Damned Shall Be Desire: The Passionate Life of Guy de Maupassant

<p>First edition. 350pp. Red cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine; top edge sprayed yellow; pictorial endpapers. 8vo. Sun-faded spine heel; very, very lightly rubbed spine heel. Internally incredibly neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very, very light shelf wear; chipping to edges and one corner; not price clipped. Jacket design by Charles Mozley.</p> <p>Biography of the celebrated 19th century French author and writer, considered one of the masters of the short story.</p>