Maria Chapdelaine

Edition illustrated with 54 original colour illustrations by Clarence Gagnon, one of 1,970 numbered copies on vélin de Rives, ours being one of 70 personalised copies reserved for presentation (hors commerce), the only issue after 110 copies on Japon paper.

Caramel half morocco with fore-edge strips, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets, date gilt at foot, covers framed with gilt fillets and centred with a band of white vellum-style card, grey paper endpapers and pastedowns with a silvered effect, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. An elegant contemporary binding signed by Maylander.

A handsome, perfectly bound copy.