CHAMSON, Andre. A Mountain Boyhood. Trans. from the French by John Rodker. London: John Lehmann. 1947. Thin 8vo. First British edition. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in silver gilt to the spine, in the exquisite dust jacket designed by Keith Vaughan. A very good copy. The backstrip faded, the corners and tips very gently bumped. The binding tight and square, with the lettering from the jacket spine transferring a little to cloth. The contents with ink gift inscription to front endpaper, light offsetting to endpapers and with some mild toning throughout from paper quality. The dust jacket neatly price-clipped, all corners and tips slightly nicked and rubbed, with some mild though noticeable stains to front panel upper. Uncommon.
A collection of coming of age short stories by the Frenchman, most set in the Cevennes region of France, where much of his fictional work was set. The selection by publisher John Lehmann seems typically well-suited, and the Keith Vaughan jacket further elevates this British edition.
CHAMSON, Andre. A Mountain Boyhood. Trans. from the French by John Rodker. London: John Lehmann. 1947. Thin 8vo. First British edition. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in silver gilt to the spine, in the exquisite dust jacket designed by Keith Vaughan. A very good copy. The backstrip faded, the corners and tips very gently bumped. The binding tight and square, with the lettering from the jacket spine transferring a little to cloth. The contents with ink gift inscription to front endpaper, light offsetting to endpapers and with some mild toning throughout from paper quality. The dust jacket neatly price-clipped, all corners and tips slightly nicked and rubbed, with some mild though noticeable stains to front panel upper. Uncommon.
A collection of coming of age short stories by the Frenchman, most set in the Cevennes region of France, where much of his fictional work was set. The selection by publisher John Lehmann seems typically well-suited, and the Keith Vaughan jacket further elevates this British edition.
