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WITH ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT DRAWING BY CALDER

Alexander Calder: Fables, first edition with an original Calder portrait(CALDER, ALEXANDER, illus.) LA FONTAINE, JEAN.

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FIRST TRADE EDITION, with a FULL-PAGE INK SELF-PORTRAIT BY CALDER on front flyleaf; initialed by Calder at the top of portrait. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Calder; translation by Eunice Clark.

New York: George Braziller, 1957. Quarto, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. A fine copy. $3600.

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