The Girls. A Tetralogy of Novels in Two Volumes

Translated from the French by Terence Kilmartin. With an introduction by Peter Quennell. First UK edition. 2 vols [complete]. Hardbacks in dust jackets. 319pp. + 333pp. Pink cloth spine with white paper boards; gilt titles to spine. Foxing to edges of cloth and text block, predominantly to head. Jackets faded to spines and with some chips and tears to edges. *** Scarce first UK edition of Montherlant’s controversial masterpiece, published in the UK in 2 vols, comprising The Girls; Pity for Women; The Hippogriff; The Lepers.