The LAW. Translated from the French by Peter Wiles. by Vailland, Roger - 1958

London: Jonathan Cape Limited and The Book Society, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi, 255 p ; 18 cm. Subjects; Fiction in French, (1945-) - English texts. Modern fiction. Fiction / Literary. Travel / General. Genre; Novel.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The Law's ostensible story is secondary to the description of relationships within a small Southern-Italian community. Vailland makes us understand how everyone, monarchist lord of the manor, the amorous Donna Lucrezia, the wealthy racketeer, and the land Leather bound with gilt lettering to spine and cloth covered boards. First English edition. Roger Vailland (1907-1965) was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Vailland's novels include Drôle de jeu (1945), Les mauvais coups (1948), Un jeune homme seul (1951), 325 000 francs (1955), and La loi (1957), winner of the Prix Goncourt. His screenplays include Les liaisons dangereuses (with Claude Brûlé and Roger Vadim, 1959) and Le vice et la vertu (with Vadim, 1962). Leather bound with gilt lettering to spine and cloth covered boards. There is some wear to the extremities, particularly to the spine which is chipped and the front outer hinge is beginning to… Read More