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Poudre St. Eloi

1935? Two dust-jackets provided by La Poudre St. Eloi against wheat-decay.  "The Little Fish and the Angler" and MM, both designed by J.T. Péras.  The back cover of each dust-jacket offers a map of districts of France.  The former has a claim that Colorado Beetle is radically destroyed by Doryx St. Eloi.  "The Little Fish and the Angler"  for $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.  MM for $6 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., '20.

The flaps on the inside of the dust-jacket offer tables of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  Both fable illustrations are done with red and green coloring, and offer a rich background to their foreground focus.