Camille (La Dame aux Camelias) (The Heritage Press)

New York: The Heritage Press, 1955. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x8x1. Lamotte, Bernard. Includes publisher's slipcase and Sandglass insert Number VIII:20. Spine and slipcase edge faded. 1955 Hard Cover. xxiii, [1], 231 pp. Translated into English from the original French by Edmund Gosse, introduction by Andre Maurois, with a prefatory letter from the author, and A Memoir of Marie Duplessis by Jules Janin. Illustrations by Bernard Lamotte. "Alexandre Dumas, pere, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 - 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.