Selected Fables of La Fontaine; Translated by Marianne Moore
London: Faber & Faber, (1955). First (separate) Edition. 8vo, 83pp; blue cloth. Light offsetting to front flyleaf; fine in a slightly faded dust jacket. Item #206986
One of 2000 copies in the edition, this one inscribed: "For Chester Page, a correction p. 15, Please don't be repelled, I am delighted when someone has excelled, Marianne Moore, August 22, 1967." The cryptic remark in Moore's inscription quotes the line she has added by hand to the poem "The Grasshopper and the Ant," replacing text that she crossed out. That changed wording underwent further revision for later publications. Abbott A12.
Price: $650.00
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