French Fairy Tales, Marguerite Clement, 1927 ILLust
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Travel and Adventure Library for Young Folks
"Once in France", French fairy tales rendered by Marguerite Clement, illustrated by Germaine Denonain, published by Doubleday & Doran, Garden City, New York, copyright 1927 by the publisher, no publishing date on title page, later printing of the first edition.
CONTENTS:
The Beloved Duchess Anne
The Princess Who Become a Shepherdess
The Baleful Cart
Her Friend and Her Flag
"Beware of the Chest"
The Little Girl from the Island
The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment
The Faithful Little Squire
"Genevieve! the Huns Are Coming"
Ys and Her Bells.
"THE PRINCESS WHO BECAME A SHEPHERDESS
Now, the story I am going to tell you is a true story. .. It happened a long way off, in Provence, and a long time ago, during the first Crusade.
I dare to say you know what Provence is like. It is perhaps the loveliest part of France, right to the other end of it, close to the Mediterranean. They have orange trees there, and tall dark cypresses, the same as in Italy; and it very seldom rains; they can hardly tell the sea from the sky because both are exactly of the same blue, such a blue that, when people see it in a picture, they say it cannot be true, and yet it is...
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ---- $7.50
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"Once in France", French fairy tales rendered by Marguerite Clement, illustrated by Germaine Denonain, published by Doubleday & Doran, Garden City, New York, copyright 1927 by the publisher, no publishing date on title page, later printing of the first edition.
CONTENTS:
The Beloved Duchess Anne
The Princess Who Become a Shepherdess
The Baleful Cart
Her Friend and Her Flag
"Beware of the Chest"
The Little Girl from the Island
The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment
The Faithful Little Squire
"Genevieve! the Huns Are Coming"
Ys and Her Bells.
"THE PRINCESS WHO BECAME A SHEPHERDESS
Now, the story I am going to tell you is a true story. .. It happened a long way off, in Provence, and a long time ago, during the first Crusade.
I dare to say you know what Provence is like. It is perhaps the loveliest part of France, right to the other end of it, close to the Mediterranean. They have orange trees there, and tall dark cypresses, the same as in Italy; and it very seldom rains; they can hardly tell the sea from the sky because both are exactly of the same blue, such a blue that, when people see it in a picture, they say it cannot be true, and yet it is...
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ---- $7.50
Canada: Priority (c 2-6 weeks) - $25.50
World: Priority (c 2-8 weeks) -- $35.50
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Decorated hard boards, original cloth (a little wear and soiling: see picture), 5.3/4" x 8.1/4", 246 pages, many b/w illustrations, clean pages, very good condition.
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