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Published by Roy Publishers, 1953
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Rosoman, Leonard (illustrator). Red cloth boards, gilt spine titles on black field, moderate corner, edge wear; few splotch's at cover. Pages appear unread; stiff and clean. 101 pages. Printed in Great Britain. Few bookstore marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1952, 1952
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
[French Literature] FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 101 [1]. With eight illustrated plates by Rosoman, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to black backing on spine. Top edge red. With the illustrated orange dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. Bookplate of Alan Anderson to front pastedown, and a small blue ink number to fly-leaf. Toned to edges, with a tobacco scent. Jacket sunned to spine, with rubbing and light chipping to edges. Very good. First published in French in 1900, and first published in English in 1932, this is the first illustrated English edition. From the library of Alan Anderson (1922-2016), founder of Tragara Press, and publisher of Sylvia Plath's first poetry collection.