Anatole France — Le Livre de Mon Ami

Paris , Calmann-Levy, Editeurs, 1924. Leather. A copy of France's Le Livre de Mon Ami. With original paper cover. Anatole France (1844 – 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Academie française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament". Rebound a half morocco binding. Externally sound with slight rubbing and evidence of water staining. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages throughout save for some scattered foxing. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .