The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane

by Alain-René Lesage

$200 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

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Oxford: Printed for the Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1937. 2 vols. 4to, xxvi, 329; x, 330 -660 pp. Gray and blue cloth, patterned endpapers, printed dust-jackets. Dust-jackets toned, slipcase a little worn and splitting along one joint, books very good. § Edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Translated from the French by Tobias Smollett. Introduction by J.B. Priestley. Illustrations by John Austen. Item #125042

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