[Typescript:] Desert Love.

Montherlant (Henry [or Henri] de)

[Typescript:] Desert Love.

A translation of 'Le Roman d'Amour de la Rose de Sable' by Alec Brown.

Description: carbon typescript (though sheet adding passage to p. 28 is typed direct), a few holograph corrections by the translator, in one instance pasting over text, pp. [vi], 271, 4to, sewn into pale-green wrappers with manuscript title to front, the wrappers tatty, good condition

Publication Details: 1956 [published by Paul Elek in 1957]

Notes: A late draft of Brown's translation, published by Elek in 1957; in the present form it includes a dedication to Paul Elek, in the form of a 5pp. Translator's Foreword jettisoned by the time the book appeared in print (perhaps at the recommendation of the dedicatee). A controversial book, with a complex history, the author's critique of French colonialism in North Africa; it was published pseudonymously in an abridged form in 1938, then in a new form excised from the larger work with explanatory passages added (the basis for this translation), and finally in full in 1968. The abandoned Foreword...moreA late draft of Brown's translation, published by Elek in 1957; in the present form it includes a dedication to Paul Elek, in the form of a 5pp. Translator's Foreword jettisoned by the time the book appeared in print (perhaps at the recommendation of the dedicatee). A controversial book, with a complex history, the author's critique of French colonialism in North Africa; it was published pseudonymously in an abridged form in 1938, then in a new form excised from the larger work with explanatory passages added (the basis for this translation), and finally in full in 1968. The abandoned Foreword conveys the translator's high estimation of the literary and cultural importance of the work and its author. Montherlant's own foreword is new to this edition, and describes his collaboration in preparing its text.[With:] Montherlant (Henry [or Henri] de) Desert Love. Translated by Alec Brown. Elek Books, 1957, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, a few faint spots to borders, pp. 204, crown 8vo, original yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in maroon, edges spotted, the endpapers less so, pictorial dustjacket, very good HIDE

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Published Date: 1957]

Stock Number: 68774

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