Vintage Penguin Book # 1 ARIEL by Andre Maurois - Bodley Head 1935 RARE Shelley

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This auction is for an original first edition vintage Penguin book No 1 "Ariel" by Andre Maurois. Here we have the classic first edition No 1. Penguin (Bodley Head 1935) with horizontal blue banding and complete with its original dust jacket. The condition can be seen from the photos. , see my positive feedback and other interesting and beautiful items for sale. Main Series No.: 1 Title: ARIEL Author: André Maurois Translated by: Ella D'Arcy Type: Biography Cover Imprint: 'The Bodley Head' Date Published: 30 July 1935 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Athenaeum Printing Works Price: 6d Note: This was the first Penguin ever printed. It was published by Penguins under the imprint of the 'The Bodley Head', Allen Lane's own Printing House, which he initially used as the base to publish his new paperback venture 'Penguins'. The first ten volumes being published together in July 1935 Ariel: a Shelley Romance André Maurois First published in 1924, this biography of Shelley damaged the writer’s reputation. André Maurois was the pen-name of French writer Emile Herzog . This book tells the tale of Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose life was singularly interesting and diverse. His friends unanimously testify that his character was one of gentleness, purity, generosity and strong affection. As a poet, he stands in the front rank and in some of his shorter read more

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