At the sign of the Reine Pédauque by France, Anatole

Ex-library copy with the usual library stickers, stamps and marks. Minor surface/edge wear to the dust jacket, but nothing too bad. Traces of foxing around the edges. Interior pages are clean and unmarked.

John Lane - The Bodley Head, 1923. 2nd edition.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. x+275pp+2pp publishers adverts, cloth a little rubbed & marked to the spine, internally fine. Publisher's Library Edition of the Works of Anatole France. A novel which tells of the tribulations of the young Jacques Ménétrier at the beginning of the 18th century. Anatole France [ 1844 - 1924 ] French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers, known to be ironic and skeptical.

London: John Lane, 1923. Hardcover. g. Frank C. Papé. 8vo. xiv, 276 pp. Gilt decorated black buckram binding with dj. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Spine sunned. Dj missing 1 inch chip to front top edge and to tail of spine. Spine sunned and creased in the middle. Light fading to edges. Red top edge. Decorated endpapers. Frontis. Illustrated with many wonderful b/w drawings by Frank C. Papé. Light tanning to edges of pages. Else, in good condition.

London, UK: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 276pp, 2pp publisher's ads. Orange cloth-covered boards; blind embossed design, border and titles on front, gilt titles on spine; illustrative free endpapers. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed corners and spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges just starting to tan and fox. Free endpapers starting to tan. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson. Introduction by J Locke

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd,. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xviii, [1], 275, [2] pages; A fine copy in a fine appearing dust jacket but with two short tears and creaseing at bottom of back panel. See graphic. First edition of the Frank C. Pape illustrated version. Elaborated initials. .