La Femme du Boulanger [The Baker's Wife]

Paris: Les Éditions Marcel Pagnol, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. First photoplay edition. Small octavo. 148pp. Illustrated with several black and white plates of film stills. Text in French. Bound with wrappers (including the spine, still connected to the lower wrap), in cloth and papercovered boards. Binding with a lightly toned spine and modest edgewear, a bit of interior toning, very good. Inscribed by the director on the half-title: "To Howard Barnes, Sincerely Marcel Pagnol. 1950." Collection "Les Films Qu'on Peut Lire." Based on the 1932 novel *Jean le Bleu* by Jean Giono; the text of the film version is published here. (Inventory #: 539870)