Golden Tales of Anatole France
first edition
1927 · New York
by France, Anatole
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1927. First Illustrated Edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. Without its issued dust jacket. 352 pages of text with marginal line art and 14 illustrated plates by L. A. Patterson. A collection of eighteen short stories (tales) including: The Procurator of Judaea; Putois; A Good Lesson Well Learnt; The Seven Wives of Bluebeard; Our Lady's Juggler, Balthasar; Olivier's Brag; The Ocean Christ; The Manuscript of a Village Doctor; The Daughter of Lilith; Leslie Wood; Five Fair Ladies; Crainquebille; Laeta Acilia; Edmee, or Charity Well Bestowed; Mademoiselle de Doucine's New Year's Present; The Miracle of the Great St. Nicolas; and, Gesta. (Inventory #: TB21264)