L'Agence Thompson and Co.

First and only edition in octavo illustrated by L. Benett also containing numerous photographs and chromotypography plates.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed Engel, polychrome front cover signed Engel, back cover type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers marginally shadowed as usual.
Gift inscription in pen at head of first endpaper.
Posthumous novel, L'Agence Thompson and Co. tells the unfortunate adventures of a cruise meant to take its passengers to the Azores, Madeira and the Canaries.
Handsome copy.