Samivel [Paul Gavet-Tancrede]

Les Malheurs d'Ysengrin; Chantefable et Images de Samivel

Paris: Librairie Delagrave, 1939. Hardcover. [40] pages: color illustrations; 33 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Gift inscription on page facing title page to Henry René Ontin, Dec. 25, 1942, Algiers. Samivel was the pen name of French writer and illustrator Paul Gavet-Tancrede (1907-1992). Text is in French. Recounts the fox Goupil tricking his uncle Ysengrin over the course of a year. In Good Condition: loss over spine; cover is slightly soiled; 2 pages slightly scraped; closed 1-cm. tear from fore-edge of one leaf; minor soiling on a few pages; otherwise, clean and bright. Good. Item #011654

Price: $45.00