ABOUT, Edmond. Trente et Quarante. Translated from the French by Lord Newton. With an introduction by T. Gibson Bowles, M.P. Edward Arnold. 1899
32pp cata. (Dec. 1898, partially unopened). Orig. olive green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in red & pictorially blocked in red & black; spine dulled & sl. rubbed. 'With the publishers compliments' stamped on first text page.
¶Trente et quarante, 1858. First English edition, 1886, under the title The Soldier Lover (Ward, Lock & Co.). First edition of this translation. The title refers to a popular French card game; the boards are decorated with images of cards and gambling paraphernalia.
Stock #39451
£35
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