Penguin Island

Anatole France (Francois-Anatole Thibault, 1844-1924) was a French poet, journalist and best-selling novelist. He was considered the ideal French man of letters and, in 1921, won the Nobel Prize in Literature. France wrote 25 novels; Penguin Island (1908) was his 21st. It is a sprawling satirical novel about a fictitious island, inhabited by great auks, that existed… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library (1933), 1933. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Small 8vo. [4], v-xvi, [2], 3-295, [1], [5] (pages of publisher's advertisements) [3] pp. Flexible light brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine and the ML device on the front board; red topstain. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Price of 95 cents on… Read more about this item

Great Britain: William Clowes and Sons. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1927. Illustrated Edition. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, printed endpapers, TEG (red), fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with full-page engraved plates and decorative drawings, including head and tail-pieces, by Frank C. Pape.. This is… Read more about this item

FRANCE, Anatole. Penguin Island. Trans. by A.W. Evans; with an Introduction by Carl Van Doren, a Preface by the Author. Small 4to. Illus. by Malcolm Cameron. Orig. leather-backed silk-covered boards, in publisher's box. N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1947. One of 1500 copies. Signed by the illustrator.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine darkened. Still Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Malcolm Cameron. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in vellum-backed blue silk boards with a design incorporating small penguin figures. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Illustrated with drawings by Malcolm Cameron printed in gravure. Copy #39 of 1500… Read more about this item

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1947. Hardcover. Translation by A.W. Evans. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Preface by Anatole France. Illustrations by Malcolm Cameron. Small 4to. Quarter vellum with gilt spine lettering and pale blue decorative paper over boards, slipcase with paper label. xvi, 324pp. Frontispiece, full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Vellum spine lightly age toned; faint slipcase… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library, 1933. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Modern Library edition. Toledano 7. Bound in green cloth with gilt title and decoration on front board and spine. Dark blue top edge. Pale orange patterned endpapers. 295 pp. plus an appendix of other Modern Library works. Tan dust jacket illustrated in blue… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1924. Navy blue full-leather binding with gilt titles on spine and gilt decoration on cover. Disbound: front cover is detached. 345 lightly toned pages. Translation by A.W. Evans. Pencilled price on fep. Leather cover is buttery soft with significant edgewear and a blemish on front cover. Thanks for… Read more about this item

The Modern Library, 1933. Hardcover. Good. blue cloth with gilt lettering inside black pnls, book good+, clean tight hinges, no marks, pages cleanListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book… Read more about this item

New York: The Heritage Club, 1938. First Edition Thus . Black Cloth. Fine Book/Very Good Slipcase. Color Plates By Sylvain Sauvage. Finely Illustrated And Printed For The Heritage Club, No Comparable Limited Editions Printing. Printed In Large Granjon Type On White Rag Paper From Worthy. Covers In Cloth From Dupont, Treated With Pyroxylin For Longevity, In Imitation Goat… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Library, 1933. This is book number 210 in the series. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 297 pages followed by a multipage list of all the Modern Library Titles. Modern Library patterned endpapers. From jacket: "Devotees of the works of Anatole France agree without a dissenting voice that Penguin Island is his most… Read more about this item

London / New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead and Company, 1922. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sixth edition. xx, 345pp. Translation by A.W. Evans. Contemporary owner's gift inscription on front fly, near fine in a very good dustwrapper with small chipping on spine ends and corners.

New York, NY: The Modern Library, 1933. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Near New w/light soiling to pgs 59-64. 1933, English Modern Library Edition w/Introduction from H.R. Steeves. Green linen boards/VG; sound w/trace edge & surface rubs. DJ/None. Upper text dyed green. Trace brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to leading & lower text blocks.… Read more about this item

Penguin Island by Anatole France signed by illustrator copy No. 466 hardcover Publisher: Limited Editions Club, 1947 Condition: book - Very Good (owner's bookplate attached to the endpaper) slipcase - Very Good

Modern Library, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Stain on the boards and top edge. Highlighting made on a few pages. Binding… Read more about this item

London: John Lane Co./Dodd, Mead, 1927. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. 6 x 10 in. Black cloth boards. Condition is GOOD ; spine mostly gone, cloth deteriorating, edges a bit worn, spine gilt gone. Binding a bit loose and text unmarked. Frontis and title pg, some text foxed. Red star pasted to ffep. Fiction. Stax.

New York: Modern Library, 1984. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends, small ding to… Read more about this item

Modern Library, 1984-11-12. Hardcover. Clean & Unmarked/Very Good. 7x5x0. A very nice copy in like Stephen Alcorn dust-jacket. Gift quality, nearly new. 295 pp.

New York, New York, U. S. A.: The Modern Library, 1933. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Modern Library Printing (First Thus). Introduction By H.R. Steeves. In Original Light Green Flexible Card, Gilt Lettering. The Jacket Is Lightly Worn With Chips And Tears. The Jacket Spine Has… Read more about this item

Modern Library (Random House). Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1933. Hardcover. With An Introduction by Professor H. R. Steeves. Green cloth boards, blue topstain. Previous owner's name and gift note. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 295 pages; 30824 .