PORT TARASCON: THE LAST ADVENTURES OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS TARTARIN. Translated by Henry James. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891 [i.e. 1890]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 1-359 [360: blank] [361-364: ads], numerous illustrations by Rossi, Myrbach, Montegut, Bieler and Montenard, title leaf printed in orange and black, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in silver and gold, t.e.g., other edges rough trimmed. First edition, first binding. Although the title page is dated 1891, the Harper edition was published 30 October 1890 and preceded Sampson Low's British edition which was published in November 1890. The English translation was published before the original French edition. One of the "unforgettable Tartarin burlesques" by which "Daudet is remembered chiefly" (along with his sketches of Provençal life) - Harvery and Heseltine (eds), The Oxford Companion to French Literature, p. 188. BAL 10502 (binding A). Edel and Laurence B6. Hint of rubbing to cloth at head and tail of spine panel and corner tips, minor scattered foxing to endpapers, neat penciled contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper, a tight, bright, near fine copy. A handsome copy. (#80409).
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