Fables for the Frivolous / Carryl + Newell / embossed boards / Harper 1898

Description: Title: Fables for the Frivolous (with Apologies to La Fontaine). Author: Guy Wetmore CarrylIllustrator: Peter NewellPublisher/Location: Harper & Brothers, New York and London.Publishing Date: 1898Pages/Size: 23 cm.; deckle edged papers, linen rag paper. 120pp. Five b&w plates + b&w frontis.Covers: Purple cloth binding with gold embossed lettering and beautiful green grape leaf design stamping to both front and rear boards Remarks: "Fables for the Frivolous, or Fables for the Frivolous (with Apologies to La Fontaine), is one of the earliest works by the American parodist Guy Wetmore Carryl. It was published by Harper & Brothers in 1898. These fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine's original writings. The Aesop-style fables are written in verse, and are light-hearted re-tellings of fables from two centuries before, each ending with a moral and a pun. Among the more celebrated of the fables are The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare, The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull, and The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven." [Wikipedia] Condition: Good+. Binding: Firm and square. Covers: Vibrant coloring and stamping, light shelf wear to extremities. Interior front cover has a crack along cover pages, inner hinge holding firm. Pages are still firmly attached to the webbing. Spine: Modest shelf wear to top and bottom of spine. Pages: Very light aging, no foxing. Clean bright pages free of inscription. All plates present. Excellent quality paper. W3

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