This auction is for four 1968 1st Thus Heron (Geneva) volumes of the literary works of Guy Maupassant.

Vol I (379pp) - Pierre Et Jean and Other Stories (Ball of Fat, Yvette, Madame Tellier's Excursion, The Olive Grove) plus Biographical Note.

Vol II (365pp) Une Vie or The History of a Heart and Other Stories (Mademoiselle Fifi, Moonlight, Miss Harriet, Toine, The String, A Mesalliance, The Umbrella) plus Introductory Note by the Author.

Vol III (361pp) Bel-Ami or The History of a Scoundrel, and Other Stories (The Horla, An Enthusiast, Francesca and Carlotta Rondoli, Bed no. 29, Paul's Mistress, The Old Maid)

Vol IV (368pp) Fort Comme La Mort or The Ruling Passion, and Other Stories (Useless Beauty, That Pig of a Morin, A Normandy Joke, The Story of a Farm Girl, The Victim). Features an unusual printing error in that pp285-300 are bound upside down.

VG to VG+ books with light rubbing and minor wear. Internally clean and unmarked. In attractive green faux leather, printed on wood free paper with bound-in silk ribbon present.

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