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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Slip case. First ed. thus; tr. of "L'Affaire Cranquebille" from French to English by Jacques LeClerq; large print; 69 p., clean and unmarked; binding firm; unfaded sepia marbled boards well protected by unfaded brown slip case that itself has a bump on upper margin of front panel and slight rubbing of corners. Spine somewhat sunned.…

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Anatole France's satirical novel. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations. Boldly signed by illustrator Bernard Lamotte on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 777. In fine condition. Translated from the French, with an introduction, by Jacques LeClercq. Illustrated by Bernard Lamotte. Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Acadà mie française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in 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". Crainquebille (1901) is a concise yet powerful social critique that exposes the indifference and injustice of modern legal and social institutions. The story follows Jà rà me Crainquebille, an aging Parisian street vendor who is wrongfully arrested for insulting a police officerâ"a charge rooted in misunderstanding and class prejudice. Through understated irony and clear, economical prose, France illustrates how the legal system, rather than protecting the vulnerable, often exacerbates their suffering. …