Author: (Jacobs, Samuel Aiwaz). Ames, Lilian.
Title: Lilian Ames Fables. [Inscribed by the Printer Samuel A. Jacobs and His Wife].
Description: Mount Vernon, NY: The Golden Eagle Press, 1935. 1935. LIMITED EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTER & HIS WIFE TO THEIR FATHER - Folio, 13-1/4 inches high by 9 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in white parchment backed light grayish blue boards with black & white pattern of dots, titled in gilt on spine. The boards are lightly bumped with slight wear to the corners. 17 leaves, including the blank leaves, on Inomachi handmade paper. Near fine.

Limited edition of 100 numbered copies. This copy inscribed by the printer, Samuel Aiwaz Jacobs and his wife, to their father, "For Papa from us 2 good 4 Nothing big bums Hilda & Sam. This day of Feb. 1st 1936 Fleetwood Mount Vernon New York".

12 delightful modern fables, including "The Bluefish and the Flounder"; "The Mocking-Bird and the Ass"; "The Rose and the Cauliflower"; and "The Agonist". Very good .

Keywords: FINE PRESS; LITERATURE; MODERN; FABLES; LILLIAN AMES FABLES; LIMITED EDITION; GOLDEN EAGLE PRESS; BLUEFISH; FLOUNDER; MOCKING-BIRD; ASS; ROSE; CAULIFLOWER; AGONIST; INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTERS; MOUNT VERNON; FLEETWOOD.

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