1932 Rare First Limited French Edition - Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hemon illustrated by Jean Droit.This beautiful book has been sold Please search for other similar books from our bookseller friends! (Description) Author: Louis Hemon. (Jean Droit, illustrator). Title: Maria Chapdelaine, Rcit du Canada franais. Introduction d'Edmond Pilon. Language: Text in French. Publisher: Paris, L'dition d'Art H. Piazza, 1932. First Limited Edition illustrated by Jean Droit, #136 300 on Annam de Rives Paper. Size: 7. 5" X 5. 5". Pages: x 247 pages + publisher's

The brightly colored palette of his Alice illustrations make them quite distinct without burying the draftsmanship of his fine line drawings

spine slightly darkened and faded - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover

The Knapsack The Hat and the Horn

Ridley's book was compared to Samuel Johnson's Rasselas

His ambitious attempts for expansion eventually led to his downfall

inner joint of first endpaper worn but still tight - as shown

Title: The Starling

The author: Geoffrey Chaucer (c

tight and clean -  as shown

light offsetting from a removed dried flower on page 56 - as shown)

His artistic contribution to SOME BRITISH BALLADS is a stunning testament to his imaginative and inimitable style

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