Auction: Discovery - 2756TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: October 09, 2014 10:00AM
Description:
Ben Nason (American, b. 1915)
Bird Fables for the Dolphin by La Fontaine, 1962, edition of 550, printed by The Nimrod Press, Boston. Unsigned, identified and numbered "174" on the colophon. Six woodblock prints on paper, sheet sizes to 26 x 20 in., in a hand-bound softcover portfolio. Condition: Minor handling creases.
Estimate $50-100
top right of the cover has a slight bend and the bottom right is with a fold. There is also staining throughout the cover and interior pages, and the back cover is missing a corner
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