The Marvelous Palace: and Other Stories

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1977. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); plum cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 187pp. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper, designed by Elizabeth Woll, unclipped (priced $7.95), with trivial surface wear and creases, residue to front panel, and light shelf-soil to rear panel; Very Good+. First published in French as Histoires perfides (1976), this collection includes "The Royal Pardon", "The Limits of Endurance", and "The Angelic Monsieur Edyh". [83895].