MAIGRET - Georges Simenon - Set 1 & 2 Complete Collection - Folio Society 2018
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MAIGRET - Georges Simenon - Set 1 & 2 Complete Collection - Folio Society 2018
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Set 1
Maigret, Georges Simenon. 222 × 144 × 18–19 mm. 3 vols (see below). Type: Garamond with Trajan for display. Printed and bound by C & C Offset in full cloth printed in black and blocked in silver with a design by Harry Brockway; white flecked endleaves. Dark grey cloth three-volume slip case (titled as above) in silver. Each volume includes five of Brockway’s black and white illustrations (one full-page and four half-page). The three volumes are as follows:
[1] Georges Simenon, Maigret and the Calame report, translated by Moura Budberg, introduced by Julian Barnes, wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–160. Bound in green-blue cloth. First published in France in 1954 and Great Britain 1969.
[2] Georges Simenon, Maigret and the Saturday caller, translated by Tony White, wood engravings by Harry Brockway.
Pp. [i–iv], [1–2] 3–150 [151–156]. Bound in green cloth. First published in France in 1962 and Great Britain 1964.
[3] Georges Simenon, Maigret and the wine merchant, translated by Eileen Ellenbogen, wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Pp. [i–iv], [1–2] 3–162 [163–164]. Bound in pale brown cloth. First published in France in 1970 and Great Britain 1971.
Set 2
Maigret, Georges Simenon [second series]. 222 × 144 × 17–18 mm. 3 vols (see below). Type: Garamond with Trajan for display. Printed and bound by C & C Offset in full cloth printed in black and blocked in silver or gold with a design by Harry Brockway; white flecked endleaves. Dark grey cloth three-volume slip case (titled as above) in silver. Each volume includes five of Brockway’s black and white illustrations (one full-page and four half-page). The three volumes are as follows:
[1] Georges Simenon, Maigret in society, translated by Robert Eglesfield, wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Pp. [i–iv] v [vi] , [1–2] 3–142 [143–146]. Bound in red cloth. First published in France in 1960 and Great Britain 1962.
[2] Georges Simenon, Maigret’s mistake, translated by Alan Hodge, wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Pp. [i–iv], [1–2] 3–155 [156]. Bound in grey cloth. First published in France in 1953 and Great Britain 1958.
[3] Georges Simenon, Maigret sets a trap, translated by Daphne Woodward, wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Pp. [i–iv], [1–2] 3–154 [155–156]. Bound in pale brown cloth. First published in France in 1955 and Great Britain 1965.