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I brought some lovely things from my Victorian house in NJ to the new house in Florida. I don't have room for it all and am selling a large number of my collectibles. Background: I bought this piece at an auction in NJ that clears Manhattan estates. Description: This is a leather edition of a Anatole France's The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard ( French : Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard ) in French . It is the first novel by Anatole France , published in 1881. With this work, one of his first written entirely in prose, he made himself known as a novelist; he had been primarily known as a poet affiliated with Parnassianism . The novel received the Académie française prize. Published by Calmann-Levy in Paris Leather spine and quarter panels Blue leather with gilding on spine, marbled paper on covers This book is not dated. The style of binding is in line with the publication date of 1881, and this may be a first bound edition. Research indicates the first edition was produced as a pamphlet . 323 pages Has a blue ribbon placeholder Gilding on top pages Marbled end papers Five raised bands on the spine Gilding on front and back covers and along spine Condition: Handsome book with some wear to spine and where board meets the spine Knocked corners Firmly bound Very minor yellowing of paper Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Background on the author: Sylvestre Bonnard, a member of the Institute, is a historian and philologist , gifted with great erudition. He lives among books, and launches himself into the research, in Sicily and Paris , of the precious manuscript of the French version of the Golden Legend , which he finally obtains. By chance he meets a young girl named Jeanne, the granddaughter of a woman he once loved. To protect the child from her abusive guardian Maitre Mouche, he takes her away, and she ends up marrying Henri Gelis, one of Bonnard's students.
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