Journal d'un substitut de campagne

Cairo, Egypt: Editions de La Revue Caire, 1939. First Edition. First French edition. Signed by Tawfiq al-Hakim on the limitation page, copy #264 of 450 thus. [viii], 154 pp. Bound in contemporary half vellum with gouache decorated boards, leather spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; original wraps bound in. In French. Near Fine with light soiling and ear to vellum, fore edge shows hint of foxing. A beautifully bound, signed copy of a novel by a major figure in Arabic literature, translated into French two years after its original Arabic edition. al-Hakim (1898-1987) was a major Egyptian playwright and novelist.