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This is a handsome 1949 Heritage Club edition of France's tale of justice not merely subverted--the author is too subtle for that--but of injustice that is not recognized for what it is by the innocent.In its' own sharp way,this elegantly narrated story summarizes the best of France's sceptical writing, and why this author should be more closely embraced by the modern reader.The illustrations are a perfect match for the tale-urbane,unobtrusive and Gaullic.

Crainquebille (L'Affaire Crainquebille) by Anatole France
Newly translated, with an introduction, by Jacques LeClercq and illustrated by Bernard Lamotte.
69 pages.
Copyright 1949, The Limited Editions Club.
Hardback comes in slipcase.
This edition of Crainquebille has been planned for the members of The Limited Editions Club by George Macy and printed by Eugene a Clauss at the shop of the Akerman-Standard Press in Providence; the illustrations by Bernard Lamotte having been reproduced in Paris by Georges Duval. The edition consists of fifteen hundred copies signed by the illustrator Bernard Lamotte.