FRANCE, ANATOLE — Penguin Island; (Modern Library #210. 1)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1952]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Anatole France's satirical fantasy novel which was cited as a major factor in his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921. Includes an introduction by H. R. Steeves. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1952 (though 1933 date appears in book). ML #210.1. --- A very nice copy: clean and tightly-bound though with prior owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper and a whitish spot of soiling to back cover.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xvi, 295, [8, ads] pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .