Guy de Maupassant; Mary R. Folwell — A Vendetta

Philadelphia, Not Stated, 1892. Leather. A vanishingly scarce translation of this tale from Guy de Maupassant - rarely found in a separate edition. Signed by the translator. A signed presentation copy, inscribed "compliments of the translator" to the front blank. A vanishingly scarce English translation of 'A Vendetta', a tale written by French master of the short story master, Guy de Maupassant. This tale is rarely found in a separate edition, more commonly found in collections such as 'Love and Other Stories&apos. A simple but remarkable story "in which the author delineates the conceptio and execution of the old mother's horrible vengeance on the murderer of her only son". In the original half crushed morocco, with marbled paper covered boards.  Translated by Mary R. Folwell, the wife of William H. Folwell. Folwell owned a very prosperous woolen mill in Philadephia, part of Folwell Brothers Woolen mills, which made wool and worsted material for sale around the world. In the original half crushed morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, with rubbing to the extremities, most notably to the head of the spine resulting in loss. With minor worming to the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly spotted throughout, heavier to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .