The Count's Ball by Radiguet, Raymond - 1929

New York: Norton, 1929. 1st US edition. Hardcover. About very good(+) with minor soiling, rubbing & shelfwear. Handsome contemporary owner name and date to front free endpaper. No jacket. Binding tight; leaves clean.. 243 pages ; 20 cm. Translation of: Le bal du comte d'Orgel./ "Jean Cocteau's preface to the French edition": pages [v]-xiv/ Also issued online. "Raymond Radiguet (1903-1923) was a French author and poet who achieved significant literary acclaim at a young age. Despite his short life-he died at age 20-Radiguet left a lasting impact on French literature. Radiguet's two novels, "Le Diable au corps" (The Devil in the Flesh) and "Le bal du Comte d'Orgel" (Count d'Orgel's Ball), are considered classics of 20th-century French literature. "Le Diable au corps," published when Radiguet was just 20 years old, is a semi-autobiographical novel about a young man's affair with a married woman during World War I. The novel caused a scandal upon its publication due to its explicit content and the youth… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First English Language Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xiv + 243 pp, stated First Edition, Jean Cocteau's preface to the Franch edition, two notes by R. Radiguet, a French novel translated into English. Binding tight, pages clean, unmarked, exterior with faint soil pattern on cloth, Unclipped DJ in protecto, chipped around edges and corner, age-toned spine & rear panel. 5" x 7.7" off-white cloth boards, brown letters & fr cover design, brown spine letters, blue e.p.'s, .

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1929]. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Some light foxing to yellow cloth at spine. Else a near fine copy in a dust jacket slightly faded at spine panel with restoration at top and bottom of spine. The first appearance of Radiguet in English, much better known for his novel, The Devil in the Flesh. Uncommon.