Edmond About - The Man with the Broken Ear - Cable Printing and Publishing, nd [1908?], Later Edition.

London, Cable Printing and Publishing, nd [1908?]. Later edition, first impression. Paperback. A very good copy. Later edition (the first in English was 1864). "A soldier of the French First Empire, having been put into suspended animation for over fifty years through a process of dessication, is reanimated in the Second Empire. A satirical examination of cultural mores." [Goodreads]. Uncommon in wraps, some chipping to the wrappers and toning. Paper tanned, with some corners chipped. [11836, Hyraxia Books].