Tales and Novels of J de la Fontaine.
by J de la Fontaine, illustrated with original etchings by Clara Tice:
New York: privately printed for William Godwin Inc, 1933. First edition thus cloth hardcover; crease line frontice illustration else very good with deco illustrated in silver nude posed woman, rare in dust jacket ; dust jacket with wear and tears ; some tape re-inforcement upper spine and upper edge interior of jacket; 270pp. illustrated etchings by Clara Tice. Original purple cloth. This book is marred by a substantial bump to the foot of the spine, which means that it is only in fair condition overall, but the pages are clean and the book is tightly bound.
"Clara Tice (22 May 1888 – 2 February 1973) was an American avant-garde illustrator and artist, who spent most of her life in New York City, United States. Because of her provocative art and public appearances, she was seen as representative of bohemian Greenwich Village and thus known as "The Queen of Greenwich Village...During those years, Tice not only played an important part in Greenwich Village's colorful art scene, but also joined the Arensberg Circle in their uptown location. It was probably Marcel Duchamp who introduced Tice to Walter and Louise Arensberg and their salon. There she met Henri-Pierre Roché, with whom she spent several evenings. Tice also participated in two projects by the Arensberg Circle: first, two of her works were shown in the first exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists and second, one of her works was featured in The Blind Man.[6]

During the 1920s, she illustrated about a dozen books with her erotic images,