VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM (Auguste de). Contes cruels. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1883. In-12, paperback, red cloth folder and slipcase (Boichot). First edition. No large paper print was made of this rare and much sought-after book. Copy as issued, bound in its fragile first edition cover - where the word Contes is printed in smaller type than the word cruels. It has been carefully washed. Front cover detached.