Gustave Flaubert; Arthur McDowall — Three Tales

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923. First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated first-edition Arthur McDowall translation of Flaubert's classic short story collection. First edition of the illustrated English translation.In publisher's original blue and green decorative cloth binding.Bookplate of prolific comic and children's illustrators Betty and Neville Main to front paste down.Featuring a frontispiece and 11 further colour plates by Robert Diaz de Soria. Collated, complete.First published in the original French in 1877, this edition translated by writer and scholar Arthur McDowall, Three Tales comprises the stories "A Simple Heart", "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller" and "Herodias". From Gustave Flaubert, leading literary figure of the 19th century, best known for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857). In publisher's original blue and green decorative cloth binding. Externally, smart with slight bumping, marking and general shelf wear. Slightly more significant rubbing with the title plate to spine torn and tender. Signature from previous owner to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the exception of minor spotting heavier to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Robert Diaz de Soria. Good .