Description

Hardcover, Royal octavo bound in quarter bonded leather over pictorial paper covered boards and housed in a brown cardboard slipcase. 295 pages. Short Bibliography appended. Translation and Notes by Robin Campbell and C.D.N. Costa. Introduction by C.D.N. Costa. Preface by A.C. Grayling. Frontispiece engraving (repeated on covers) by Simon Brett. Second printing of the first Folio Society edition. A particularly difficult Folio Society title to source, this copy is in nice condition and appears unread. Several scuffs to slipcase and light foxing to very bottom of bulked sheets at heel of spine, not affecting interior. Else a clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Slipcase solid with no tears or splits. Near fine in a near fine slipcase.