Description
FIRST EDITION.
Mention of second mile.
Autograph signed letter to Aristide Bruant:
"To my dear friend
Aristide Bruant
and to Madame Bruant
these sketches of an old
cobbler
Hector France "
The book dedicated to Octave Uzanne, "dwhose masterly pen has so magnificently described curious corners of English life", contains twenty sketches from across the Channel: Snob and cads, Societies of virtue, Drunkards and water-drinkers, The Derby, Swimming clubs, For Ireland The French in London...
Paris,Fasquelle,1900.In-12, Bound,120 x 180 mm,[7] 292 [4] pp.
Bound in the Bradel style of the period. Half red percaline, smooth spine, decorated with fillets, fleuron, gilt title, bookmark, cover preserved. Spine uniformly faded, corners rubbed.
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