[LITERATURE] THE FABLES OF JEAN DE LA FONTAINE VOL I & II

London: William Heinemann, 1931. Limited Edition. Good binding. Stephen Gooden. SIGNED. 4to; in vellum; complete in 2 volumes; with gilt titling on the spine; Vol I: (vi) vii-1xxi (2)3-235 (6) pages; Vol II: (vi) vii-xxii (2) 3-336 including the index (2); The binding of Vol. I is heavily toned and has a trivial crack to the bottom gutter of the upper board; minor loss to the bottom of the rear paste down; Vol. II has minimal surface loss to the bottom of the upper board; on both volumes the boards are a bit bowed.~~With twenty-six lovely engravings on copper, all present with tissue guards.~~Signed by the translator Edward Marsh and the illustrator Stephen Gooden; this edition is limited to 525 copies of which this is no 236~~. Good binding.