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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First US Edition, Limited Edition. New York: George H. Richmond & Co., 1894. First American edition of the Sedgwick, 1894, number 72 of 750 copies, printed by the De Vinne Press on Windsor hand made paper. Heavily worn copy, blue-gray hardcover wih red cloth spine, gilt top, frontis illustration, about 7 inches tall. Covers heavily rubbed with fraying and peeling to the extremities, binding sound but not ticht, endpapers grubby, faint dampstain to far lower edge and inner margin throughout, not affecting printed areas, pages age-toned with occasional finger soil, no names or other markings. First US Edition, Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. Number 130 of 750 copies printed by the De Vinne Press on Windsor hand-made paper. With ownership signature of A. G. Hurd dated Christmas 1901. François le Champi (translated as François the Waif or The Country Waif) is a classic 1848 pastoral novel by French author George Sand. Set in the rural Berry region, it tells the story of an abandoned orphan boy named François and Madeleine, a compassionate miller's wife who helps raise him. A prefatory note by the translator calls the work a pretty idyl that tells of homely affection, self-devotion, humble cares and delicate fears. Bound in gray paper covered boards with thin red paper along the front and rear of the covers, and with titling on both the front cover and spine. Mild signs of handling but still very good. Measures 4.5 x 7 inches. 243 pages. Literature.…