MÉRIMÉE, PROSPER — Mateo Falcone and Other Stories

London and Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, [c.1890s-1910s]. Hardcover. A collection of 6 short stories by France's Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870). The author was also an archaeologist, historian, and worked in the field of architectural preservation. This English-language edition edited and introduced by Arthur Ransome. Includes a black & white frontis portrait of M. Mérimée. An entry in publisher's series The World's Story Tellers. --- In light blue cloth-covered boards with floral decorations & titling to cover & spine. Undated, but possibly published c.1890s-1910s. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- A Good-only copy, with rather loose binding, creasing to deckled edges of textblock, soiling to back cover & sunned spine but is complete. NOTE: Scarce in this edition. ; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xxii, 159 pages. Good with no dust jacket .