first edition
1926
by LEGOFF, Marcel
1926. (FRANCE, Anatole). LEGOFF, Marcel. ANATOLE FRANCE AT HOME. Translated by Laura Riding Gottchalk. With unpublished photographs and documents. (New York): Adelphi Company Publishers, 1926. First American edition. 4 plates with photo illustrations. x,197 pp. 8vo., black cloth, lettered in gilt at spine and upper board. Small monogram embossed to ffep. Moderate dust-soiling at top-edge and the gilt has dulled, else clean and solid; very good plus. In an acceptable, but worn, dust jacket, with a photo illustration to front panel; it is darkened at spine and fold-ins, moderately soiled and heavily edge-worn, with chips and short tears. This is an early book appearance by Riding; it was published the same year as her first book of poetry. (Inventory #: 68528)