French Stories and Tales

Stanley Geist

Alfred A. Knopf, 1954

[Fine Binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe]  Bound in 3/4 morocco over marbled boards. Gilt stamped spine.  Marbled end sheets. Top edge gilt.   326 pages 22 cm. Contents: Mina De Vanghel / Stendhal -- The other Diane / Honore de Balzac --Death of a hero / Charles Baudelaire --The rope / Charles Baudelaire --The red handkerchief / Count Arthur de Gobineau --A simple heart / Gustave Flaubert --Julien / Emile Zola --Monsieur Folatin / Joris-Karl Huysmans --The desire to be a man / Villiers de l'Isle-Adam --At sea / Guy de Maupassant --Minuet / Guy de Maupassant --A romance / Jules Renard --The spoiled cake / Jules Renard --Crates / Marcel Schwob --Paolo Uccello / Marcel Schwob --Theseus / Andre Gide.