Four is for Fournier
by Carolyn Gordon
Alain-Fournier was the pseudonym of Henri Alban-Fournier (October 3, 1886 – September 22, 1914), a French author and soldier. He was the author of a single novel, Le Grand Meaulnes (1913)
Below is the First American Edition (Houghton Mifflin Co, 1928). Beautiful scarce dust jacket, delicate as an eggshell. (How risky of me to scan an eggshell!)
Details: Augustin Meaulnes pining for…
the belle jeune fille, Yvonne de Galais! Yow!
Later copy (Doubleday Anchor Books, 1953), Edward Gorey designed cover…
to match my Edward Gorey designed t-shirt…
I care to gush now, but where to begin… Scanning an eggshell! Pining! Yow! Ha! You are so excellent.