Bubu of Montparnasse
first edition
1951
by [ELIOT, T.S.]. PHILIPPE, Charles-Louis
New York, Shakespeare House [1951]., 1951. First edition thus. 12mo. 5 page preface by T.S. Eliot. Original 1/2 black leatherette over blue buckram with upper cover gilt/blue Shakespeare head vignette, t.e.g., purple silk bookmark. Dust jacket (price clipped; few nicks). Very good. 125 pages + 3 pages of advertisements. No signatures or bookplates. English text, by an unspecified translator. Notable for Eliot's 5 page preface, comparing Philippe's story of the downtrodden in Paris with Dickens' view of the lower classes in London.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. (Inventory #: 2221)