Ford Madox Ford — A Mirror to France

London, Duckworth, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A rumination on France's society and characteristics by noted novelist Ford Madox Ford, the first edition, illustrated with a colour frontispiece. The first edition, first impression.A travel work of Ford Madox Ford's impressions of France as he was sent there during World War One, as Ford states in his introduction "years ago, when we were all writing propaganda, I wrote a book that, as far as I was concerned, was mainly about France".Illustrated with a colour frontispiece.Ford is best known for his novels 'The Good Soldier', the 'Parade's End' tetralogy, and 'The Fifth Queen' trilogy. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, faded to the spine, head of the boards, and fore edge of the front board. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the fore edge of the front board. Light marks to the spine and rear board. Institutional stamp to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Institutional blind stam to the title page. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .