Marcel Ayme — The Green Mare

London, The Fortune Press, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition in English of this entertaining novel by Marcel Ayme. A variant of this edition, issued without plates. An unusual issue of the first edition in English of this work.'The Green Mare', originally written in French as 'La Jument Verte', is a humorous novel following the behaviour and sexual exploits of a small French village in the nineteenth century. Anonymously translated into English.Without reference to illustrations to the title page, and without the frontispiece and seven plates by Bosschère. The British library notes two variants of this work, one with plates, and one without.A pencil inscription to the front free endpaper notes 'std copies usually had 8 pl&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bump to back strip head, otherwise externally fine. Spotting to text block fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Leaves unopened to fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .