MALRAUX AndreLivre Rare Book
The Conquerors
19291002Y22London: Jonathan Cape 1929. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. A desirable first English edition of Andre Malraux's first novel complete with the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first English edition of Andre Malraux's first novel 'The Conquerors'. Translated by Winifred Stephens Whale. Scarce. With the very scarce original dust wrapper unclipped. An incredibly smart example for its age. An exciting novelisation of the 1920s Cantonese revolution in Hong Kong describing the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communists. The plot serves as a vehicle for French novelist Andre Malraux to discuss issues of colonialism and revolution which he opposes and favours respectively.Four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with fading to the spine and slightly to board edges. Minimal shelf wear. Dust wrapper is very smart indeed with sunning to the spine and minor edge wear. Small chip to the fly leaf joint and a couple minor marks to the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only minor offsetting to endpapers and a few spots to the fore edge affecting the odd page. Very Good Indeed Jonathan Cape hardcover
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