Bed 29 and Other Stories (The Folio Society)
London: The Folio Society, 1993. Smithson, Helen. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2354203
First thus (Ford-Smith Folio 76 #738). Includes publisher's slipcase. A few faint blemishes to slipcase, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
xviii, 221 pp. Translated into English from the original French by Donald Adamson, illustrations from drawings by Helen Smithson. A collection of short stories by the 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, depicting human lives, destinies, and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
Price: $30.00