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The gods are athirst / by Anatole France ; the authorised translation from the French by Alfred Allinson ; with an introduction by André Maurois and illustrations by Jean Oberlé.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Heritage Club 43
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- France, Anatole, 1844-1924, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Dieuse ont soif. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Fiction.
- France.
- Genre:
- Private press books (Printing)
- Typefaces (Type Evidence) -- Cochin.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 205 pages, [15] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Manufacture:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Riverside Press
- Other Title:
- Half title: Les Dieuse ont soif
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Heritage Press by arrangement with The Nonesuch Press, London, 1942.
- Language Note:
- In English: translated from French.
- Notes:
- "The special contents of this edition are copyright, 1942, by The Nonesuch Press for the George Macy Companies, Inc."--verso of title page.
- Book designed by Francis Meynell. Type: Cochin. Printed by the Riverside Press of Cambridge, Massachusetts and the illustrations by the Photogravure and Color Company of New York. The colors by the Arrow Press of New York.--from Heritage Club monthly newsletter 'Sandglass' Number VI:21.
- In slipcase.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has newsletter of Heritage Club 'Sandglass' Number VI:21 laid in.
- Cited in:
- Ransom, Will. Selective check lists of print books, 62 (page 96)
- OCLC:
- 1055010402
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