Le Corbeau, Adrien [translated by T.E. Lawrence as 'J.H. Ross']
Title |
The Forest Giant |
Date |
London 1935 |
Publisher |
Jonathan Cape Ltd |
Description
Second English Edition and New Illustrated Edition, type reset of the book first published in 1924. Publisher's leaf green linen with gilt lettering to spine. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to the dust-jacket illustrated with a wood engraving by Agnes Miller Parker, who illustrates the text with a further eight engravings. Small Octavo. 19 x 13.5 cm: [A]8 B-K8, 80 leaves, pp. [1-4] 5-160. Contains a new Publisher's Note and dedication omitted from the first edition. Translated from the French by T.E. Lawrence writing as J.H. Ross
Condition
A book in Very Good condition with offsetting to endpapers, spotting to the prelims and untrimmed fore-edge, with a Very Good dust-jacket with a few short tears and slight dust-soiling, but which is not price-clipped (showing '5s net').