Author: FRANCE, Anatole
Title: Crainquebille [L'Affaire Crainquebille]
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Quarto (9-1/8" x 12-1/4") bound in full tapestried burlap with the title stamped in burgundy leaf on the front and spine. Newly translated with an introduction by Jacques Le Clercq. Illustrated with paintings by Bernard Lamotte. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy. Ill.: Bernard Lamotte. Mild darkening to the spine. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase .

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