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Rare and modern books

France Anatole

At the Sign of the Reine Pedauque [and] The Revolt of the Angels. [Everyman's Library edition. Introduction by A J Hoppe]. THE FIRST PICTORIAL WRAPPER IN EVERYMAN

Dent, 1941

46.00 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1941
Author
France Anatole
Publishers
Dent
Keyword
mstock, literature, anatole france, el, everymans library, anatole france, everyman's library, sign, reine, pedauque, revolt, angels
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition thus; original salmon cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, patterned endpapers, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at edges and faded at backstrip. With 16pp series catalogue bound in at end. First and sole appearance in Everyman's Library. The English translation is provided by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson. THE FIRST PICTORIAL DUSTWRAPPER IN EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY. The jacket design is by Eric Ravilious; the illustration itself is signed 'P.E'. 'The cover art may have been a brief experiment that was curtailed by wartime production and not reinstated' (Seymour, p.28). A scarce and notable Everyman, especially with the dustwrapper in this condition. EL 967; Seymour 389.0.