La Fontaine: Selected Fables
by La Fontaine, Jean and translated by James Michie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670415812
- ISBN 13
- 9780670415816
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. 1/4 Cloth. 0670415812 . A charming edition with some wrinkling around the spine edges and little rubbing to the boards, in otherwise Fine condition in an alike dust-jacket; This book of La Fontaine's fables is a collection of wisdom and life lessons that are timeless. La Fontaine's stories are both amusing and instructive, and will appeal to readers of all ages. This book is a great way to introduce young children to the classics, as well as to explore the wisdom of La Fontaine himself.; B & W Illustrations; 8vo; 272 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51432
- Title
- La Fontaine: Selected Fables
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean and translated by James Michie
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by J. J. Grandville
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670415812
- ISBN 13
- 9780670415816
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
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