Guy de Maupassant — Une Vie
Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1895. Leather. An early edition of the first novel written by Guy de Maupassant, a popular work praised by Leo Tolstoy. In the original French.The fifteenth edition.Bound by J. P. Gray & Son.'Une Vie', normally translated as 'The Humble Truth', was the first novel written by Guy de Maupassant. It's a lauded novel, with Leo Tolstoy calling it the best French novel since 'Les Miserables&apos.Maupassant serialised this novel in 'Gil Blas&apos. In a quarter morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the leather and extremities. Spine is a little faded. A few light marks to the spine. Spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
