Monsieur Teste translated from the French and with a note on Valery by Jackson Mathews 1st UK Edition of 300 copies

Valery, Paul; Mathews, Jackson (translator)

$48.00

Publisher: Peter Owen
Place Published: London
Edition: 1st UK Edition
Date Published: 1951
Size: 8vo

1st UK Edition of Paul Valery’s seminal fictional/philosophical work, based around the character of the heroic intellectual Monsieur Teste; translated by Jackson Mathews, and with an introductory note on Valery; black cloth boards with illustration by Alvin Lustig to front board, gilt titling to spine; bookshop label to front pastedown, foxing to endpapers and prelims (light-med), lighter occasional foxing in text, o.w. G-VG throughout; cloth boards a little dulled, stain to rear, minor chip to rear edge.

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