[CALDER, ALEXANDER]
L'ESTRANGE, SIR ROGER. Fables of Aesop. Paris: Harrison of Paris, (1931). First edition, one of 595 copies on Auvergne handmade paper, doubly inscribed by Calder and Monroe Wheeler, with Wheeler's inscription reading "for Frances from Monroe with love/the day of the Calder opening at the MMA/September 28, 1943" and Calder's simply "OK, bebe/Sandy Calder/Sept. 30 1943." Printed blue jacket over boards with a vignette of a lion by Calder on the cover, housed in what remains of the original red faux-lacquer chemise and slipcase. 10 inches (25 cm). 3 ff., 124 pp., [3] index. Illustrated with fifty line drawings by Alexander Calder. The scarce original paper knife decorated with a bull drawing by Calder is laid-in.
Slight foxing to jacket, slipcase is completely detached at corners with one side missing, however the chemise is intact and in good condition. A fine copy internally.
Provenance:
Collection of Lincoln Kirstein