
First edition, one of 200 copies printed on hollande, the only deluxe issue.
Bound Bradel-style in three-quarter dark green morocco, flat spine with date at foot, cat's-eye paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved; binding signed by Carayon.
A few minor foxmarks to the boards and some of the deckle edges.
A rare, untrimmed copy of Guy de Maupassant's masterpiece, handsomely bound by Carayon.