A PRIVATE UNIVERSE ... Translated by Hamish Miles. London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company, Limited, [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-309 [310-312: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original black cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition in English. Mostly nonfiction, but collects several parts of Maurois' future history series including "The Earth-Dwellers" ("The Next Chapter: The War Against the Moon" is part of this same future history series). Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-40. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 153. Bleiler (1948), p. 196. A fine copy in near fine printed dust jacket with light wear at head and tail of spine panel and corner tips and a few internal mends of short edge tears with archival tape. The jacket, printed on very thin paper, is fragile and uncommon in nice condition. (#75931).
Price: $100.00
"First Published, 1932" on copyright page.