Paris: Calmann Levy, (c 1912). Hardcover - An attractive 3/4 leather bound copy of one of Anatole France's most important novels, originally published in 1912. Set during the years of the Reign of Terror after the French revolution this follows the rise of Evarise Gamelin, an idealistic young Parisian painter who also serves on the Revolutionary Tribunal and descends into madness. In the original French (en francais). In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and in 1922 all of his works were put on the (now abolished) Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("List of Prohibited Books") of the Catholic Church. 360 pp.

Paris: Calmann Levy, (c 1918). Hardcover - An attractive 3/4 leather bound copy of this memoir of Anatole France's early years, originally published in 1918. In the original French (en francais). In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and in 1922 all of his works were put on the (now abolished) Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("List of Prohibited Books") of the Catholic Church. 360 pp.

New York & London: John Lane / The Bodley Head, (1913). Hardcover first edition - One of Anatole France's most important novels: set during the years of the Reign of Terror after the French revolution this follows the rise of Evarise Gamelin, an idealistic young Parisian painter who also serves on the Revolutionary Tribunal and descends into madness. In 1921, France was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and in 1922 all of his works were put on the (now abolished) Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("List of Prohibited Books") of the Catholic Church. Translated by Alfred Allinson. 285 pp.