Remy De Gourmont; Richard Aldington - Remy de Gourmont Selections

London, Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition. Leather. The first UK edition of this translation of works from Remy De Gourmont, with a detailed introduction to his life. First UK edition of this translated work. First published in two volumes in the US in 1928. A selection of writings from Remy De Gourmont, a French symbolist poet and novelist who was an influential critic and widely read in his era. The works translated include: The Book of Masks, From a Far-Off Land, A Woman's Dream, The Velvet Path, A Night in Luxembourg, and much more. Chosen and translated by Richard Aldington, an English writer and poet who was an early associate of the Imagist movement. Bound in half morocco with blue cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and a small mark to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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