The Fables of Jean De La Fontaine. Translated into English verse by Edward Marsh and with twenty-six copper engravings by Stephen Godden (including two title page designs). Complete in two volumes. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)

EDWARD MARSH. Stephen Godden.

Published by William Heinemann, London and Random House, New York, 1931

About this Item

The first edition of this Marsh translation, limited to 525 numbered copies (250 for the UK and Ireland, and 250 for the US, the remaining copies presumably for presentation), signed by both the artist and the translator (this being #505). Small 4to. lxxi + 235pp and xxii + 336pp. Printed by the Windmill Press on hand-made special toned wove paper and bound in full vellum, with gilt spine lettering. The top edges rough-trimmed and the bottom- and fore-edges untrimmed. Silk place marker to each volume. Title pages and all plates protected by an unprinted tissue protector. With a printed dedication to the memory of Rupert Brooke. Some mottling and discolouration to the vellum, as is invariably the case, and the protruding fore edges of some leaves a little nicked, else both volumes in fine state internally. A really super set of an extremely handsome production.

Seller Inventory # BC15462

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fables of Jean De La Fontaine. Translated into English verse by Edward Marsh and with twenty-six copper engravings by Stephen Godden (including two title page designs). Complete in two volumes. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)
• Publisher: William Heinemann, London and Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)