ROSTAND, EDMOND (INTRODUCTION BY CLAYTON HAMILTON) — Cyrano de Bergerac

New York, NY: The Modern Library, 1929. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is a small format hardback book. This is a stated First Modern Library edition. The book is in Maroon / dark red balloon limp cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners. There is some beginning fading / sunning to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. "Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century. Another of Rostand's works, Les Romanesques (1894) , was adapted to the 1960 musical comedy The Fantasticks. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .