MALRAUX, André; Stuart Gilbert and Alastair Macdonald (translators). Days of Hope. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1938.
8vo. Publisher’s tan cloth lettered in gilt to spine, in the typographic dust-jacket; pp. [8], 507, [1 (blank)], [4 (publisher’s advertisements)]; wear to corners and edges of jacket, a little toning to jacket spine, slight toning to edges of textblock; very good.
First UK edition, first impression, Malraux’s third novel ‘born of his experiences as a commander of the International Air Force in Spain, where he was wounded … Perhaps this is the first time that a great novelist, who is also an aviator, has written against the background of modern air warfare.’ (jacket)
SKU: 2124012
MALRAUX, André; Stuart Gilbert and Alastair Macdonald (translators). Days of Hope. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1938.
8vo. Publisher’s tan cloth lettered in gilt to spine, in the typographic dust-jacket; pp. [8], 507, [1 (blank)], [4 (publisher’s advertisements)]; wear to corners and edges of jacket, a little toning to jacket spine, slight toning to edges of textblock; very good.
First UK edition, first impression, Malraux’s third novel ‘born of his experiences as a commander of the International Air Force in Spain, where he was wounded … Perhaps this is the first time that a great novelist, who is also an aviator, has written against the background of modern air warfare.’ (jacket)
SKU: 2124012