half orange buckram and decorated boards. Fine in fine matching slipcase. no. 113 of 1950 copies, signed by the Artist. Printed at the Stinehour Press on Imprint wove paper made at the Monadnock Paper Mills. With 66 wood-engravings by Gillian Lewis Tyler of Thetford Hill, Vermont, and were printed from the block. xix, [1], [1]-234, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Paris: Garnier Frères, 1962. Illustrated with 32 reproductions of old engravings. 1 vols. 12mo. Half calf and marbled boards. As new. Illustrated with 32 reproductions of old engravings. 1 vols. 12mo.

London: William Heinemann, 1931. One of a small number of proofs issued separately from the book. Original proof, final state, signed and dated by the artist, of this line engraving for the Heinemann edition of Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh. 1 vols. 2 3/4 x 3 5/8 inches, plus margins. Fine condition. Gooden, Stephen. One of a small number of proofs issued separately from the book. Original proof, final state, signed and dated by the artist, of this line engraving for the Heinemann edition of Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh. 1 vols. 2 3/4 x 3 5/8 inches, plus margins. Original Proof Engraving by Gooden for Fontaine's Fables. Campbell Dodgson 82

London: William Heinemann, 1931. One of a small number of proofs issued separately from the book. Original proof, final state, signed and dated by the artist, of this line engraving for the Heinemann edition of Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh. 1 vols. 3 1/3 x 3 1/8 inches, plus margins. Fine condition. Gooden, Stephen. One of a small number of proofs issued separately from the book. Original proof, final state, signed and dated by the artist, of this line engraving for the Heinemann edition of Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh. 1 vols. 3 1/3 x 3 1/8 inches, plus margins. Original Proof Engraving by Gooden for Fontaine's Fables. A fine proof of the vignette appearing in Volume I, page 80. This highly praised two-volume edition of Fontaine was limited to only 525 copies. Campbell Dodgson 83

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First edition of Moore's translation. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Beautiful copy in fine dust jacket. First edition of Moore's translation. 1 vols. 8vo.

London: William Heinemann, 1931. One of a small number of proofs issued separately from the book. Original proof, final state, signed and dated by the artist, of this line engraving for the Heinemann edition of Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh. 1 vols. 3 3/4 x 3 inches, plus margins. Very faint foxing, mostly in margin, else fine. Gooden, Stephen. One of a small number of proofs issued separately from the book. Original proof, final state, signed and dated by the artist, of this line engraving for the Heinemann edition of Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh. 1 vols. 3 3/4 x 3 inches, plus margins. Original Proof Engraving by Gooden for Fontaine's Fables. A fine proof of the vignette appearing in Volume II, page 214. This highly praised two-volume edition of Fontaine was limited to 525 copies. Campbell Dodgson 91

London: William Heinemann, 1931. Original working proof, final state, of this line engraving for the Heinemann edition of Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh. 1 vols. 2 7/8 x 3 3/8 inches, plus margins. Fine condition. Gooden, Stephen. Original working proof, final state, of this line engraving for the Heinemann edition of Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh. 1 vols. 2 7/8 x 3 3/8 inches, plus margins. Original Proof Engraving by Gooden for Fontaine's Fables. A fine proof of the vignette appearing in Volume II, page 174. Stephen Gooden (1892-1955) was the most accomplished line engraver of his time. He illustrated a number of books, among them the Nonesuch Press Bible, the Rubaiyat, the Fables of La Fontaine, George Moore's The Brook Kerith, and Aesop's Fables. In addition, he produced a notable series of bookplates, including a number for The Royal Family, and was the official designer to the Bank of England. Because his work invariably appeared in limited editions, which restricted the… Read More