THE NOVEL OF MAN

First edition, first printing. Original brown and black cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board, in the original glassine. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth slightly faded at the extremities. The contents are clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the good only plain glassine wrapper that is toned, chipped and creased.

A lecture delivered by Georges Simenon at the Brussels World Fair in 1958. Issued in a limited edition, "published as a New Year's greeting to friends of the author and publisher".