France Anatole 1844 1924 Jackson Emilie (2 results)

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Language: eng Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1912 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. THERE MIGHT BE DELAY THAN THE ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATE DUE TO COVID-19. Pages: 319 Pages: 319.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. [6th printing] ; xiv, 275 p. illus., plates. 25 cm. ; LCCN: 28-29305 ; LC: PQ2254.R7 ; OCLC: 3081255 ; Endpapers illustrated by Papé ; decorative black cloth with gold lettering and designs ; untrimmed ; " translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson, with illus. & decorations by Frank C. Papé and an introd. by William J. Locke. ; The "Reine Pédauque" as a mythical queen has its origin in the city of Toulouse at the time when it was the capital of the Visigoth kingdom in 413-508 AD. She is characterized by having the feet of a goose, hence the name, since "Pédauque" in Occitan means "goose foot". There are Reine Pédauques of various origins and meanings carved on the portals of several churches in Toulouse ; "It was in 1893 that Anatole France, then approaching the fiftieth year of his age, occupied himself in the writing La Rôtisserie de la reine Pédauque, undoubtedly the high-water mark of his genius, Mr. W. J. Locke calls it 'the most characteristic example of that elusive point of view which makes for the magic of Anatole France.' Its hero, the Abbé Coignard is certainly an irresistible scapegrace. Superficial observation may dub him an unconscionable villain. He drinks, brawls, puts our own Pepys into the shade as a philanderer, cheats and thieves with effrontery, yet somehow keeps a heart of gold, and maintains a fountain of talk that in its blend of scholarship, philosophy at wit is nothing short of delicious. A word must be said for the felicity of Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson's translation, and the publishers are to be congratulated on their choice of Mr. Frank C. Papé as an illustrator. His work has just the right touch of grotesqueness, and no more, and its delicate blend of grace and irony harmonises excellently with the spirit of the text. Never, so far aw we have seen, has any book of Anatole France's been more fittingly and delightfully produced."--The Bookman, Volume 63, Christmas 1922 ; slight wear to covers, else VG. Book.