M. de Crebillon le Fils." Translated by Eric Sutton, With an introduction by Aldous Huxley.
THE OPPORTUNITIES OF A NIGHT.
Chapman and Hall, London: 1925
Octavo, original tan cloth and decorative boards, xxv, 188 pp. top edge gilt, others untrimmed, jacket. A play, originally published in Paris on 1755, with extensive introduction by Aldous Huxley. Printed at the Curwen Press in an edition of 1000 copies, this #877. Toning to free endpapers, else fine in very good jacket. Mostly unopened (pages uncut)
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