At the Sign of the Reine Pedauque; The Revolt of the Angels; Penguin Island; Thais; The Gods are Athirst; The Well of St. Clare (1928); Mother of Pearl; The Red Lily

An attractive collection of Bodley Head illustrated editions, offering the works of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Anatole France. Eight volumes from this illustrated library edition of the works of Anatole France, a French poet, journalist and novelist with several acclaimed works. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal Frenchman of letters.In the publisher's uniform decorative cloth binding.Collated, complete.Comprising the following titles:At the Sign of the Reine Pedauque (1922) - Frontispiece, eleven plates, numerous vignettes and illustrated endpapers. One advertisement leaf to the rear.The Revolt of the Angels (1924) - Frontispiece, eleven plates, numerous vignettes and illustrated endpapers.Penguin Island (1925) - Frontispiece, eleven plates, numerous vignettes, illustrated titles for the chapters and illustrated endpapers. One advertisement leaf to the rear.Thais (1926) - Frontispiece, eleven plates and illustrated title pages for each of the three parts. Numerous vignettes.The Gods are Athirst (1927) - Tinted frontispiece, eleven tinted plates, and numerous vignettes. One advertisement leaf to the rear.The Well of St. Clare (1928) - Frontispiece, eleven plates, and numerous vignettes.Mother of Pearl (1929) - Frontispiece, eleven plates and numerous vignettes. Four pages of publisher's advertisements to rear.The Red Lily (1930) - Frontispiece, eleven plates, numerous vignettes and illustrated endpapers. One advertisement leaf to the rear. In the publisher's uniform decorative cloth binding.Externally, very smart indeed, with really only mild bumping to the extremities. Ownership bookplate of one Lilian Beatrice Burtinshaw to the front paste down of 'Well of St. Clare'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with only offsetting and mild toning to the endpapers and half titles to majority of volumes. Scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves of 'Sign of the Reine' and 'Red Lily'. Contemporary ink inscription to recto of frontispiece to 'Red Lily'. Near Fine. …