The pedlar (Le Colporteur) and other stories / by Guy de Maupassant, translated by D. F. Hannigan
1890, First UK Edition. London : Mathieson & Co. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers, with a clamshell stiff-card protective skin. Edges somewhat nicked and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #412818
Physical description; 188 p. ; 17 cm. Notes; Date is suggested. Translation from the French of Le Colporteur. Contents; The pedlar -- The avenger -- All over -- Letter found on a drowned man -- Mother and son -- The spasm -- A duel -- The love of long ago -- An uncomfortable bed -- A warning note -- The horrible -- A new year's gift -- Beside a dead man -- After -- A queer night in Paris -- The conservatory -- My twenty-five days -- The question of Latin -- The first snowfall -- The farmer's wife - Boitelle - The tailor's daughter. Subjects; French authors 19th century. Literature, France 19th century. French fiction. Short stories.
Price: €195.00