Marcel Proust; Paul Valery; Jean-Paul Sartre; Jean Paulhan; Francis Ponge; Brice Parain; J. L. Hevesi [ed] — Essays on Language and Literature

London, Allan Wingate, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays on French literature, in the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition, with this being the first time these essays were published in England. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This volume features a collections of essays on French literature by a host of authors such as Marcel Proust and Paul Valery. The essays discuss topics such as poetry and abstract thought, the power of words, and more. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only slight fading to the gilt title. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. The dust wrapper is generally smart with sunning to the spine and rear, handling marks, light spotting, and small closed tears and chips to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot to the front and rear. Spotting to fore edge. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good.