BÉRAUD, Henri

Émeutes en Espagne

Paris: Les Editions de France, 1931. "47e édition." Small octavo (18.75cm.); original yellow printed wrappers, upper cover ruled in red; [6],xii,269pp. A few shallow chips and tears along wrapper edges not affecting text, minor creasing, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good, unopened copy. Broadsheet advertisement for La Revue de France laid in.

Journalistic account of Spain in the aftermath of a very short-lived military revolution which took place on December 15th, 1930. Apart from the author's travel series "Ce Que J'ai Vu," Béraud is best known for winning the Prix Goncourt for his best-selling novel Le Vitriol de Lune (1922) and later for being sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for collaborating with the Germans during the Second World War.

Price: $35.00

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