signed Hardcover
1963 · London
by de Maupassant, Guy; Hearn, Lafcadio (Translation); O'Brien, Justin (Editor, Foreword); Böhmer, Gunter (llustrations)
London: Printed...for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at The Curwen Press, 1963. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Böhmer, Gunter. One of 1500 copies, large octavo size, 486 pp., signed by the illustrator, with Monthly Letter and Announcement. French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) is best known for his short stories written in a naturalist style. This volume presents forty-nine of approximately 250 that Maupassant wrote during his lifetime; of the forty-nine, over half of them (twenty-six) were translated by the also well-known author, Lafcadio Hearn.
Complementing the text are thirty-two illustrations reproduced (truncated)
Complementing the text are thirty-two illustrations reproduced (truncated)