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New York.: Current Literature Publishing Company., 1910. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Light surface blemishing. No color compromise. Minor cover soil. Tightly bound.. 1 Gilt top page block. Navy blue ribbed cloth over boards. Spine paste-on title box, blue and red titles. Protective glassine over frontispiece art portrait. 21 cm. x, 337 p. From Preface, "Halevy's novels are remarkable for the elegance of literary style, tenderness of spirit and keenness of observation. He excels in ironical sketches". He was born in 1834 in Paris. After finishing his studies he worked in civil service until he became a playwright, then a fiction writer. This novel, a family story, rose to great success, with 150 editions by1904. This printing is with fine quality materials, some deckled pages not cut. Paper with ink one can feel to the touch.