(COWLEY MALCOLM) Valéry Paul Variety

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(COWLEY, MALCOLM.) Valéry, Paul. Variety. Translated by Cowley. 8vo, cloth; dust jacket, price-clipped, small edge chips. New York, (1927)

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first american edition, inscribed by translator cowley to his parents. Cowley undertook the task in March of 1926 when informed that Harcourt, Brace was willing to pay him $450 and upon the recommendation by its British publisher Harrison Smith: "I am delighted that you have undertaken this for us. There is no one else in this country who I think can handle French as you can."